Clare Gormley

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Clare Gormley is an academic developer with DCU Teaching Enhancement Unit who has worked in the arena of technology-enhanced learning (in both academic and corporate contexts) since 1996.  A Fellow of the Staff and Educational Development Association (FSEDA), Clare has a particular interest in supporting the professional development of academic staff for enhanced learning and teaching.

Clare has an MSc in Applied eLearning and has worked with faculty from multiple disciplines to design and develop a broad range of online and blended learning experiences. She has published in a range of peer-reviewed publications on assessment, professional learning, learning design, and the use of innovative technologies in teaching. In April 2017 she established 'The Sipping Point', a highly successful community of practice at DCU for staff to share, discuss, and improve their teaching practice. Twice nominated for a DCU President's Award for supporting excellence in teaching, Clare is currently engaged in researching assessment workload challenges and also the use of audio feedback approaches with large class groups.

Clare teaches the accredited modules 'Online Teaching' and 'Assessment & Feedback' at DCU. She is a committee member of the Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN). She is also a member of the Digital Learning Research Network which includes over 50 staff with a research interest, and range of scholarly outputs, in this area. Recent publications can be accessed via her full profile below.

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2015 Devine T.;Gormley C.;Doyle P. (2015) 'Lights, camera, action: Using wearable camera and interactive video technologies for the teaching & assessment of lab experiments'. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 23 (2):22-33.
2015 Devine, T., Gormley, C., Doyle, P. (2015) 'Lights, Camera, Action: Using Wearable Camera and Interactive Video Technologies for the Teaching & Assessment of Lab Experiments'. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 23 .
2014 Gormley, C. (2014) 'Teaching the Principles of Effective Online Course Design: What Works?'. IRISH JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC PRACTICE, 3 .

Other Journal

Year Publication
2018 O'Keeffe, M., Gormley, C. & Ferguson, P.B. (2018) 'Moving the focus from grades to feedback: A case study of pass/fail marking' 11 (1) :70-79. Link

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2017 Gormley, O'Keeffe, Bruce Ferguson (2017) 'Teachers as Learners: Exploring the impact of accredited professional development on learning and assessment in Irish Higher Education' In: Maynooth, Ireland : AISHE. Link
2017 Stone, S., Doyle, P., Donlon, E., Gormley, C., Walsh, E., O’Keeffe, N., O’Keeffe, M., Crean, A. & Ferguson, P. (2017) 'Meitheal: An Irish Case Study in Building a Virtual Community of Practice in Transitional Times' In: Singapore : Springer.

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2018 Kirwan, A & Gormley, C (2018) EdTech 2018 TEL Quality Matters - People, Policies and Practices, Annual Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association Feedback in Soundbites: A sound approach in Nursing Education? Link
2016 Gormley, C;Glynn, M;Brown, M;Doyle, J (2016) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON E-LEARNING (ECEL 2016) Mobile Learning Spaces for a Mobile Generation: Redesigning the Classroom
2016 Gormley C.;Glynn M.;Brown M.;Doyle J. (2016) Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL Mobile learning spaces for a mobile generation: Redesigning the classroom
2015 Devine T.;Gormley C.;Doyle P. (2015) Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL Wearable Technology in the lab: A useful new Perspective?
2016 Nic Giolla Mhichil, M., Brown, M., Costello, E, Donlon, E., Kirwan, C. Gormley, C., & O Ciardubhain, C. (2016) European Stakeholder Summit on experiences and best practices in and around MOOCs (EMOOCS 2016) . In: Khalil, M., Ebner, M., Kopp, M., Lorenz, A., & Kalz, M eds. Classifying the Irish 101 LMOOC Graz, Austria, 22/02/2016- 24/02/2016
2015 Devine, T;Gormley, C;Doyle, P (2015) PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON R-LEARNING (ECEL 2015) Wearable Technology in the lab: A Useful new Perspective?

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2018 Costelloe, L., Glynn, M. and Gormley, C. (2018) Assessment in Higher Education Assessment - evaluating the workload on staff and students Manchester, .
2018 Costelloe, L., Glynn, M. & Gormley, C. (2018) More than the Metrics: Our deep dive into assessment workload This study aims to investigate the extent of the assessment overload issue for both staff and students and is being undertaken to encourage programme teams to adopt a programmatic approach to assessment Leeds, UK, .
2018 O'Riordan, F; Costelloe, L. & Gormley, C. (2018) EdTech TEL Quality Matters - People, Policies and Practices, Annual Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association Reflections on use of ePortfolios to support professional development: the academic developer perspective IT Carlow, .
2016 Stone, S., O'Keeffe, M., Gormley, C., Donlon, E., Ferguson, P., Doyle, P., Crean, A., & O'Keeffe, N. (2016) ReConstituting TEL: Rising to the Challenge (ILTA Conference 2016) Meitheal - An old word for a new world: The challenges and opportunities of an online community of practice Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 26/05/2016-27/05/2016.
2015 Devine, T., Gormley, C., Doyle, P. (2015) 14th European Conference on eLearning Wearable Technology in the Lab: A Useful New Perspective? University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, 28/10/2015-30/10/2015.
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Research Interests

assessment and feedback, learning design, instructional design, audio feedback, wearable technology, educational video, academic development