Austria military ditches Microsoft for #OpenSource LibreOffice - here's why www.zdnet.com/article/aust... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social Austria, like many EU countries, doesn't trust Microsoft with its data. Can you blame them?

Fantastic and inspiring presentation from Gavin Henrick of @brickfield.bsky.social reminding us all of the importance of digital accessibility to enable truly inclusive learning #MootGlobal25

Great presentation today at #MootGlobal25 - Joey Murison from @catalyst-it.bsky.social shared learnings from their myriad higher education partnerships, including how they’ve helped build a strong and scalable #Moodle environment for @dublincityuni.bsky.social and support our new student orientation

Themes from a recent survey of #Moodle university users illustrate the importance of open source learning technologies - allows ownership, agency, sovereignty of our learners’ data and our pedagogical possibilities #MootGlobal25

Looking forward to a few days of Moodlin’ in beautiful Edinburgh for #MootGlobal25

Excited to launch a collaborative webinar series this month for #HigherEducation educators, all around #ImmersiveLearning, #VirtualReality and more! Speakers will share stories of embedding these technologies in their teaching. All are welcome to strap in and learn at VR-HEd:SETS! www.dcu.ie/vr-he

Touching some grass on the beautiful @dublincityuni.bsky.social St Patrick’s Campus, looking stunning in the Dublin sunshine today

All true but wait until you hear how much data is collected and shared by schools and edtech. And the difference is: no one can opt out. You can throw out the Alexa but you can’t opt out of edtech data grabbing unless you home school.

Thrilled to bring the wonderful #EdTech conference to @dublincityuni.bsky.social in 2026, for its milestone 25th iteration. We’re looking forward to shaping an amazing conference experience for all, befitting this important anniversary! @kate-molloy.net @eam0.bsky.social @stevedotedu.bsky.social

The Getting Started with Personal and Professional Digital Capacity open course for @atu-ie.bsky.social and @dublincityuni.bsky.social staff starts on 3rd June. Join @lwnyrb.bsky.social and I this summer to redesign an element of your teaching or assessment for September. forms.gle/X5iSASuNc2Jj...

Delighted to be joined by Caroline Kennedy from @lawsocireland.bsky.social at today’s #MoodleMunch webinar to tell us all about their integrated use of #Moodle for professional legal education

Who owns my child's data? Teachers, parents and children should have a say in the role of technology in schools. Piece by DCU's Dr Eamon Costello @eam0.bsky.social and Dr Rob Lowney @lwnyrb.bsky.social for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3EZO0Mt #RTEBrainstorm

At today's #MoodleMunch webinar, Noeleen O'Keeffe & Emma Coyle from @dublincityuni.bsky.social share experiences of using a group review tool on #Moodle for students to rate each other in groupwork and promote positive group dynamics

Angela Stewart from University of Pittsburgh shares a useful theoretical framework for evaluating leaners’ collaborative problem solving skills at today’s #LAK25 session

Great insights into interaction types and multimodal data types available for incorporation into #LearningAnalytics dashboards at today’s #LAK25 sessions

Birte Heinemann from @rwth.bsky.social showing us a wonderfully rich #VirutalReality application "Teach-R" developed to help trainee teachers develop classroom management techniques #LAK25 Reminds me of a similar project from @pt-phone-home.bsky.social in @dcuioe.bsky.social!

Common data types and data analysis techniques uses in #VirtualReality #LearningAnalytics shared by Tao Lei at today's #LAK25 workshop

Tao Lei from Education University of Hong Kong presents a concise overview of what immersive #VirtualReality in #LearningAnalytics looks like #LAK25

Good to see #OpenEducationalResources listed as a potential solution to #VirtualReality financial challenges #OER #LAK25

Many challenges to face in scaling #VirtualReality classrooms including financial and technological says Aytaj Ismayilzada from @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social at today’s #LAK25 workshop

A much needed framework from Miriam Fernandez @openuniversity.bsky.social around the responsible use of #ArtificialIntelligence in #LearningAnalytics presented at #LAK25

Rogers Kaliisa and Ioana Jivet share what #LearningAnalytics dashboards should be: informative, understandable, actionable #LAK25

What does success look like in #LearningAnalytics adoption? Great reminders from Esther Ventura-Medina, Eindhoven University of Technology at the #LAK25 workshop today on dashboards

So thrilled to bring back our #MoodleMunch international community of practice today, with a lunchtime webinar on using generative artificial intelligence and #Moodle. First up, @stevedotedu.bsky.social and @pt-phone-home.bsky.social share their insights into using an AI question generator

Our next #DCUVIBES speaker Tanya Livingstone from @dcuengineering.bsky.social shares an example of using surgical simulation to foster students’ skills with important surgical tools to aid their understanding of how to design and develop such tools

Fantastic insight into micro teaching in virtual reality from @dcuioe.bsky.social lecturer Peter Tiernan & EdD student Pat Boylan—but more importantly, insight into the impact on student learning. More research is needed in this space and Peter & Pat are doing leading edge work! #DCUVIBES

Our #DCUVIBES keynote speaker Dorota Kamińska from Lodz University of Technology, Poland shares a number of their interesting and exciting immersive learning projects, including one which aims to teach designers empathy for others who have certain accessibility needs by simulating their experiences

Fantastic insight from @dublincityuni.bsky.social Chemistry student Lucy Grogan who explains the importance of learning about the 3D nature of molecules, and interacting with them in virtual reality, to understand how their bonds can be manipulated and the effects #DCUVIBES

Our first #DCUVIBES presenter sharing examples of immersive learning in @dublincityuni.bsky.social is Chemistry lecturer Aoife Morrin, explaining how virtual labs can help students master the use of scientific instrumentation

Susan Hegarty, #DCUFutures lead, explains that student partnership is a key philosophy underpinning these programmes, with students co-designing assessment, learning experiences and engaging in challenge-based learning #DCUVIBES

There are various examples of immersive learning being incorporated into programmes across @dublincityuni.bsky.social including in our #DCUFutures programmes explains Susan Hegarty, the #DCUFutures lead #DCUVIBES

The @dublincityuni.bsky.social Vice President for Academic Affairs Prof Lisa Looney opens #DCUVIBES, saying how embedding active learning is a vital part of our teaching and learning strategy and immersive learning technologies are key to achieving that

Very excited to be at #DCUVIBES this morning, to learn more about how immersive learning is being incorporated into programmes across @dublincityuni.bsky.social

I think it’s time to bring my most viral tweet over from the bad place.

That's @gravesle.bsky.social proving the existence of chaos at the intersection of education, technology, and research. #DEC24

@gravesle.bsky.social gives the @ntutorr.ie programme a big shout out as part of her keynote talk at the #DEC24 conference

Thank you #QQI @qqireland.bsky.social for the opportunity to present on our DCU Interactive Oral Assessment work. Hopefully we captured the rationale and benefits but also the support required for successful implementation. Advice and resources available at our website www.dcu.ie/teu/interact...

It's true! Being able to monitor critical periods of activity across a #Moodle site the size of @dublincityuni.bsky.social is vital - and the Assessment Dashboard from @catalyst-it.bsky.social allows me to do just that!

Lovely to see lots of @dublincityuni.bsky.social colleagues joining us on here, where the skies are blue! I've created a Starter Pack so you can easily follow all the wonderful DCU peeps :) Let me know if I've missed anyone!! go.bsky.app/7JNjbjW

For those feeling glum and pessimistic about the role of tech in society and education, @catherinecronin.bsky.social and I have been collecting organisations and initiatives taking a critical and/or alternative stand - see link: bit.ly/A_Critical_T...

Lovely to see @heykm.bsky.social featured in the new ATU magazine, based on her contributions to #HE4Good with Clare Thomson and the #IUADigEd team. Check out page 30 at issuu.com/atlantictech... @catherinecronin.bsky.social

As the semester marches on at Dublin City University, students (and staff!) might need help with their Loop Reflect portfolios. If you're in that boat - come along to our online drop-in clinic this Wednesday 30th October, 2pm. More info on our Help Page, accessible in the footer of reflect.dcu.ie

All students and staff at Dublin City University are welcome to our Loop Reflect online clinic on Wednesday 2 October at 10am - a chance to drop in with any and all questions about creating portfolios with Loop Reflect :) More info on our Help Page, accessible in the footer of reflect.dcu.ie

Emma Coyle from DCU Chemical Sciences shares another great example of #StudentsAsPartners, where her first years peer assess and rate each other’s group contributions, using the handy Moodle Workshop and a great plugin developed by City University London called PeerWork: moodle.org/plugins/mod_...

Tamara Kolaric from SALIS speaks about her experiences of staff-student pedagogical partnership and co-teaching with her 3rd year students in DCU Humanities & Social Sciences. A very powerful testimonial for #StudentsAsPartners #WeAreDCU

Our table discussion yielded the excellent point that student engagement can fail by overstructuring - in a worst case we're forcing students into a rote performance of engagement theater -and we have to maintain a sense of authenticity that plays to our own strengths as lecturers.

Owen Clarkin from DCU School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering tells us about his approach to designing an online module including a mix of educational material and activities to foster engagement #WeAreDCU

DCU President Dáire Keogh opens up Teaching & Learning Week, noting that it provides an opportunity for colleagues to take time out of their hectic schedules to reflect on contemporary challenges and opportunities and how we can enable our students to flourish #WeAreDCU

A dreary Dublin morning, about to be brightened up as we open Teaching & Learning Week at Dublin City University! Sharing and celebrating good teaching, learning and assessment practices from across our five faculties. More info available at www.dcu.ie/teu/events #WeAreDCU

Consistency in course design can really shape the student experience. In the latest Moodle podcast, @markglynn.bsky.social, Head of Business Development EMEA, chats about how Moodle course templates can make life easier for both educators and students. 🎙️ Listen here: ow.ly/H28R50ToVPY #Moodle