Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

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Location: Auditorium
Main Building, SETU Main Campus, Waterford
Date: Thursday, 29/May/2025
9:30am
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9:45am
SETU Presidential Welcome - David Denieffe, Vice-President for Student Experience
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Peter Windle, SETU
9:45am
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10:45am
Keynote Day 1 - Professor Jen Ross
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Eamon Costello, Dublin City University

Professor Jen Ross

Professor of Digital Culture and Education Futures

Jen Ross is a Professor in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. Her work focuses on understanding how digital technologies shape learning, teaching, and research practices in higher education and beyond. She is particularly interested in the social, cultural, and ethical dimensions of digital education, exploring areas such as online learning design, digital literacies, open education, and the impact of AI on educational futures. In her research, Professor Ross often explores the complexities and nuances of using technology in educational settings, moving beyond simple adoption to consider how digital tools and environments influence interactions, the understanding of knowledge, and the very nature of learning itself. She is committed to critically engaging with the opportunities and challenges that digital transformation presents for educators and learners. Professor Ross is delighted to be speaking at EdTech 2025 and looks forward to sharing some insights from her research and engaging in discussions with attendees.

10:45am
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11:00am
Elevator Pitch
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Eamon Costello, Dublin City University
11:15am
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12:30pm
Research Papers, I
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Fiona Concannon, University of Galway
1:30pm
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2:30pm
Practitioner Papers, 1
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Peter Windle, SETU
3:00pm
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4:00pm
Practitioner Papers, 6
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Alison Egan, MIE
4:00pm
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4:30pm
Book Launch: GenAI:N3
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Hazel Farrell, South East Technological University

GenAI:N3 (Generative AI: N-TUTORR National Network) is an ambitious project aimed at transforming higher education by leveraging the power of Generative AI.

This project brings together educators, students, and technologists across seven partner institutions to explore innovative ways Gen AI can enhance learning and teaching. By developing tools and resources, the project empowers educators with cutting-edge solutions for personalised learning, academic integrity, and assessment design.

4:30pm
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5:30pm
Dr Tom Farrelly, The Gasta Master
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Tom Farrelly, Munster Technological University
Date: Friday, 30/May/2025
9:30am
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10:30am
Keynote - Professor Ale Armellini: Beyond the myth of future-proofing: engaging students for uncertain futures
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Eamon Costello, Dublin City University

Higher education is frequently challenged to "future-proof" its practices. Yet, the very concept may mislead institutions, educators and students. In this keynote, I argue that future-proofing is not only a fallacy but a distraction from our common goal: fostering and sustaining student engagement through active, resilient and creative pedagogic practices. Engagement, I propose, is best understood as a sustained cycle of initiative, purpose, action, reflection, responsiveness and resilience. Generative AI has made the future-proofing fallacy even more evident.


I will explore what "learning in a modern university" should feel like: a transformative process where students engage with complex problems and tools, take ownership of new ideas, critique and apply knowledge in diverse, inclusive environments. Whether synchronously or asynchronously, individually or collaboratively, on- or off-campus, learning must transcend content delivery and become a co-created, reflective journey - empowered by a new toolkit we did not imagine only a few years ago. 

12:15pm
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1:15pm
“Arrival or Apocalypse?” Navigating the AI Moment in Education
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Ken McCarthy, South East Technological University

Generative AI has been described as an “arrival” technology—sudden, ubiquitous, and seemingly inevitable. But arrival for whom, and at what cost? In this provocative panel, we challenge the narrative of inevitability and examine the complexities of GenAI’s rapid integration into Irish higher education. Are we witnessing the dawn of a more equitable and innovative era—or a moment of unchecked disruption, distraction, and deprofessionalisation?

Drawing on a range of institutional, pedagogical, and policy perspectives, our panellists will explore how educators, technologists, and leaders are responding with agency, caution, creativity, and critique. Together, we will ask not only “Are we there yet?” but also “Where are we going—and do we want to go there?”

Join us to hear from four diverse voices grappling with what this “AI moment” means for the future of education: opportunity, overreach, or something more complex entirely?

1:15pm
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1:30pm
Jennifer Burke Award
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Alison Egan, MIE

The Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. This award celebrates unique or pioneering approaches to teaching and learning, novel in a specific discipline or context. Importantly, innovation doesn’t have to involve technology—it’s about innovative and effective examples that showcase how to enhance the learning experience.

1:30pm
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1:45pm
Conference Close, Announcement of Venue for 2026
Location: Auditorium
Chair: Dr Eamon Costello, Dublin City University

 
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