Lorraine Delaney
Dr
Dr. Lorraine Delaney, Assistant Professor.
Dr. Lorraine Delaney BA, MSc, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Socioogy at DCU's Institute of Education. 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. She supervises student research projects at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level and, together with her colleague Dr. Amalee Meehan, acts as the School of Human Development Ethics Convenor. 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 | |
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| 2023 | Delaney, L.; Brown, M.; Costello, E. (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 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Brunton, James; Farrell, Orna; Costello, Eamon; Delaney, Lorraine; Foley, Colum; Brown, Mark (2019) 'Duelling identities in refugees learning through open, online higher education'. Open Praxis, 11 (4). [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 | |
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| 2024 | Archbold, L. & Delaney, L. (2024) Literacy Association of Ireland 48th Annual Conference . In: Literacy Association of Ireland eds. Developing a socially inclusive primary classroom through the teaching of early literacy Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, 08/11/2024- 09/11/2024 | |
| 2024 | Lorraine Delaney, Mark Brown, Eamon Costello (2024) EDEN 2024 Annual Conference . In: European Digital Learning Network eds. Promoting Fairness in Digital Learning Futures: Exploring AI Powered Academic Support Provision in a Higher Education Context: Graz, 16/06/2024- 18/06/2024 | |
| 2023 | Lorraine Delaney (2023) EADTU . In: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities eds. Widening Participation in Distance Education: Challenges from and Irish Case Study Istanbul, 04/10/2023- 06/10/2023 | |
| 2022 | Delaney, L., Brown, M., & Costello, E. (2022) Innovating Higher Education Conference, Helenic Open University, Athens . In: EADTU eds. Exploring Perceptions and Use of Third-Party Online Learning Support Services for Online University Students Athens, 19/10/2022- 21/10/2022 | |
| 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 | 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
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2016 | Brunton, J., Brown, M., Cleary, A., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Fox, S., Gilligan, J., O’Regan, L., & Ward, J. (2016) 'Developing a suite of flexible learner transition tools: The student success toolbox project' In: e-Learning excellence awards: An anthology of case studies 2016. Reading, UK : Academic Publishing International. [Link] |
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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.