Academic biography

Steve Welsh is a Learning Technologist at the Teaching Enhancement Unit (TEU), where he partners with academic staff to incorporate technology in their teaching and assessment practices. At DCU, Steve supports staff in their use of Loop (Moodle), Vevox, Zoom, and related technologies, and has facilitated several cohorts of DCU staff through local rollouts of the National Forum’s Universal Design for Learning digital badge programme. Prior to joining DCU, Steve has previously held roles as an Educational Technologist and Distance Learning Programme Officer at Columbia University, and Learning Experience Designer at University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation. Steve has completed his Ed.D. coursework in the Communications, Media, and Learning Technologies Design programme at Columbia University Teachers College, where he is developing his dissertation research on critical media literacy.