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Cover page of a policy document titled “Generative AI in Higher Education in Teaching & Learning – Policy Framework” by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). The background is dark blue with white circuit-like graphic elements along the bottom.

Just before Christmas the Higher Education Authority (HEA) released a Policy Framework “to guide educators, academic leaders, and professional staff in making informed, value-based decisions about how gen AI is adopted and integrated into educational practice”. The framework is very timely and focuses on the specific issues associated with generative AI usage in higher education in the context of teaching and learning.

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Sep 25 2025

#23 Navigating Digital Education Change in HE Podcast

By TeachNet Admin

In this episode, Dr Michael Hallissy speaks with Dr Pauline Rooney and Dr Claire McAvinia from the Centre for Academic Practice at Trinity College Dublin. The conversation opens with Pauline outlining the Centre’s core purpose and its mission

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Nov 4 2024

Student perspectives on using AI to complete assignments

By Frances O'Donnell

Are we fully aware of the impact AI is having on students? As part of some recent work, I developed four student personas to represent the mixed perspectives students are having in relation to using, or not using, artificial intelligence (AI) in their assignments (These are based on adult learners but likely useful to consider

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Oct 17 2016

New Digital Resources from T&L

By Michael Hallissy

Interesting resources emerging from The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is involved in a wide range of interesting projects that are exploring the role of digital technology in HE and beyond. The Forum, through their

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Mar 26 2015

Building Digital Capacity in Higher Education

By Michael Hallissy

Some takeaways for Primary and Post-Primary Dispelling Myths Last week, the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education published its extended roadmap – A Roadmap for Enhancement in a Digital World 2015-2017 – which aims at building digital capacity in Irish higher education. This is a comprehensive document that places

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Nov 24 2014

Joining the Dots…Digital Technology in our Education System

By Michael Hallissy

The need for joined up thinking in relation to the use of digital technology in our education system In late October the High Level Group on the Modernisation of Higher Education published their latest report to the European Commission on New modes of learning and teaching in higher education. This is the second report from

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