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Steve Welsh
@stevedotedu.bsky.social
Learning Technologist at Dublin City University
On the clock: EdTech Advocate+Skeptic, AI in T&L, Media Studies, Digital Humanities
On my own time: synth nerd, woodwind noodler, camera junkie, cyclist, cinephile, modernist, lefty rabble rouser
Ellen Howley (@lnhowley.bsky.social ) from DCU's School of English discussing bringing diverse literary voices into the English curriculum in her talk: "Decolonising Reading Lists: Opportunities and Challenges" as part of DCU's Teaching and Learning Week Staff presentations.
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Inmaculada Gómez Soler presenting on "The Power of Language in Turbulent Times: Decolonising the Language Teacher Education Curriculum" - offering some practical advice for bringing questions of power and cultural assumptions into the language curriculum.
September 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Sharing out this great guide discussed by Jennifer Fraser at this morning's T&L Week keynote: The University of Westminster Student Partnership Framework, which asks great questions about what reciprocal student-staff partnerships can look like in practice.

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September 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Day 1 of Teaching and Learning week at DCU is off to an exciting start with Jennifer Fraser and Kelsea Costin's opening keynote on decolonising the curriculum, showcasing the student-staff partnerships and community they've built at the University of Westminster.
@psjproject.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Hockney. Such a goof. Hope I still have such sterling wit at his age.
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We're absolutely thrilled to be hosting next year's conference at DCU! See you in Dublin! #EdTech25 ➡️ #EdTech26!
May 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
DCU's Bláithín Duggan presenting the great work done by Patricia Flynn and herself on the Crucial Academic Training (CAT1) module they developed in Loop (Moodle) for first-year undergraduate music students. Well done Bláithín! #EdTech25
May 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
UL's David Moloney presenting on the comprehensive digital skills modules (Including AI literacy) UL develops (iteratively on an ongoing basis) for students across programmes. OER and more info available here: obsius.site/453y143t6q1g...
#EdTech25
May 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
DCU's prolific @donalmulligan.com presenting on the TOPIC model for referencing/attribution of student use of Gen AI sources in their work and research. See more on the TOPIC framework at donalmulligan.com/topic #EdTech25
May 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Moya Cronin presenting some fantastic research on HEI staff responses to Gen AI - proposing a hybrid model for change management. Was not expecting to see Freud's "mourning & melancholia" applied to institutional responses to Gen AI! #EdTech2025
May 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I'm slated for my first gasta later today to close day 1 of #EdTech25, and I've already got the sweats! 😰 Be merciful, @gasta.me! 🙏

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May 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Good morning from #EdTech25, where @jenr.bsky.social is reflecting on why GenAI is indeed 'so hot right now', and what it means for T&L and our future(s).
May 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Good morning from Day 1 of Teaching & Learning Week at DCU! In the opening panel on student engagement, Prof James Brunton, citing the 2012 What Works Report on Student Engagement (linked) emphasises that engagement requires a fostering a sense of *belonging*.
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September 30, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Some artefacts from my #EdTechIE24 presentation today, a professional autoethnography, including a classic Moretti-ism. (If you know, you know...)

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May 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Slides from Ignatia de Waard's #EdTechIE24 day 2 keynote on Strategic Improvising with AI, chock full of useful resources for AI in education:

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May 31, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Feeling VERY called out by Celeste Auge's Gasta polemic on the incoherent inconsistency of formatting in online learning spaces. Her team is issuing a style guide on writing for the internet for ID's and instructors. #EdTechIE24
May 30, 2024 at 3:44 PM
In this afternoon's #EdTechIE24 panel on "Reconciling Open Education with Generative AI", @sharonlflynn.bsky.social discussed applying the Out Framework for Ethical Learning Technology to GenAI.

Here's the framework: www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/wh...
May 30, 2024 at 3:25 PM
In discussing entangled pedagogy, we're hearing for the first but not the last time "put the learning first, and the technology should follow". #EdTechIE24
May 30, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Nice to see Zeta Dooly thoughtfully aligning SETU's VR pilot projects with the Sustainable Development Goals. #Edtechie24
May 30, 2024 at 12:01 PM