Lorraine Delaney
Dr.

Dr. Lorraine Delaney is Assistant Professor with the School of Human Development in DCU.
Lorraine has a broad range of experience as an educator including leadership and management experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. She acts as a dissertation supervisor and marker on the Professional Masters in Education Primary (PMEP) and the Bachelor of Education (BEd). Lorraine completed her PhD and MSc (Education) at DCU and holds a BA in Economics and Politics from University College Dublin. Her research interests are interdisciplinary and include higher education access, technology in teaching and learning, adult education, higher education retention and completion, graduate employability and education policy.
Lorraine has a broad range of experience as an educator including leadership and management experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. She acts as a dissertation supervisor and marker on the Professional Masters in Education Primary (PMEP) and the Bachelor of Education (BEd). Lorraine completed her PhD and MSc (Education) at DCU and holds a BA in Economics and Politics from University College Dublin. Her research interests are interdisciplinary and include higher education access, technology in teaching and learning, adult education, higher education retention and completion, graduate employability and education policy.
Guidelines for Practice
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Farrell, O., Breen, E., Brunton, J., Cox, R., Costello, E., Delaney, L., Smyth, V. (2021) Go Open: A beginners guide to open education. GFP [Link] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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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 :1-15. [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 | 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, . | |
2019 | Delaney L.;Brown M. (2019) '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, . [DOI] | |
2018 | Delaney, L;Brown, M (2018) 'To walk invisible: distance students in a dual-mode university'. Distance Education, 39 :209-223. [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, :1-15. [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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2021 | Brunton, J., Breen, E., Costello, E., Cox, R., Delaney, L., Farrell, O., Gallagher, E. and Smyth, V. (2021) OE Global Go open! Supporting higher education staff engagement in open educational practices. O Nantes, France, 27/09/2021- 01/10/2021 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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] | |
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, | |
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 | |
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 | 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 | |
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 | 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 | |
2018 | Brunton, J., Brown, M., Costello, E., Delaney L.., Farrell, O., & Foley, C.A. (2018) 10th EDEN Research Workshop, Towards personalized guidance and support for learning . In: EDEN (European Distance Education Network) eds. Can you give me sanctuary? “Exploring the transition experiences of refugees and asylum seekers to online distance learning Barcelona, 25/10/2018- 25/10/2018 | |
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 | 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 | 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 | |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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) 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] |
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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Professional Associations
Research Interests
Lorraine's research interests are interdisciplinary and include higher education access, technology in teaching and learning, adult education, higher education retention and completion, graduate employability and education policy.