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).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 25th Oct 2026, 12:14:12pm GMT

 
9:00am
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9:30am
Registration / Tea & Coffee
Location: E Block Foyer
9:30am
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9:45am
Welcome from DCU Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Prof. Lisa Looney
Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dr Rob Lowney, Dublin City University & Conference Team
Chair: Kate Molloy, Dublin City University & Conference Team
9:45am
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10:35am
Keynote 3, Prof. Felicitas Macgilchrist
Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dr Eamon Costello, Dublin City University & Conference Team

"Fragile generations: Edtech as infrastructures of feeling"

10:35am
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10:50am
Jennifer Burke Award
Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dr Alison Egan, MIE
Chair: Dr Martina Crehan, Dublin City University (DCU)
10:50am
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11:20am
Poster Session 02 / Tea & Coffee
Location: E Block Foyer
Chair: Steve Welsh, Dublin City University (DCU)
 

Student podcasts as a strategy for engagement and support

David Jennings, Nima Ashour, Oakley Wisniewska



Preparing teachers to integrate AI: a practical, ethical, and research-informed training model

Priya Parekh, Cynthia van Golen



Reimagining Blue Tourism learning: designing a transnational online course using the New European Bauhaus framework

Neill Wylie, Emmett Cullinane, Mary Clare Curran, Lorna Bailey



Expectations vs reality for the technology enhanced classroom: dipping your toes in a sustainable way

Clare Martin



Designing for researchers: Applying learning design to research training and culture

Eva Roberts



A manifesto for generative AI in higher education

Ken McCarthy, Hazel Farrell

11:20am
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12:35pm
Research Papers 07
Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre
Chair: Damien Raftery, South East Technological University
 
11:20am - 11:40am

From shortcut to scaffolding: centring student voices in the ethical integration of generative ai

Michael Aaron Flynn



11:40am - 12:00pm

Calibration rather than capitulation: Designing for critical agency in an AI-augmented undergraduate course

Michael Lang



12:00pm - 12:20pm

Are Irish teachers embracing AI? Adoption, impact, and trust in primary and secondary schools

Leire Pinedo, Ernesto Panadero, Kevin Marshall

Research Papers 08
Location: Room E206
Chair: Kate Molloy, Dublin City University & Conference Team
 
11:20am - 11:40am

The afterlife of digital course shells

Kaitlin A Lucas



11:40am - 12:00pm

Whose educational future? Comparing teachers’ and LLMs’ visions and imaginaries

Tessa Consoli, Sebastian Simon, Cécile Vassaux, Gaëlle Guigon, Čarapina Mia



12:00pm - 12:20pm

“This whole project has been a personal thing”: How university academic staff discursively construct their online education craft

James Brunton, Eamon Costello, Jason McDonald

Research Papers 09
Location: Room E205
Chair: Dr Yalemisew Abgaz, Dublin City University
 
11:20am - 11:40am

My way, your way, any way: embedding a heutagogic ethos in digital learning competence development

John P Egan



11:40am - 12:00pm

A Place at the Table: ICT Learning with Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Project WAVE

Tamsin Cavalierio, Jennifer Gilligan, Alfie Cavaliero



12:00pm - 12:20pm

Digital game-based learning for Irish: culture, inclusion, and vocabulary development in primary education

Liang Xu, Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha, Monica Ward

Research Papers 10
Location: Room E306
Chair: Dr Alison Egan, MIE
 
11:20am - 11:40am

Building teacher capacity for cybersecurity education in primary schools: a design-based professional learning approach

Rachel Farrell, Marelle Rice, Rosie Carroll



11:40am - 12:00pm

Sustainability of digital teaching post-pandemic: A study of rural upper primary and secondary educators

Vinay Lautre, Amina Charania, Margaret Leahy



12:00pm - 12:20pm

Mapping digital well-being in schools: Systematic review (2020–2025)

Enda Donlon, Peter Tiernan, Mahmoud Hamash

Research Papers 11
Location: Room E305
Chair: Dr Enda Donlon, Dublin City University (DCU)
 
11:20am - 11:40am

Developing teachers’ AI competencies: Evidence from the PAIDEIA pre-pilot study

Peter Tiernan, Enda Donlon, Mahmoud Hamash



11:40am - 12:00pm

Learning through movement and motion: exploring embodied teacher interaction in a Virtual Reality classroom

Enda Donlon, Peter Tiernan, Hyowon Lee, Yagiz Eraslan, Mahmoud Hamash

Research Papers 12
Location: Room E303
Chair: Dr Mags Amond, Computers in Education Society of Ireland
 
11:20am - 11:40am

Ooh Blogging is a Place on Earth

Jim Groom



11:40am - 12:00pm

Students' views on the limitations of learning analytics

Rob Lowney



12:00pm - 12:20pm

Reimagining the role of learning designers: Exploring professional identity and a postdigital approach

Kate Molloy

Workshop 07
Location: Room E224

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The yin and yang of digital wellbeing: balancing your interactions with technology in the workplace

Suzanne Stone

Workshop 08
Location: Room E203

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A joyful collaborative writing workshop with the IJTEL editorial team

Leigh Wolf, Fiona Concannon, Orna Farrell, Laura Costelloe

   
12:35pm
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1:30pm
Lunch Day Two
Location: Main Restaurant
1:30pm
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2:30pm
Practitioner Papers 13
Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre
Chair: David Moloney, University of Limerick
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Developing a critical generative AI literacy workshop for health professions students: a co-design approach

Dara Cassidy, Síobha Murphy, Jenny Moffett, Patrick Keegan, Mary Hearne



1:45pm - 2:00pm

MySkills: A unique digital platform capturing and evidencing students' transversal skills

Ciaran Dunne



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Who is this for? Competing forces and purposes in digital competence development

David Moloney, Yvonne Hynes

Practitioner Papers 14
Location: Room E206
Chair: Dr Maeve O'Dwyer, Dublin City University (DCU)
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

What matters most to students in an LMS?

Irene O'Dowd, John Lenehan



1:45pm - 2:00pm

The helper’s trauma: developing a micro-credential with domestic, sexual and gender-based violence practitioners, a partnership approach.

Ester Marie Balgova, Dr. Kevin Mc Kenna, Dr. Kayla Rush, Dr. Aine Mc Hugh



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Empowering third space teaching and learning Professionals: Leadership, identity, and influence through structured leadership development

Clara Keevey



2:15pm - 2:30pm

True Grift

Darragh Coakley

Practitioner Papers 15
Location: Room E205
Chair: Dr Yalemisew Abgaz, Dublin City University
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Gen AI in research dialogue: A thought partner or a third wheel?

Edel Gallagher, Dolores McManus



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Co-Creation and Partnership: The Student Voice in the Design of Student Supports

Adele Commins



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Technology and Authentic Assessment in a world of GenAI

Laura Rafferty, Louise Nagle



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Sparking new possibilities: a partnership approach to developing cutting-edge learning spaces

Susan Hegarty

Practitioner Papers 16
Location: Room E306
Chair: Dr Cliona McParland, Dublin City University
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

From digital fragmentation to a unified learning experience

Ryan Teevan



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Creating safe, brave spaces for democratic learning through podcasting

Jenny O'Connor, Andrea Bramberger, Sofia Theodosiadou



2:00pm - 2:15pm

From participants to partners: students as co-creators in digital resource design

Anna Murphy, Dr Carolann Bargary



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Student-led podcasts: An innovative POD-ogogy for the future of education

Cliona McParland

Practitioner Papers 17
Location: Room E305
Chair: Dr Suzanne Stone, University of Limerick
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

The University of Bradford learning transformation journey

Richard Nelson



1:45pm - 2:00pm

The eLearning toolbox 2026 – Comparisons, efficiencies and automations

Colin OBrien



2:00pm - 2:15pm

The different purposes within student screens: how do students’ short form video consumption habits on social media translate into blended learning experiences.

Rebecca Conway, Orna Farrell



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Scaling high quality video production. Lessons learned in the Kemmy Business School Digital HUB

Grzegorz Rogala, Robert Dalton

Practitioner Papers 18
Location: Room E303
Chair: Dr Bonnie Thompson Long, University of Galway & Conference Team
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Designing learning experiences with the THINKER Framework

Levent Görgü, Daphne Koufopanou, Christos Roushias, Eleni Trichina, Fani Karaoli, Stavroula Pantelopoulou, Juraj Petrović, Vasileios Margaritis, Chrysanthi Konstanti, Charalambos Vrasidas, Eleni Mangina



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Learners as decision-makers: Exploring cancer screening strategies through interactive simulation

VANESSA MATHER



2:00pm - 2:15pm

From server to browser: Evolving technologies for accessible interactive coding tutorials

Damien Dupré



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Tóraíocht - Designing an Immersive Narrative Game for Irish Language Learning in the Gaeilge na Mumhan Dialect

Diarmuid Ó Spealáin

       
2:30pm
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2:45pm
Coffee Break
Location: E Block Foyer
2:45pm
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3:30pm
Gasta 02
Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dr Tom Farrelly, Munster Technological University
 

Doomscrolling, attention, and digital wellbeing in higher education

Jake Conway



Teaching with XR: Designing and Delivering an Immersive Learning Experience - an Open Badge

Dr Geraldine McDermott, Clara Keevey, Brendan Dolan, Dr Zeta Dooly, Hans Moolman, Dr Jeremiah Spillane, Dr Rob Lowney, Dr Rachel Farrell



Who is using our VLE?

Cormac Quigley, Etain Kiely, Esteban Moreno



Third Space: empowering identity formation or deepening divides?

Maeve O'Dwyer



Architects of uncertainty: why higher education must design for adaptative expertise in the Polycene

Cohen Ambrose



Podcast creation methodologies from the ground up

Robert O'Connor

3:30pm
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4:10pm
The Big Debate: "Big EdTech is getting worse (exactly as planned)."
Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dr Rob Lowney, Dublin City University & Conference Team
Chair: Kate Molloy, Dublin City University & Conference Team
Chair: Ken McCarthy, South East Technological University & Conference Team
4:10pm
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4:30pm
Closing Reflection
Location: E218 Eileen Randles Lecture Theatre