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Lorraine Delaney

Dr.

Contact Details

School of Human Development
Moville
Drumcondra Campus
Dublin City University.

E:lorraine.delaney@dcu.ie

Dr. Lorraine Delaney, Assistant Professor.

Dr. Lorraine Delaney BA, MSc, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Socioogy at DCU's Institute of Education (School of Human Development, Drumcondra Campus). Lorraine has many years experience in online higher education (DCU Open Education), where she developed four new level 8 programmes, which were successful in securing HEA (Springboard+) funding. Lorraine moved more recently to teacher education. Lorraine is an experienced lecturer and dissertation supervisor and is former Programme Chair of the BSc in Information Technology, BSc in Information Systems, Higher Diploma in Interaction Design and Higher Diploma in Management of IT. Lorriane currently coordinates the following seven modules: (1) SPHE, Sociology and Hishtory of Education; (2) What is Sociology? (3) Sociology of the Lifecourse (4) Societal Structures and Social Order (5) Social Inequality and Intergroup Relations (6) Sociology of Health and Illness and (7) Language, Culture and Society. She teachs at undergraduate level on the Bacherlor of Education and at postgraduate level on the Postgraduate Masters in Primary Education and Postgraduate Masters in Education where she supervises student research projects. Lorraine has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. Her research interests are interdisciplinary and include social inequality, social class, social stratification, higher education access and transitioning, part-time higher education, teacher education, technology in teaching and learning, adult education, higher education retention and completion, graduate employability and education policy.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2023	Lorraine Delaney, Mark Brown and Eamon Costello (2023) 'Between the Lines: An Exploration of Online Academic Help-Seeking and Outsourced Support in Higher Education: Who Seeks Help and Why?'. Education Sciences, 13 (11):1-17. [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Farrell, O.; Brunton, J.; Costello, E.; Delaney, L.; Brown, M.; Foley, C. (2020) 'This is two different worlds, you have the asylum world and you have the study world’: An exploration of refugee participation in online Irish higher education'. Research in Learning Technology, 28 . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Brunton, J., Farrell, O., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Foley, C., & Brown, M. (2019) 'Duelling identities in refugees learning through open, online higher education'. Open Praxis, 11 (4). [Link] http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.11.4.1018
	2020	Delaney, L.; Brown, M. (2020) 'Many happy returns! An exploration of the socio-economic background and access experiences of those who (re)turn to part-time higher education'. Irish Educational Studies, 39 . [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Delaney, L.; Brown, M. (2018) *'To walk invisible: distance students in a dual-mode university^'*. Distance Education*, 39 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Delaney, L.; Farren, M. (2016) 'No ‘self’ left behind? Part-time distance learning university graduates: social class, graduate identity and employability'. Open Learning, 31 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Lorraine Delaney (2015) 'Who graduates from Irish distance university education?'. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING (EURODL), 18 :100-113.
	2015	Brown, M., Hughes, H., & Delaney, L. (2015) 'Giving voice to distance learners: Methodological decisions and challenges'. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING (EURODL), :170-185.

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2021	Farrell, O., Brunton, J., Breen, E., Costello, E., Cox, R., Delaney, L., Gallagher, E. & Smyth, V. (2021) Open Education Global 2021, Nantes, France/Online *Go open! Supporting higher education staff engagement in open educational practices* 27/09/2021- 01/10/2021
	2019	Brunton, J., Farrell, O., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Foley, C., & Brown, M. (2019) ICDE World Conference on Online Learning *You have the asylum world and you have... the study world”: Duelling identities in refugees learning online* Dublin, Ireland, 04/11/2019- 04/11/2019
	2019	Brunton, J., Farrell, O., Delaney, L., Brown, M., Costello, E., & Foley, C. (2019) OE Global 2019 conference *Providing open opportunities for access to higher education to refugees through an open education initiative: A Case Study of Dublin City University’s University of Sanctuary Scholarship programme* Milan, 26/11/2019- 28/11/2019
	2019	Delaney, L. (2019) 28th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning *Work Matters: Distance Graduates and the Employability Discourse* Dublin, 06/11/2019- 06/11/2019
	2019	Brunton, J., Farrell, O., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Foley, C., & Brown, M. (2019) OE Global *Providing open opportunities for access to higher education to refugees through an open education initiative: A Case Study of Dublin City University’s University of Sanctuary Scholarship programme* Milan, Italy, 26/11/2019- 26/11/2019
	2018	Delaney, L., & Brown, M. (2018) European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN). Towards Personalised Guidance and Support for Learning . In: EDEN eds. *Support holes: Distance students’ experience of support in a dual mode university* Barcelona,
	2018	Farrell, O., Brown, M., Brunton, J., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Foley, C. (2018) 10th EDEN Research Workshop, Towards personalized guidance and support for learning *Can you give me sanctuary? Exploring the transition experiences of refugees and asylum seekers to online distance learning* Barcelona, 24/10/2018- 26/10/2018 [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Farrell, O., & Delaney, L. (2018) EdTech 2018, TEL Quality Matters - People, Policies and Practices,Annual Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association . In: ILTA eds. *Sanctuaries of Study: An Online Initiative for Refugees and Asylum Seekers* Carlow, Ireland, 01/06/2018- 01/06/2018
	2017	Delaney, L., & Brown M. (2017) European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) . In: EADTU eds. *The pre-participation experience of distance graduates* Milton Keynes, UK, 25/10/2017- 27/10/2017
	2017	Brunton. J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Farrell, O. (2017) 27th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning *Promoting effective, strategic pre-entry and on-entry socialisation for flexible learners in higher education*
	2016	Brunton, J. and Brown, M. and Costello, E. and Delaney, L. and Fox, S. (2016) Paper presented at OER16: Open Cultures *Making and sharing OERs that faciliate successful transition into higher education for flexible learners*
	2016	Brown, M., Brunton, J., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Fox, S. (2016) Global Learn: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) *Making better choices: Self-regulative tools for flexible learner success* Limerick, Ireland, 28/04/2016- 28/04/2016
	2016	Brown, M., Brunton, J., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Fox, S. (2016) Global Learn 2016 . In: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) eds. *Making better choices: Self-regulative tools for flexible learner success* Limerick, Ireland, 28/04/2016- 28/04/2016 [Link]
	2016	Delaney, L.; Farren, M. (2016) ASCILITE 2016 - Conference Proceedings - 33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education: Show Me the Learning *Digital learning: An important ingredient in equity of access to university* [Link]
	2016	Delaney, L., Farren, M. (2016) ASCILITE Conference Proceedings - 33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education: Show Me the Learning *Digital Learning: An important ingredient in equity of access to university* Australia,
	2016	Brunton, J.; Cleary, A.; Gilligan, J.; Brown, M.; Delaney, L.; O’Regan, L.; Costello, E.; Fox, S.; Ward, J. (2016) ASCILITE 2016 - Conference Proceedings - 33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education: Show Me the Learning *Staying the distance: Using digital readiness tools to support effective transitions into higher education for flexible learners* [Link]
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Cleary, A., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Gilligan, J., O'Regan, L. & Ward J. (2016) Show me the learning. Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education . In: S. Baker, S. Dawson, A. Pardo, & C. Colvin eds. *Staying the distance: Using digital readiness tools to support effective transitions into higher education for flexible learners. Poster at ASCILITE 2016 conference* Adelaide, Australia, 28/11/2016- 30/11/2016
	2015	Brunton, J. and Brown, M. and Costello, E. and Delaney, L. and Fox, S. and Galvin, A. and Lonergan, N. (2015) Proceedings of The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference *Free, focused and flexible: A suite of online transition tools for supporting student success* [Link]
	2015	Brunton, J. and Brown, M. and and Costello, E. and Delaney, L. and and Fox, S. and Galvin, A. and Lonergan, N. (2015) Paper presented at The 15th Educational Technology Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association *Digital Readiness Tools for Use in Supporting Flexible Learners: A Research and Development Transitions Project*
	2015	Brunton, J. and Brown, M. and Costello, E. and Delaney, L. and Fox, S. and Galvin, A. and Lonergan, N. (2015) Paper presented to the ECIU (European Consortium of Innovative Universities) Committee *Toolbox for Flexible Learners: Supporting Student Success into the Transition to Higher Education*
	2015	Costello, E. and Brown, M. and Brunton, J. and Delaney, L. (2015) Paper presented at The 15th Educational Technology Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association *Learning Beyond the Horizon: Using Peerwise to increase engagement for students in transition*
	2015	Costello, E. and Brown, M. and Brunton, J. and Delaney, L. (2015) Paper presented to the 22nd Annual Conference 2015 of the Association for Learning Technology - Shaping the Future of Learning Together *It's on the exam! Affecting student engagement through crowd-sourced assessment*
	2015	Delaney, L. & Farren, M. (2015) EATDU Conference 2015, Transforming Higher Education in the 21st Century *Online distance higher education : access, graduates and employability* FernUniversität, Hagen, Germany, 29/10/2015- 30/10/2015

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2022	Delaney, L., Brown, M. & Costello, E. (2022) Innovating Higher Education Conference, Helenic Open University, Athens Exploring Perceptions and Use of Third Party Online Learning Support Services for Online University Students Athens, 19/10/2022-21/10/2022.
	2020	Brunton, J., & Delaney, L. (2020) Educational Studies Associate of Ireland (ESAI) conference A tale of two students: Off-campus, online adult learners and the systemic barriers they face in Irish higher education Online, 03/09/2020-05/09/2020.
	2019	Delaney, L. (2019) 28th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning University for the Working Class? Seriously? Dublin, 05/11/2019-05/11/2019.
	2019	Brunton, J., Farrell, O., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Foley, C., & Brown, M. (2019) 28th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning “You have the asylum world and you have... the study world”: Duelling identities in refugees learning online Dublin, 03/11/2019-07/11/2019.
	2019	Delaney, L., and Costello, E. (2019) OOFHEC (Online, Open and Flexible HE Conference) Micro-credentials and the Labour Market: An Irish Perspective Madrid, Spain, 16/10/2019-18/10/2019.
	2017	Delaney, L. and Brown, M. (2017) The Educational Technology Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association University Access: Complexity and Technology Sligo, 01/06/2017-02/06/2017.
	2016	Brown, M., Brunton, J., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Fox, S. (2016) Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Making better choices: Self-regulative tools for flexible learner success Limerick, 28/04/2016-28/04/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Fox, S. (2016) Open Education Global Conference Creating a toolbox of OERs to faciliate flexible learner transition into higher education: A collaborative project between four Irish higher education institutions Krakow, Poland, 12/04/2016-12/04/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Cleary, A., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Gilligan, J., & O’Regan, L. (2016) Annual Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA) How to support an effective transition process for flexible learners using digital readiness tools: A workshop Dublin, Ireland, 26/05/2016-27/05/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L. (2016) European Distance and e-Learning Network (EDEN) Student success toolbox - Supporting transitions from thinking about study to the first few weeks Budapest, 15/06/2016-15/06/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L. (2016) European Distance and e-Learning Network (EDEN) conference Student success toolbox - Supporting transitions from thinking about study to the first few weeks Budapest, .
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Cleary, A., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Gilligan, J., O'Regan, L. & Ward J. (2016) ASCILITE Staying the distance: Using digital readiness tools to support effective transitions into higher education for flexible learners Adelaide, Australia, 28/11/2016-28/11/2016.
	2016	Delaney, L. (2016) The Next Generation Digital Learning Research Symposium Using case study methodology to explore the relationship between digital learning and widening university access Dublin City University, 01/11/2016-01/11/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Cleary, A., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Gilligan, J., & O’Regan, L. (2016) ReConstituting TEL: Rising to the Challenge, Annual Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association How to support an effective transition process for flexible learners using digital readiness tools: A workshop Dublin, Ireland, 26/05/2016-26/05/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Cleary, A., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Gilligan, J., O’Regan, L., & Ward, J. (2016) Effective Practice Award Discovery Session at OLC Accelerate: Accelerating Online Learning Worldwide Student success toolbox for flexible learners: Supporting transitions from thinking about study to the first weeks Orlando, Florida, USA, 09/11/2016-18/11/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Fox, S. (2016) OER16 Making and Sharing OERs that Facilitate Successful Transition into Higher Education for Flexible Learners Edinburgh, 19/04/2016-20/04/2016.
	2016	Delaney, L. (2016) European Access Network Conference Part-time Higher Education and Graduate Employability: the Class Ceiling University College Dublin, 30/05/2016-30/05/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Cleary, A., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Gilligan, J., O’Regan, L., & Ward, J. (2016) 5th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL) Developing a suite of flexible learner transition tools - the student success toolbox project Prague, 27/10/2016-27/10/2016.
	2016	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Fox, S. (2016) OLC Accelerate:Accelerating Online Learning Worldwide ‘Begun Is two-thirds done’: Giving flexible learners a head start with a suite of online transition tools for supporting student success in higher education Orlando,Florida, 17/11/2016-17/11/2016.
	2015	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Galvin, C., & Lonergan, N. (2015) The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference Free, focused and flexible: A suite of online transition tools for supporting student success Hagen, FernUniversitat, 29/10/2015-.
	2015	Brunton, J., Brown. M., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Galvin, C., & Lonergan, N. (2015) EdTech 2015, Irish Learning Technology Association Conference Digital readiness tools for use in supporting flexible learners: A research and development transitions project Limerick, 28/05/2015-.
	2015	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Fox, S. (2015) OER15 Student success toolbox: Digital tools for use in supporting flexible learners Cardiff, Wales, 14/04/2015-15/04/2015.
	2015	Costello, E., Brown, M., Brunton, J., & Delaney, L. (2015) EdTech 2015, Irish Learning Technology Association Conference Learning beyond the horizon: Using Peerwise to increase engagement for students in transition Limerick, 27/05/2015-.
	2015	Costello E, Brown M, Bruton J, Delaney L (2015) 22nd Annual Conference 2015 of the Association for Learning Technology - Shaping the Future of Learning Together It's on the exam! Affecting student engagement through crowd-sourced assessment Manchester, UK, 08/09/2015-11/09/2015.
	2015	Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney, L., & Fox, S.,& Lonergan, N. (2015) working meeting of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) Teaching and Learning Steering Committee Toolbox for flexible learners: Supporting student success in the transition to higher education Aveiro, Portugal, 02/10/2015-.
	2014	Delaney, L. (2014) EDEN (European Distance Education Network) Research Workshop Who graduates from Irish distance university education? Oxford, United Kingdom, 27/10/2014-28/10/2014.
	2014	Delaney, L. (2014) Fourth Annual Postgraduate Research Conference in Humanities and Education An exploration of student success in online higher education St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 25/04/2014-.
	2013	Delaney, L. and Fox, S (2013) How Equal? Access to Higher Education in Ireland Higher Education Authority Ireland, National Conference The role of online distance education in broadening access to Irish higher education Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, 07/11/2013-07/11/2013.
	2013	Delaney, L., Fox, S., and Morrissey, A. (2013) Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) and International Council for Open and Distance Education (lCDE), Research Conference Delivering Sustainability Education Sustainably-Moving Online Madrid, Spain, 07/03/2013-09/03/2013.
	2012	Walsh, E., Brunton, J., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Morrissey, A. O'Keeffe, N (2012) European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) Research Conference Enhancing the teaching and learning experience of distance education through the use of synchronous online tutorials Paphos, Cyprus, 27/09/2012-28/09/2012.
	2012	Delaney, L., Brunton, J., Costello, E., Fox, S., Morrissey, A. O'Keeffe, N. and Walsh, E. (2012) European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Research Conference Online, Face to Face or Blended what tutorial delivery do students want in distance education? KU Leuven, Belgium, 22/10/2012-23/10/2012.
	2012	Delaney, L., Brunton, J., Costello, E., Fox, S., Morrissey, A. O'Keeffe, N. and Walsh, E. (2012) All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE) Research Conference Online Synchronous Tutorials in Distance Education– Reflections one year on! Dublin City University, Dublin, 30/08/2012-31/08/2012.
	2012	Brunton, J., O'Keeffe, N., Costello, E., Fox, S., Walsh, E., Delaney, L. and Morrissey, A. (2012) European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Research Conference Facilitating Pre-induction Socialisation for Distance Education Programmes KU Leuven, Belgium, 22/10/2012-23/10/2012.

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
European Distance Education Network (EDEN)	Member	-
Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)	member	-
Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA)	member	-
Association for Learning Technology (ALT)	Member	-
International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL)	Member	-
European Access Network (EAN)	Member	-
European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)	Member	-
All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE)	Member	-

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Recognition of Prior Learning		-
	Equality Committee		-
	University Standards Committee		-
	Digital Learning Research Network		-

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	Distance Education	Reviewer
	Irish Educational Studies	Reviewer

Other Activities

	Description
	Lorraine has acted as independent chair for PhDl Viva Voce within DCU.

Research Interests

Lorraine's research interests are interdisciplinary and include social inequality, social class, social stratification, higher education access and transitioning, part-time higher education, teacher education, technology in teaching and learning, adult education, higher education retention and completion, graduate employability and education policy.