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Index of Titles

A complete list of all conference contributions. Use the alphabetical filter or the search box below to find specific submissions. Click on any contribution to view its session details.

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Contribution Title	Author(s)	Session
“This whole project has been a personal thing”: How university academic staff discursively construct their online education craft	Brunton, James (1); Costello, Eamon (1); McDonald, Jason (2)	Research Papers 08
“You can’t bring a toaster to a Viva” Staff and Student perceptions of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for learning Research Methods in Higher Education	Griffin, Daniel; Gallagher, Silvia; Byrne, Jake; O'Connor, Kevin	Research Papers 01
A joyful collaborative writing workshop with the IJTEL editorial team	Wolf, Leigh (1); Concannon, Fiona (2); Farrell, Orna (3); Costelloe, Laura (4)	Workshop 08
A manifesto for generative AI in higher education	McCarthy, Ken; Farrell, Hazel	Poster Session 02 / Tea & Coffee
A Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education: A Collaborative Framework for Navigating AI in an Age of Abundance	McCarthy, Ken; Farrell, Hazel	Practitioner Papers 01
A Place at the Table: ICT Learning with Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Project WAVE	Cavalierio, Tamsin; Gilligan, Jennifer; Cavaliero, Alfie	Research Papers 09
A student-informed approach to GenAI guidance in undergraduate finance and economics education	Finnegan, Marie	Research Papers 02
A whole-school approach to digital well-being	Görgü, Levent (1); Shkembi, Angela (2); Papagiannakou, Nefeli (2); Palumbo, Maria (3); Psilogeni, Andri (4); Protopapa, Michaela (4); Mastrosavvaki, Panayiota (5); Papadopoulos, Eva (5); Konstanti, Chrysanthi (4); Avikainen, Erika (6); Vrasidas, Charalambos (4); Mangina, Eleni (1)	Practitioner Papers 12
ABC learning design: a decade of active, blended, and connected curriculum innovation	Stone, Suzanne (1); Gormley, Clare (2); Lowney, Rob (2)	Poster Session 01/ Tea & Coffee
AI chatbots in higher education – a retrospective and overview of contemporary discourses	O'Connor, Kevin; Gallagher, Silvia; Byrne, Jake; Griffin, Daniel	Practitioner Papers 01
Ai-assisted vs traditional self-assessment: A multi-modal study of student processes, accuracy, and cognitive-emotional impact	Kemal, Seval (1); Panadero, Ernesto (1,2); Scully, Darina (1); Pinedo, Leire (2); Marshall, Kevin (3)	Doctoral Roundtable Part 1
Architects of uncertainty: why higher education must design for adaptative expertise in the Polycene	Ambrose, Cohen	Gasta 02
Are Irish teachers embracing AI? Adoption, impact, and trust in primary and secondary schools	Pinedo, Leire (1); Panadero, Ernesto (1); Marshall, Kevin (2)	Research Papers 07
AT and AI: New enablers and barriers to incluson in HE.	Boland, Trevor	Practitioner Papers 06
Attending to student views on attendance	Campau, Seamus; Lowney, Rob	Poster Session 01/ Tea & Coffee
Between strategy and practice: navigating a doctoral journey on teachers’ digipedagogical competence within digital education strategy	Laine, Tea Tuulikki	Doctoral Roundtable Part 2
Beyond Blended: Creating places and spaces for new conversations about approaches to curriculum and learning design	MacNeill, Sheila; Knight, Sarah	Practitioner Papers 02
Beyond ChatGPT: Implementing a course-specific AI teaching assistant for undergraduate medical education	Alfahl, Zina (1); Park, Joon S. (2); Gorman, Ciara (3); Kelly, John P. (3)	Practitioner Papers 01
Beyond the AI Arms Race: Restoring the Value of Project-Based Learning through Digital Defence	O Broin, Daire; McCrea, Niamh; Doyle, Maeve; Harrigan, Martin	Practitioner Papers 08
Beyond tool selection: developing a practice-facing framework for technology-enhanced formative assessment	Cooney, Colin (1); Dolan, Rose (2); Young, Keith (3)	Research Papers 01
Building digital learning for blended courses – people, processes, and products	O'Mahony, Niamh	Practitioner Papers 02
Building teacher capacity for cybersecurity education in primary schools: a design-based professional learning approach	Farrell, Rachel; Rice, Marelle; Carroll, Rosie	Research Papers 10
Calibration rather than capitulation: Designing for critical agency in an AI-augmented undergraduate course	Lang, Michael	Research Papers 07
Calling it an ePortfolio doesn’t make it one: Is it just an assessment?	Rafferty, Laura	Practitioner Papers 03
Civic education in the metaverse	Tsaramirsis, Konstantinos (1); Ioannou, Andri (2); Kazanidis, Ioannis (3); Mangina, Eleni (1)	Practitioner Papers 05
Co-Creation and Partnership: The Student Voice in the Design of Student Supports	Commins, Adele	Practitioner Papers 15
Co-designing VR Chemistry labs for real-world rollout in post-primary schools	Hamash, Mahmoud (1); Tiernan, Peter (1); William Young, Gareth (2)	Research Papers 06
CO-DIRECT: Collaborative Design of Immersive XR for Empowering Educators in Creative Technologies..the beginnings	Dooly, Zeta; Noonan, Gina; Sankar, Arun	Practitioner Papers 05
Collaborative content develop for work-integrated learning	Jennings, David; Darker Flynn, Ruth; Polgolla, June	Poster Session 01/ Tea & Coffee
Connecting digital leaders: lessons from Ireland’s National Digital Leadership Network	O Suilleabhain, Gearoid	Practitioner Papers 07
Creating safe, brave spaces for democratic learning through podcasting	O'Connor, Jenny (1); Bramberger, Andrea (2); Theodosiadou, Sofia (3)	Practitioner Papers 16
Design in of genAI in a strategy essay-type assignment in a Business School	Brady, Malcolm	Practitioner Papers 04
Designing for researchers: Applying learning design to research training and culture	Roberts, Eva	Poster Session 02 / Tea & Coffee
Designing learning experiences with the THINKER Framework	Görgü, Levent (1); Koufopanou, Daphne (2); Roushias, Christos (3); Trichina, Eleni (4); Karaoli, Fani (7); Pantelopoulou, Stavroula (7); Petrović, Juraj (5); Margaritis, Vasileios (2); Konstanti, Chrysanthi (6); Vrasidas, Charalambos (6); Mangina, Eleni (1)	Practitioner Papers 18
Designing scalable, relational, and AI-aware reflective journals in postgraduate health professions education	Doyle, Michelle	Practitioner Papers 04
Designing with, not for: Building an intergenerational digital safety ecosystem in Ireland	Cronin, Moya; Sheil, Ashley; O' Keeffe, Michelle; Camilleri, Jacob; Gruben, Melanie; Murray, Hazel	Research Papers 06
Developing a critical generative AI literacy workshop for health professions students: a co-design approach	Cassidy, Dara; Murphy, Síobha; Moffett, Jenny; Keegan, Patrick; Hearne, Mary	Practitioner Papers 13
Developing gamified cybersecurity learning through student-teacher collaboration	Murphy, Marian; Brennan, Dean; Smyth, Dylan; O'Mahony, George	Practitioner Papers 10
Developing teachers’ AI competencies: Evidence from the PAIDEIA pre-pilot study	Tiernan, Peter; Donlon, Enda; Hamash, Mahmoud	Research Papers 11
Digital game-based learning for Irish: culture, inclusion, and vocabulary development in primary education	Xu, Liang (1); Uí Dhonnchadha, Elaine (2); Ward, Monica (1)	Research Papers 09
Do educators dream of electric sheep: Explorations of digital fatigue and imaginative responses	Concannon, Fiona; Long, Bonnie; Smith, Jan	Practitioner Papers 12
Doomscrolling, attention, and digital wellbeing in higher education	Conway, Jake	Gasta 02
Educational innovation in uncertainty: Letting the data tell the story	Kearins, Louise	Practitioner Papers 07
Empowering third space teaching and learning Professionals: Leadership, identity, and influence through structured leadership development	Keevey, Clara	Practitioner Papers 14
Endless possibilities, limited realities: making sense of the gap between AI hype and pre-service teachers' actual AI use	Qualter, Declan; Wieczorek, Michal; Bowman, Eileen; McGillicuddy, Deirdre; Maye, Karen; Farrell, Rachel	Research Papers 02
Engage your learners with 3d models	Rogala, Grzegorz	Gasta 01
Expectations vs reality for the technology enhanced classroom: dipping your toes in a sustainable way	Martin, Clare	Poster Session 02 / Tea & Coffee
Exploring the impact of using Generative Artificial Intelligence by Leaving Certificate Computer Science teachers on their Professional Learning in the Republic of Ireland.	Byrnes, Clement	Doctoral Roundtable Part 1
Flourishing in a Digital Environment: Enhancing MTU student Digital Wellness	Nagle, Louise	Practitioner Papers 12
From digital fragmentation to a unified learning experience	Teevan, Ryan	Practitioner Papers 16
From participants to partners: students as co-creators in digital resource design	Murphy, Anna; Bargary, Dr Carolann	Practitioner Papers 16
From server to browser: Evolving technologies for accessible interactive coding tutorials	Dupré, Damien	Practitioner Papers 18
From shortcut to scaffolding: centring student voices in the ethical integration of generative ai	Flynn, Michael Aaron	Research Papers 07
From Vision to Practice: Delivering a Scalable, Institution-Wide ePortfolio for Learning, Skills and Employability at UL	Rísquez, Angélica; Morrissey, John	Practitioner Papers 03
From Zero to Hero: Designing for sustainable staff capability in classroom response system	Cullinane, Emmett; Raftery, Damien	Practitioner Papers 09
Gen AI in research dialogue: A thought partner or a third wheel?	Gallagher, Edel; McManus, Dolores	Practitioner Papers 15
Genai as a psychological scaffold: empowering neurodivergent learners (alns)	Flynn, Michael Aaron	Workshop 06
Guiding digital change: leadership, mindset, and readiness	Cameron, Mike; Prior, Anne	Workshop 04
Hierarchy of effective learning content: A dependency framework for inclusive content in higher education	Henrick, Gavin; Holland, Karen	Practitioner Papers 06
How Digital Identity ‘fits’ into other forms of Identity	Nagle, Louise	Research Papers 03
Immersive wellbeing training in higher education	Tsaramirsis, Konstantinos (1); Amplianitis, Konstantinos (1); Alexopoulos, Marios (1); Xeni, Elena (2); Konstantinidou, Athina (3); Trichina, Eleni (4); Neocleous, Eleni (4); Diao, Wenwen (5); Castillo Hernández, Francisco José (5); MANGINA, ELENI (1)	Workshop 01
Impact of choice on student performance in different laboratory practical assessments	Drumm, Bernard; Griffin, Caoimhin	Research Papers 04
Inclusive by design: Co‑redesigning canvas pages through student partnership	Horgan, Susan; Comerford, Petrina	Practitioner Papers 11
Inclusive online course design	Oaks, Susan; Pennucci, Marie	Practitioner Papers 06
Ingesting the past, investing in the future - archiving 50 years of history for Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI)	Amond, Mags; Molloy, Kate	Gasta 01
Learners as decision-makers: Exploring cancer screening strategies through interactive simulation	MATHER, VANESSA	Practitioner Papers 18
Learning through movement and motion: exploring embodied teacher interaction in a Virtual Reality classroom	Donlon, Enda; Tiernan, Peter; Lee, Hyowon; Eraslan, Yagiz; Hamash, Mahmoud	Research Papers 11
Listening to our users: students’ experiences of a mobile VLE app and implications for practice	Lowney, Rob; Campau, Seamus	Practitioner Papers 11
Making sense of micro-credentials: an emerging study of academic perspectives in Irish higher education	Wylie, Neill	Research Papers 02
Mapping digital well-being in schools: Systematic review (2020–2025)	Donlon, Enda; Tiernan, Peter; Hamash, Mahmoud	Research Papers 10
Mapping the messiness: A worked example of thematic analysis for interpreting lecturers’ experience in a GenAI pilot study	Welsh, Steve; Campau, Seamus	Poster Session 01/ Tea & Coffee
Meeting global needs: how course design can encourage cohort and community building Across Online Audiences	Gabol, Marium	Poster Session 01/ Tea & Coffee
My way, your way, any way: embedding a heutagogic ethos in digital learning competence development	Egan, John P	Research Papers 09
MySkills: A unique digital platform capturing and evidencing students' transversal skills	Dunne, Ciaran	Practitioner Papers 13
Navigating Choice: Exploring Students’ Perspectives on Choice in Assessments and the Design of the Assignment Brief	Walsh, Elaine; McAvinue, Tracy	Research Papers 04
Ooh Blogging is a Place on Earth	Groom, Jim	Research Papers 12
Our Turnitin Journey	O'Neill, Conor; O'Riordan, Cathal; Wylie, Neill	Practitioner Papers 09
Picture this – Utilising Rich Pictures Research to surface the complexities of Gen AI in teaching, learning and assessment	Crehan, Martina; Xu, Jiaxin {Samantha}; Peak, Barry	Research Papers 01
Podcast creation methodologies from the ground up	O'Connor, Robert	Gasta 02
Preparing teachers to integrate AI: a practical, ethical, and research-informed training model	Parekh, Priya (2); van Golen, Cynthia (1)	Poster Session 02 / Tea & Coffee
Real Exploration of Assessment and Learning (REAL) using Sophisticated Toolkits across NFQ levels	Quigley, Cormac	Workshop 03
RebelBot: co-designing a GenAI formative feedback agent for planning tasks in Initial Teacher Education	Mota, João (1,2); Costa, João (3); Philpott, Conor (1); O'Brien, Wesley (1); Aveiro, Diogo (1,2,4); Thelen, Sarah (1); Goff, Loretta (1); McElligott, Christopher (1); O'Sullivan, Eoin (1)	Practitioner Papers 01
Reimagining Blue Tourism learning: designing a transnational online course using the New European Bauhaus framework	Wylie, Neill; Cullinane, Emmett; Curran, Mary Clare; Bailey, Lorna	Poster Session 02 / Tea & Coffee
Reimagining cross-institutional, co-created technology-enhanced learning spaces	Donnelly, Roisin; Hughes, Colin; Gibson, Alex; Smyth, Damien; O'Carroll, Ciaran	Research Papers 05
Reimagining professional learning in early childhood education: digital, dialogic and collaborative approaches	Lake, Gillian; Leal, Kate; Gomez, Fiona	Poster Session 01/ Tea & Coffee
Reimagining the role of learning designers: Exploring professional identity and a postdigital approach	Molloy, Kate	Research Papers 12
Responsible integration of technology enabled tools in entrepreneurship education for competency development	Kaluarachchi, Don; Lyons, Roisin; OConnor, Christina	Doctoral Roundtable Part 2
Rethinking technology adoption models in higher education in a post-pandemic context	Martin, Toni; Savage, Timothy	Research Papers 03
Revisiting the university timetabling problem: participatory perspectives and AI tools	Castineiras, Ignacio; Grimes, Diarmuid; Cemalettin, Ozturk	Research Papers 05
Scaffolding integrity, navigating change: three scalable initiatives for the GenAI teaching and assessment challenge at TU Dublin	Dodd, Derek	Practitioner Papers 04
Scaling high quality video production. Lessons learned in the Kemmy Business School Digital HUB	Rogala, Grzegorz; Dalton, Robert	Practitioner Papers 17
Shared solutions: a LAMS-enabled TBL journey	O'Brien, Anne Marie (1); Harding, Nuala (1); Noonan, Gina (2)	Practitioner Papers 08
SmartAss DigiEd Competence machine – student views on digital skills and assessment in HE	Dooly, Zeta; McCormick, Irene	Research Papers 06
Sparking new possibilities: a partnership approach to developing cutting-edge learning spaces	Hegarty, Susan	Practitioner Papers 15
Standing tall in the face of tech giants	Linkletter, Ian	Gasta 01
Staying in the Loop: Successfully embedding library digital supports in the university VLE	Callaghan, Lisa	Practitioner Papers 10
Stop rebuilding, start scaling: collaborative OER through Grasple	Renes, Sander	Practitioner Papers 11
Stop the nonsense: A call to adopt a radically boring approach to genAI technologies in higher education	Brunton, James	Practitioner Papers 04
Storying the value of lifelong learning in digital society	Reynoldson, Miriam	Doctoral Roundtable Part 1
Student centred engagement dashboards for online learning	McGibney, Laura; O'Riordan, Cathal; de Leastar, Eamonn	Practitioner Papers 07
Student experiences of blended learning: self-efficacy and belonging	O'Connor, Aisling	Research Papers 03
Student Intern perspective on Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education in Ireland	Byrnes, Sean	Gasta 01
Student perceptions and engagement with a virtual instrumentation twin in an undergraduate analytical chemistry laboratory	Morrin, Aoife (1); Kavanagh, Rachel (1); Stout, Brett (1); Nolan, Martin (1); White, Blanaid (1); Heaney, Frances (2); Breslin, Carmel (2); Burke, Chris (5); Murphy, Brian (3); Drumm, Bernard (4); Bree, Ronan (4); Moore, Eric (5); Rooney, Denise (2)	Practitioner Papers 05
Student podcasts as a strategy for engagement and support	Jennings, David; Ashour, Nima; Wisniewska, Oakley	Poster Session 02 / Tea & Coffee
Student-led podcasts: An innovative POD-ogogy for the future of education	McParland, Cliona	Practitioner Papers 16
Students as partners: A design for practice, agency and impact	Jennings, David; Polgolla, June; Ashour, Nima; Wisniewska, Oakley; Darker Flynn, Ruth; Belen, Wayne	Workshop 05
Students' views on the limitations of learning analytics	Lowney, Rob	Research Papers 12
Success story - National College of Ireland: Turning attendance data into early intervention at scale	Mooney, Karen (1); Cleary, Stephen (2)	Practitioner Papers 09
Sunny outlook with some scattered showers: What are past EdTech Conference Themes telling us about the future (2016-2026)?	O'Brien, Colin; Nagle, Louise	Gasta 01
Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in academic writing	O Broin, Daire (1); McCrea, Niamh (1); Power, Ken (1); Hannifin, Avril (2); O'Brien, Laura (2); Leijen, Djuddah (3); Yallop, Roger (3)	Practitioner Papers 06
Sustainability of digital teaching post-pandemic: A study of rural upper primary and secondary educators	Lautre, Vinay (1); Charania, Amina (2); Leahy, Margaret (2)	Research Papers 10
Teaching in the age of intelligent help	Baker, Rose	Gasta 01
Teaching open education: An open, inclusive and digitally-critical collective approach	Molloy, Kate (1); Stone, Suzanne (2); Brunton, James (1); Costello, Eamon (1); Cronin, Catherine (3); McAvinina, Claire (4); O'Riordan, Fiona (5); Peignen, Celine (6); Risquez, Angélica (2)	Practitioner Papers 10
Teaching with XR: Designing and Delivering an Immersive Learning Experience - an Open Badge	McDermott, Dr Geraldine (1); Keevey, Clara (1); Dolan, Brendan (1); Dooly, Dr Zeta (2); Moolman, Hans (3); Spillane, Dr Jeremiah (3); Lowney, Dr Rob (4); Farrell, Dr Rachel (5)	Gasta 02
Technology and Authentic Assessment in a world of GenAI	Rafferty, Laura; Nagle, Louise	Practitioner Papers 15
The 'non-student'? Technology, place, time, and community in Higher Education present(s) and future(s)	Hurley, Marian; Casey, Deirdre	Research Papers 05
The afterlife of digital course shells	Lucas, Kaitlin A	Research Papers 08
The DCU co-innovation framework: fostering effective partnerships for robust, scalable, and engaging student transition and learning support	Stover, Annabella; Spillane, Ian	Practitioner Papers 03
The different purposes within student screens: how do students’ short form video consumption habits on social media translate into blended learning experiences.	Conway, Rebecca; Farrell, Orna	Practitioner Papers 17
The eLearning toolbox 2026 – Comparisons, efficiencies and automations	OBrien, Colin	Practitioner Papers 17
The helper’s trauma: developing a micro-credential with domestic, sexual and gender-based violence practitioners, a partnership approach.	Balgova, Ester Marie; Mc Kenna, Dr. Kevin; Rush, Dr. Kayla; Mc Hugh, Dr. Aine	Practitioner Papers 14
The invisible work of learning technologists: practical approaches to designing digital learning experiences in HE	Cronin, Shane	Practitioner Papers 02
The University of Bradford learning transformation journey	Nelson, Richard	Practitioner Papers 17
The yin and yang of digital wellbeing: balancing your interactions with technology in the workplace	Stone, Suzanne	Workshop 07
Third Space: empowering identity formation or deepening divides?	O'Dwyer, Maeve	Gasta 02
Tóraíocht - Designing an Immersive Narrative Game for Irish Language Learning in the Gaeilge na Mumhan Dialect	Ó Spealáin, Diarmuid	Practitioner Papers 18
True Grift	Coakley, Darragh	Practitioner Papers 14
Using EdTech to support equity, diversity, and inclusion in formative assessment co-creation with students	Abgaz, Yalemisew	Research Papers 04
Using social robotics to support student learning and well-being in Higher Education: a cross-disciplinary project	McDermott, Dr Geraldine; Fitzgerald, Dr Karol; Maughan, Dr Geraldine	Practitioner Papers 12
Using Virtual Reality (VR) with students in Ireland and Canada to develop soft skills training—a transatlantic action research project.	McDermott, Dr Geraldine (1); Daly, Lorraine (1); Carty, Catherine (1); Mann, Ryan (2); Hsu-O'Connor, Jojo (2); Scott, Sarah (2)	Practitioner Papers 05
Valued but underused? Exploring student engagement with technology-enhanced formative assessment	Cooney, Colin (1); Dolan, Rose (2); Young, Keith (3)	Practitioner Papers 08
What matters most to students in an LMS?	O'Dowd, Irene; Lenehan, John	Practitioner Papers 14
Who Decides? Centring the Programme Team in the Design of TEL Decision-Support Tools	Ferns, Shaun; Darby, Fionnuala; Ryan, Barry	Practitioner Papers 02
Who is this for? Competing forces and purposes in digital competence development	Moloney, David; Hynes, Yvonne	Practitioner Papers 13
Who is using our VLE?	Quigley, Cormac; Kiely, Etain; Moreno, Esteban	Gasta 02
Whose educational future? Comparing teachers’ and LLMs’ visions and imaginaries	Consoli, Tessa (1); Simon, Sebastian (2); Vassaux, Cécile (3); Guigon, Gaëlle (4); Mia, Čarapina (5)	Research Papers 08
Winning hearts, minds and budget lines with Open EdTech advocacy	Deepwell, Maren	Practitioner Papers 10
Zine making workshop: building creative communities of resistance	Conrad, Kathryn (1); Dusseau, Melanie (2); Reynoldson, Miriam (3); Tucker, Emily (4); Willis, Rose (5)	Workshop 02

EdTech Annual Conference 2026

DCU St Patrick's Campus, Dublin, Ireland

June 3 & 4, 2026

Index of Titles