Search results for author:"Deirdre Butler"
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Education Systems in the Digital Age: The Need for Alignment
Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Peter Twining; Ben Akoh; Yousra Chtouki; Sara Farshadnia; Kanda Moore; Roumen Nikolov; Carlos Pascual; Barbara Sherman; Teemu Valtonen
Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 3 (2018) pp. 473–494
The focus of Thematic Working Group 1 at EDUsummIT 2017 centred on the need for alignment in education systems and was driven by two key questions relating to (a) if and how all the parts of an education system work together to support the type of...
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Different Strokes for Different Folks: Scaling a Blended Model of Teacher Professional Learning
Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Michael Hallissy; Mark Brown
Interactive Technology and Smart Education Vol. 14, No. 3 (2017) pp. 230–245
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe an innovative model of teacher professional learning that has evolved over a decade (2006 to 2016). Design/methodology/approach: Working in a range of different school contexts, in conjunction with...
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Smart Partnerships to Increase Equity in Education
Margaret Leahy; Niki Davis; Cathy Lewin; Amina Charania; Hasniza Nordin; Davor Orlic; Deirdre Butler; Olatz Lopez-Fernadez
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 84–98
This exploratory analysis of smart partnerships identifies the risk of increasing the digital divide with the deployment of data analytics. Smart partnerships in education appear to include a process of evolution into a synergy of strategic and...
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Using Digital Video to Create Online Book Reviews
Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Ciarán Mc Cormack
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 80–99
This paper describes the results of a pilot study conducted in Ireland to examine the effectiveness of an online book review project. The project focused on the production of book reviews by primary school children in the form of digital video. The...
Topics: Educational Technology, Children, Literacy, Classrooms, English Language Arts, Video