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Ann Marcus Quinn

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Ann Marcus Quinn

Dr.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-1991

Accepting PhD Students

20062025

Research activity per year

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Research Interests

Interaction Design, Technical Communication, Instructional Design, ICT in K12 Education. An impact case study of her research is available at: http://www.irishhumanities.com/impact-case-studies/ict-and-instructional-design/ Recent Research Activities Research report for the OECD to inform the Higher Education Policy Teams work on digital education. Research report for the European Disability Forum on Assistive Technology in the workplace.Research report for the DG EAC on teacher shortages.WG2 Leader and Management Committee for COST Action CA19142 LEAD-ME. For more details see: https://lead-me-cost.euDuring the Covid-19 pandemic Ann was invited to contribute to many events both national and international. Ann was invited to speak about Open Education Practices at Civil Society side event/symposium held alongside the United Nations Science, Technology and Innovations (STI) Forum . https://sdgs.un.org/tfm/STIForum2021Ann was also invited to write about the opportunities and the issues associated with technology in schools and the digital divide during the pandemic. These included articles and opinion editorials for The Irish Times and guest contributions elsewhere including Ireland's first Virtual Summit for all levels of education. 

Teaching Interests

Autumn semester: TW4003/TW4115 and TW5211Spring semester: EL6072 and EL6082 

Biography

Dr. Ann Marcus-Quinn is currently the Course Director for the Graduate Certificate in Technical Writing by Distance . Previous to this, Ann was the Course Director (2013-2019) for the for the MA in Technical Communication and E-Learning. Ann has been awarded both national and international funding for research including the OECD, the EDF and Google.  Ann has had national media coverage of her work. For example: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/books-better-than-screens-for-students-study-finds-1.37726...and https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/why-low-tech-schools-are-trending-1.3789996
During the Covid-19 pandemic Ann was invited to contribute to many events both national and international. Ann was invited to speak about Open Education Practices at Civil Society side event/symposium held alongside the United Nations Science,Technology and Innovations (STI) Forum .  https://sdgs.un.org/tfm/STIForum2021 Ann was also invited to write about the opportunities and the issues associated with technology in schools and the digital divide during the pandemic. 
 
In a previous role Ann worked with the National Digital Learning Resources service (NDLR) as a national advocate for Open Educational Resources. Ann has a wide range of publications to date reflecting her specialist teaching and research interests, including, eLearning Open Educational Resources (OERs), usability, instructional design and the use of ICT at post-primary level.  A case study on the impact of Ann's research was published by the Irish Humanities Alliance . This is available at http://www.irishhumanities.com/impact-case-studies/ict-and-instructional-design/
 

A full list of publications is available at: https://www.scholar.live/citations user=ujySU1wAAAAJand;hl=en  

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Ph.D.

Award Date: 1 Jan 2011

Masters, M.A.

Award Date: 1 Jan 2004

Bachelor, B.A., Mary Immaculate College

Award Date: 1 Jan 2000

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  3. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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