• Engaging students through the VLE: comparing like with like using the #VLEIreland student survey 

  Raftery, Damien; Risquez, Angelica (Irish Learning Technology Association, 2018)

  Virtual learning environments (VLEs) provide the core infrastructure for the digital learning experiences for many students in Irish and international higher education institutions. Hence the student experience and voice ...
• ‘Lessons Learnt’: the student view in the #VLEIreland project 

  Ryan, Deirdre; Risquez, Angelica (Irish Learning Technology Association, 2018)

  This paper offers an overview of general results and of longitudinal aspects of the data collected to date from student populations which generated from the #VLEIreland project. We argue how results shed light on common ...
• MOOCs and educational sustainability? An educational developer's perspective 

  Risquez, Angelica (Lifewide Education UK, 2018)

  This article explores the author's views and open questions on the potential use of different open educational approaches to promote educational and professional sustainability. The debate is contextualised around my ...
• Editorial: The #VLE Ireland project 

  McAvinia, Claire; Risquez, Angelica (Irish Learning Technology Association, 2018)

  A decade after Martin Weller’s proclamation that ‘The VLE/LMS Is Dead’ (2007) was met with widespread acclaim and debate, virtual learning environments (VLEs) remain pervasive in most higher education institutions (HEIs) ...
• The VLE versus open education 

  Risquez, Angelica; McAvinia, Claire (2018)

  In this paper we consider the position of the VLE in the context of the open education movement. This paper gathers data from the #VLEIreland survey in order to explore further whether open education was a concern of the ...
• Transformative CPD in our library workforce; using Open Digital Badges as accreditation in Rudaí23 

  Breen, Michelle; Meen, Kris; Ronan, Stephanie (2018)

  A digital open badge is an online method of validating informal learning and achievements in education and professional development.
• Making every seat count: space management at peak times in a university library 

  Breen, Michelle; Dundon, Mary; McCaffrey, Ciara (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

  This study explores the library equivalent of the towels on deck chairs phenomenon of students reserving library seats: the practice of leaving personal belongings unattended at a library study space for long periods of ...
• Introduction: language learning and technology 

  Farr, Fiona; Murray, Liam (Routledge, 2016)

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• Creative approaches to teaching graduate research methods workshops 

  Reilly, Peter (Bergen Open Access Publishing, 2017)

  Engagement and deeper learning were enhanced by developing several innovative teaching strategies delivered in Research Methods workshops to Graduate Business Students. Focusing primarily on students adopting a creative ...
• Current developments around open education in Irish higher education 

  Risquez, Angelica (2017)

  This paper explores open educational practice in the context of the recommendations by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Digital Roadmap around open education (National Forum, 2015); and a ...
• Breeding bird species diversity across gradients of land use from forest to agriculture in Europe 

  Koivula, Matti J.; Chamberlain, Dan E.; Fuller, Robert J.; Palmer, Stephen C. F.; Bankovics, Attila; Bracken, Fintan; Bolger, Tom; de Juana, Eduardo; Montadert, Marc; Neves, Renato; Rufino, Rui; Sallent, Angel; Lopes da Silva, Luís; Leitão, Pedro J.; Steffen, Manfred; Watt, Allan D. (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2017)

  Loss, fragmentation and decreasing quality of habitats have been proposed as major threats to biodiversity world-wide, but relatively little is known about biodiversity responses to multiple pressures, particularly at very ...
• Digital literacies for language learning and teaching: developing a national framework 

  Farr, Fiona; Murray, Liam (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016)

  In an Irish national setting, the urgent need to address the national language skills' shortage has been highlighted in numerous arenas, and in the context of the need for a continued economic recovery, language skills ...
• Quiet in the library: an evidence-based approach to improving the student experience 

  McCaffrey, Ciara; Breen, Michelle (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016)

  This article deals with the management of noise in an academic library by outlining an evidence-based approach taken over seven years by the University of Limerick in the Republic of Ireland. The objective of this study ...
• 'Thou shalt not plagiarise’: from self-reported views to recognition and avoidance of plagiarism 

  Risquez, Angelica; O'Dwyer, Michele; Ledwith, Ann (Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2013)

  Throughout much of the literature on plagiarism in higher education, there is an implicit assumption that students who understand plagiarism, who have high ethical views and declare not to engage in plagiaristic behaviour ...
• Digital literacy...........a skill for life 

  Dore, Liz; McSharry, Blaneth (2015)
• All aboard. Empowering staff and students to flourish in the digital age 

  Dore, Liz; McSharry, Blaneth (2016)
• Learning strategies and motivational auto-regulation. Profiling for first year university guidance 

  Garcia-Ripa, Maria Ines; Sanchez-Garcia, Maria Fe; Risquez, Angelica (2016)

  This investigation describes the design of the Strategies and Motivation for University Study Questionnaire (CEMEU in is version in Spanish) and its administration with a sample of 1,708 first year students at the Pontifical ...
• Developing a regional approach to outstanding teaching and learning: a case study 

  Vaughan, Elaine; Fitzpatrick, Mary (EDIN Publications, 2013)

                             It has often been acknowledged that teaching in higher education is afforded a relatively low status when compared to its more lucrative relation, research, and this is echoed in the ...
• Introduction: Peer writing tutors’ narratives 138 the role of the student experience in shaping academic writing development in higher education: the peer writing tutors’ perspective 

  O'Sullivan, Íde; Cleary, Lawrence (European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing, 2012)

  On 29 June 2011, 280 delegates interested in the teaching, tutoring, research, administration and development of academic writing in higher education in Europe descended upon the University of Limerick to discuss the role ...
• Technology enhanced distance learning utilising Sakai CLE and Adobe Connect Pro 

  McCourty, Juley; Risquez, Angelica (IGI Global, 2010)

  On-line environments have been incorporated in the Distance learning programmes of the International Equine Institute (IEI) in order to address concerns about streamlining assessment turn-around, distance student attendance ...

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