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Clare Gormley is a senior academic developer with DCU Teaching Enhancement Unit who has worked in the arena of blended and online learning (in both academic and corporate contexts) since 1996.  A Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA) and a Fellow of the Staff and Educational Development Association (FSEDA), Clare has a track record of supporting the professional development of academic staff for enhanced learning and teaching. In recent years, Clare has facilitated and led multiple professional learning initiatives for the DCU Futures project, particularly on the design and implementation of Challenge-based Learning (CBL) in teaching practice. Clare is currently a doctoral candidate undertaking an EdD thesis focused on CBL. She is also Chair of the DCU CBL Working Group.

Prajakta Girme (Lily) is the Academic Development Officer with the DCU Teaching Enhancement Unit. She is a Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA). She is actively involved in areas of Interactive Oral assessments, Challenge-Based Learning, blended learning and digital assessment. She is part of the Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) Working Group and the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) Implementation Group at DCU. She organises the DCU Interactive Oral Community of Practice. She was part of the research team that developed the Topic Specific Statutory Quality Assurance Guidelines for Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI). She is currently undertaking a PhD in Education. Her research interests include speculative fiction, multimodal research approaches, open education, access initiatives and education for international protection applicants.