Ken McCarthy
@kenmccarthy.ie
"It's the last piece of the puzzle, but you just can't make it fit"
Head of Centre for Academic Practice SETU
Vice President ILTA
LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator
Interested in #EdTech #GenAI #Lego and making the world a better place
Views are spectacular
Head of Centre for Academic Practice SETU
Vice President ILTA
LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator
Interested in #EdTech #GenAI #Lego and making the world a better place
Views are spectacular
New on GenAI:N3: Kerith George-Briant & Jack Hogan explore a “two-lane” approach to AI in assessment - one secure, one collaborative. Smart, honest, and very human.
Read: genain3.ie/this-is-not-...
#HigherEd #GenerativeAI #AssessmentDesign
Read: genain3.ie/this-is-not-...
#HigherEd #GenerativeAI #AssessmentDesign
This is not the end but a beginning: Responding to “Something Wicked This Way Comes” – GenAI:N3
genain3.ie
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New on GenAI:N3: Kerith George-Briant & Jack Hogan explore a “two-lane” approach to AI in assessment - one secure, one collaborative. Smart, honest, and very human.
Read: genain3.ie/this-is-not-...
#HigherEd #GenerativeAI #AssessmentDesign
Read: genain3.ie/this-is-not-...
#HigherEd #GenerativeAI #AssessmentDesign
The latest weekly blog post on the GenAI:N3 website (genain3.ie) features Brian Mulligan positing that to overcome the threat from AI, universities may have to reinvent themselves through authentic, applied learning. Ironically, AI might be both the problem and the solution. #GenAI
AI Could Revolutionise Higher Education in a Way We Did Not Expect – GenAI:N3
genain3.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The latest weekly blog post on the GenAI:N3 website (genain3.ie) features Brian Mulligan positing that to overcome the threat from AI, universities may have to reinvent themselves through authentic, applied learning. Ironically, AI might be both the problem and the solution. #GenAI
Another wonderful blog post on the GenAI:N3 website (genain3.ie) this week from Tadhg Blommerde, who shares insights about Dr Strange Syllabus and teaching students to trust themselves...
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genain3.ie/dr-strange-s...
Dr. Strange-Syllabus or: How My Students Learned to Mistrust AI and Trust Themselves – GenAI:N3
genain3.ie
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Another wonderful blog post on the GenAI:N3 website (genain3.ie) this week from Tadhg Blommerde, who shares insights about Dr Strange Syllabus and teaching students to trust themselves...
genain3.ie/dr-strange-s...
genain3.ie/dr-strange-s...
It might be a public holiday, but it is still Monday, and that means another new blog post on the GenAI:N3 website, this week featuring the thoughts of MTU PhD Researcher Patrick Shields who writes about the role that Higher Education can play in AI adoption by SMEs.
genain3.ie/ai-adoption-...
genain3.ie/ai-adoption-...
AI Adoption & Education for SMEs – GenAI:N3
genain3.ie
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It might be a public holiday, but it is still Monday, and that means another new blog post on the GenAI:N3 website, this week featuring the thoughts of MTU PhD Researcher Patrick Shields who writes about the role that Higher Education can play in AI adoption by SMEs.
genain3.ie/ai-adoption-...
genain3.ie/ai-adoption-...
Dr Hazel Farrell @hazelfarrell.bsky.social presenting the work of GenAI:N3 @genain3.bsky.social at the Council of Europe Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education -
Ensuring quality education in the AI era in Strasbourg. #GenAI #SETU
Ensuring quality education in the AI era in Strasbourg. #GenAI #SETU
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Dr Hazel Farrell @hazelfarrell.bsky.social presenting the work of GenAI:N3 @genain3.bsky.social at the Council of Europe Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education -
Ensuring quality education in the AI era in Strasbourg. #GenAI #SETU
Ensuring quality education in the AI era in Strasbourg. #GenAI #SETU
The first of the GenAI:N3 Weekly Blog posts comes from the always entertaining Jim O'Mahony, SFHEA, with a link-packed roundup of where we are now and an existential question about where we left the remote control! Well worth the read...
#genai #genain3 #ntutorr genain3.ie/something-wi...
#genai #genain3 #ntutorr genain3.ie/something-wi...
Something Wicked This Way Comes – GenAI:N3
genain3.ie
September 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The first of the GenAI:N3 Weekly Blog posts comes from the always entertaining Jim O'Mahony, SFHEA, with a link-packed roundup of where we are now and an existential question about where we left the remote control! Well worth the read...
#genai #genain3 #ntutorr genain3.ie/something-wi...
#genai #genain3 #ntutorr genain3.ie/something-wi...
Reposted by Ken McCarthy
Follow the Day 1 Live Sream in the main auditorium at #edtech25 at #SETU #Waterford
Here is the link!
youtube.com/live/5JHeDVq...
#community #learningtechnology #edtech
Here is the link!
youtube.com/live/5JHeDVq...
#community #learningtechnology #edtech
ILTA EdTech25 - Day 1
YouTube video by South East Technological University
youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Follow the Day 1 Live Sream in the main auditorium at #edtech25 at #SETU #Waterford
Here is the link!
youtube.com/live/5JHeDVq...
#community #learningtechnology #edtech
Here is the link!
youtube.com/live/5JHeDVq...
#community #learningtechnology #edtech
Just 10 days to go to the third "Sustainability in the Arts" festival in South East Technological University, this award-winning festival promises to be better than ever, well done to @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and her incredible team.
Sustainability in the Arts Festival Brochure 2025
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March 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just 10 days to go to the third "Sustainability in the Arts" festival in South East Technological University, this award-winning festival promises to be better than ever, well done to @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and her incredible team.
Super proud of this amazing educator and colleague, @hazelfarrell.bsky.social who won a SATLE impact award for the Sustainability in the Arts Festival in SETU. #SATLE
March 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Super proud of this amazing educator and colleague, @hazelfarrell.bsky.social who won a SATLE impact award for the Sustainability in the Arts Festival in SETU. #SATLE
Reposted by Ken McCarthy
Next up on our calendar is our annual EdTech conference this May. We’re headed to Waterford to the sunny South East Technological University as hosts. Stay tuned for more details, including our call for papers coming soon!
a cartoon drawing of a sun wearing sunglasses on a blue background
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a sun wearing sunglasses on a blue background
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February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Next up on our calendar is our annual EdTech conference this May. We’re headed to Waterford to the sunny South East Technological University as hosts. Stay tuned for more details, including our call for papers coming soon!
Reposted by Ken McCarthy
Yesterday @tudublinsustain.bsky.social launched the Digital Badge - Education for Sustainability w 250 academic staff across Ireland. This collab with ATU and SETU shows #DigitalEducation can build capacity at scale in #ESD @iltasky.bsky.social @ntutorr.ie @carinaginty.bsky.social @kenmccarthy.ie
February 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yesterday @tudublinsustain.bsky.social launched the Digital Badge - Education for Sustainability w 250 academic staff across Ireland. This collab with ATU and SETU shows #DigitalEducation can build capacity at scale in #ESD @iltasky.bsky.social @ntutorr.ie @carinaginty.bsky.social @kenmccarthy.ie
David Deneiffe @ddenieffe.bsky.social kicks off the student panel at DEC24 @dec24conf.bsky.social acknowledging the support of N-TUTORR @ntutorr.ie
December 11, 2024 at 11:59 AM
David Deneiffe @ddenieffe.bsky.social kicks off the student panel at DEC24 @dec24conf.bsky.social acknowledging the support of N-TUTORR @ntutorr.ie
Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social talking about the transformational power of N-TUTORR @ntutorr.ie during her keynote at the DEC 24 conference in Waterford @dec24conf.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social talking about the transformational power of N-TUTORR @ntutorr.ie during her keynote at the DEC 24 conference in Waterford @dec24conf.bsky.social
Well worth watching, lots of food for thought!
I was in great company at the @ntutorr.ie #genAI Masterclass this week with Professor Mike Sharples @sharplem.bsky.social and Dr Tom Farrelly @gastatom.bsky.social
Lots of great insights! I presented on the strength of collaboration for impact in our GenAI:N3 project @kenmccarthy.ie
Lots of great insights! I presented on the strength of collaboration for impact in our GenAI:N3 project @kenmccarthy.ie
Generative AI | N-TUTORR Masterclass (November 2024)
Professor Mike Sharples (Emeritus Professor of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK) serves as lead speaker and MC, introducing a series of insightful…
vimeo.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Well worth watching, lots of food for thought!
Barcelona here we come! @hazelfarrell.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Barcelona here we come! @hazelfarrell.bsky.social
We have been keeping this under wraps for a few months in preparation for the N-TUTORR showcase and Autumn Lecture Series. Special thanks to Corina Power for organising it all and Sean Corcoran (The Art Hand) for making it a reality. #ntutorr #SETU It was worth waiting for...
SETU N-TUTORR Project Commissioned Sand Art Piece
YouTube video by South East Technological University
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 AM
A busy day in Dundalk at the N-TUTORR Future Planning Workshop. A lot done...
November 19, 2024 at 4:01 PM
A busy day in Dundalk at the N-TUTORR Future Planning Workshop. A lot done...
Reposted by Ken McCarthy
After a lot of consideration, we’ve decided to leave our virtual learning environment. There are too many students on there asking for help.
November 16, 2024 at 8:59 PM
After a lot of consideration, we’ve decided to leave our virtual learning environment. There are too many students on there asking for help.
Reposted by Ken McCarthy
Just 8 days to go until the N-TUTORR Showcase. There will be 3 plenary sessions, including a panel of Presidents from our partner HEIs, talking about the future of the TU sector in Ireland. Don't miss it. Sign up at the link below.
#NextGenerationEU #TransformingLearning #NTUTORRShowcase
#NextGenerationEU #TransformingLearning #NTUTORRShowcase
N-TUTORR Showcase: Transforming Learning, Celebrating Collaboration. Tuesday 26 November 2024, 9:45am - 4:30pm. In person at the Convention Centre, Dublin, and online.
registration.crowdcomms.com/n-tutorr-sho...
registration.crowdcomms.com/n-tutorr-sho...
November 18, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Just 8 days to go until the N-TUTORR Showcase. There will be 3 plenary sessions, including a panel of Presidents from our partner HEIs, talking about the future of the TU sector in Ireland. Don't miss it. Sign up at the link below.
#NextGenerationEU #TransformingLearning #NTUTORRShowcase
#NextGenerationEU #TransformingLearning #NTUTORRShowcase
Got a new sticker for my office door! Thanks to @plantsoup.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Got a new sticker for my office door! Thanks to @plantsoup.bsky.social
I just updated my BlueSky handle from @kenmccarthy7.bsky.social to @kenmccarthy.ie if you have your own domain you should give it a try, you can find it in advanced settings under change handle. #speirgorm
November 18, 2024 at 9:41 AM
I just updated my BlueSky handle from @kenmccarthy7.bsky.social to @kenmccarthy.ie if you have your own domain you should give it a try, you can find it in advanced settings under change handle. #speirgorm
Photos of me in my happy place(s), almost all of the Lego Stores that I have managed to visit, Manchester, Dublin, Blanchardstown, Munich and Barcelona, the ones I missed getting were the Lego House in Billund and the one at Billund Airport. Hope to get to a lot more... #lego #happyplace
November 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Photos of me in my happy place(s), almost all of the Lego Stores that I have managed to visit, Manchester, Dublin, Blanchardstown, Munich and Barcelona, the ones I missed getting were the Lego House in Billund and the one at Billund Airport. Hope to get to a lot more... #lego #happyplace
Saddened to hear about the passing of Jon Kenny, a giant of Irish comedy and one of the funniest people I ever saw. Before there was the D'Unbelievables it was Jon and his solo show, this was his version of Spancil Hill. #rastanirish Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Jon Kenny - Spancil Hill (Reggae)
YouTube video by dprkspacemarine
youtu.be
November 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Saddened to hear about the passing of Jon Kenny, a giant of Irish comedy and one of the funniest people I ever saw. Before there was the D'Unbelievables it was Jon and his solo show, this was his version of Spancil Hill. #rastanirish Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Trying out this Starter Pack thing, they don't make it easy....
Please let me know the ones I missed.
go.bsky.app/FYCvaV6
Please let me know the ones I missed.
go.bsky.app/FYCvaV6
November 16, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Trying out this Starter Pack thing, they don't make it easy....
Please let me know the ones I missed.
go.bsky.app/FYCvaV6
Please let me know the ones I missed.
go.bsky.app/FYCvaV6