Road to Hope
photo by Maeve Kelly Today I started writing a blog post about openness, inequality, and the complex reckonings we make about our digital, networked identities. But tonight I’m finding I can’t write...
View ArticleInitial thoughts… Exploring OEP in higher education
CC BY 2.0 woodlewonderworks (Flickr) The working title of my PhD research study is Exploring open educational practices in higher education. I’m currently at a ‘pausing point’ between phases – so I...
View Article#OER16: a critical turn
CC BY-ND Bryan Mathers http://bryanmmathers.com/participatory-culture/ .. I’ve been thinking about OER16: Open Culture since the conference ended just over four weeks ago. I’m reflecting now not just...
View ArticleExploring OEP at #NextGenDL
Today I’ll be joining educators and researchers from across Ireland (and beyond) at the Next Generation: Digital Learning Research Symposium in Dublin – we’ll be tweeting with the hashtag #NextGenDL....
View ArticleOpenness and praxis (at #SRHE)
This blog post is a summary of my presentation at SRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) in London on November 18, 2016. The event was organised by the SRHE Digital University Network,...
View ArticleOpen conversations at #oeglobal #go_gn
Day 1, Cape Town – Flickr CC-BY catherinecronin I’m currently in the final year of my PhD research study/journey/adventure, planning to submit my dissertation at the end of 2017. Over the next two...
View ArticleOEP and open pedagogy: #OEGlobal reflections
I recently returned from 10 days in Cape Town, participating in the Open Education Global Conference and GO-GN seminar and working with fellow open education researchers at the Centre for Innovation...
View ArticleStudent as partner, producer, and assessor: Workshop with Jim Groom
On Monday, April 3rd (one week from today!) Jim Groom will join us here at NUI Galway to facilitate a workshop: Student as Partner, Producer & Assessor: Exploring Domain of One’s Own. The workshop...
View Articlegrateful for openness
Post-#OEGlobal and pre-#OER17, my mind is on fire. At the end of Open Education Week and Brexit week; working on another draft chapter for my PhD, yet pulled in the direction of events in Ireland, the...
View ArticleA new home…
As of April 14th, 2017, this website has moved to a new home: http://catherinecronin.net All of the content of this blog has been moved to my new site. Please do visit or follow – I look forward to...
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