RESEARCH
Margaret Farren		 School of Education Studies
Dublin City University
Dublin 9, Ireland
Phone: +353 -1 -7005539
Email: margaret.farren@dcu.ie
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Research in Education Theme: Change Management
A European COMENIUS project 2003-2006 BASICS

Theme: Learning Innovation
Award 2007 DCU.
Award 2005 DCU.
Teaching and Learning Fellowship. 2002

I attended the Project Zero summer school at Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2002 as part of the DCU Fellowship Award.

Theme: ICT Evaluations
Science Unleashed Evaluation (2005). An evaluation study carried out for the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) by Finlayson, O. & Farren, M.

Multimedia Authoring for Language Tutors and Educational Development. (2002). Report for EU on behalf of National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE), August 2000. Farren, M.

Theme: ICT Developmental research
I am a founder member of the Setanta project launched by An. Taoiseach. This was a collaborative project between the School of Computing and St. Aidans School. The purpose of this research project was to develop an intranet system for use in the context of Irish Secondary schools. This project ran from 1999-2002.

Development of an online learning course for teachers (2006) on behalf of the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE). Farren, M. & Molloy, M.

Theme: Research-Based Practice
I registered for my PhD at the University of Bath, UK in 2001. At the time, I came upon Theodore Rosak's statement that "We do not bring the full resources of self to the computer". I wanted to contribute to the development of a scholarship of educational enquiry and bring the 'I' into the centre of our educational enquiries.

PhD Abstract

Prologue to PhD

Full PhD thesis

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
"Improving the use of ICT in higher education" (PPT, 52K)
Margaret Farren, 6 March 2002. Samos Conference.
"DCU Seminar - Rethinking Teaching using ICT" (PPT, 120K)
Margaret Farren, 28 February 2002
"Action Research and Professional Development" (PPT, 40K)
Margaret Farren, Presentation to Masters in ICT in Education group Trinity College, Dublin, February 2002
"University-School Collaboration" (PPT,494K)
Margaret Farren, 7th International Conference on Integrating Learning Technology: Practice, Policy and Partnership (UMIST, Manchester, U.K. September 2000)
"The Potential of Technology to Support Distance Education" (HTML)
Margaret Farren, The Politics of Educational Knowledge Conference, Trinity College, November 1998
"The Potential of Technology" (HTML)
E. Tweedy, 1998
"Web of Betweeness: Constructing and disseminating knowledge using e-media" (PPT, 954K)
Margaret Farren, Darragh Power, Fiona Williams and  Fionbarra Hallissey, Presentation at DCU's e-media day, 18th February, 2004
"Action Research: A new Scholarship of Educational Enquiry" (PPT, 893K)
Margaret Farren and Mairead Ryan. Presentation at University of Galway, January 2004  
"Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI): Teachers as Knowledge Creators"
Margaret Farren, Teresa Hennessy, Joanne Keane, Donal O'Mahoney. February 2007  

School of Education Studies
Dublin City University

Margaret Farren 2007