Ann Marcus Quinn


Contact Details

Course Director MA Technical Communication and E-Learning
T: Ext. 2292
 
researcher

Biography

Dr. Ann Marcus-Quinn is currently the Course Director for the MA in Technical Communication and E-Learning. Previous to this Ann was the Course Director (2013-2019) for the Graduate Certificate in Technical Writing by Distance. 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. 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. This ran online between May 3rd and 6th. Ann also wrote an invited guest blog on technology in education during the Covid-19 pandemic for the Irish Humanities Alliance: https://www.irishhumanities.com/blog/covid-19-and-digital-learning/

During the Covid-19 pandemic Ann has consulted as an independent expert with Barnardos and the Early School Leavers' Programme in Ireland.

Selected Invited Talks 
Online Webinar (funded) as part of the National Forum series on Teaching and Learning November 17th, 2020. Hosted by Athlone IT.
ResearchEd, Dublin October 2019.
Goethe Institute “Chat Bot, Art Bot, Book Bot”  held on March 21st and March 22nd 2019 , Dublin.   ResearchED, Dublin, 2019.

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=ujySU1wAAAAJ&hl=en
 






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 (2023)
Research report for the OECD to inform the Higher Education Policy Team’s 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.eu

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. 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. This ran online between May 3rd and 6th. Ann also wrote an invited guest blog on technology in education during the Covid-19 pandemic for the Irish Humanities Alliance: https://www.irishhumanities.com/blog/covid-19-and-digital-learning/

Ann is currently co-supervising two PhD candidates and has supervised one PhD to completion.


Books

  Year Publication
2009 Knowing the Audience and their Cultural Preferences: An Examination of a German and an English Language News-Magazine.
Marcus-Quinn, A (2009) Knowing the Audience and their Cultural Preferences: An Examination of a German and an English Language News-Magazine. Germany: VDM Verlag. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
2016 Handbook of Digital Learning for K12 Schools
Marcus-Quinn, A. and Hourigan T. (Ed.). (2016) Handbook of Digital Learning for K12 Schools NY: Springer. [DOI] [Details]
2012 The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland: Case Studies from the National Learning Resources Service
Marcus-Quinn, A., Bruen, C., Allen, M., Dundon, A., and Diggins, Y. (Ed.). (2012) The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland: Case Studies from the National Learning Resources Service Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
2016 'Introduction'
Hourigan, T. Marcus Quinn, A., (2016) 'Introduction' In: Handbook of ICT in K12 Schools Springer Publishing. NY: Springer. [Details]
2016 'The potential of OERs for K12 Schools; the need for policy'
Marcus Quinn, A., Hourigan, T., (2016) 'The potential of OERs for K12 Schools; the need for policy' In: Handbook of ICT in K12 Schools Springer Publishing. NY: Springer. [Details]
2011 'ICT in the English classroom'
McGarr, O; Marcus-Quinn, A (2011) 'ICT in the English classroom' In: Quality Issues in ICT Integration in Third Level Disciplines and Learning Contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [Details]
2010 'in “Design and development of a reusable digital learning resource: A case study teaching Japanese script”'
Marcus-Quinn, A., & B. Geraghty, (2010) 'in “Design and development of a reusable digital learning resource: A case study teaching Japanese script”' In: Critical Design and Effective Tools for E-Learning in Higher Education: Theory into Practice . Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [Details]
2013 'OERs and Repositories'
Marcus-Quinn, A (2013) 'OERs and Repositories' In: Emerging Issues III: From Capacity Building to Sustainability. Cork: NAIRTL. [Details]
2013 'Digital divide in post-primary schools'
Marcus-Quinn, A., McGarr, O. (2013) 'Digital divide in post-primary schools' In: Internet in the humanities: an insight from Ireland. Dublin: ResearchPublishing.net. [ULIR Link] [Details]
2015 'How distance education students use mobile devices to access learning resources'
Marcus-Quinn, A and Yvonne Cleary (2015) 'How distance education students use mobile devices to access learning resources' In: Handbook for Mobile Learning. Germany: Springer. [Details]
2015 'Furthering Higher Education Possibilities through Massive Open Online Courses'
Marcus-Quinn, Ann and Clancy, I. (2015) 'Furthering Higher Education Possibilities through Massive Open Online Courses' In: MOOCs Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID). USA: IGI Global. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
2017 'Use of Plain-Language Guidelines to Promote Health Literacy'
Grene, M., Cleary, Y, and Marcus-Quinn, A. (2017) 'Use of Plain-Language Guidelines to Promote Health Literacy'. Ieee Transactions On Professional Communication, 60 (4):384-400 [DOI] [Details]
2011 'Using innovative social networking tools to foster communities of practice''
Diggins, Y., Bruen, C., Marcus-Quinn, A., Dundon, A., Allen, M. (2011) 'Using innovative social networking tools to foster communities of practice''. eLearning Papers Journal, (26) [Details]
2015 'Teachers' use of reuseable learning objects in teaching English poetry: exploring the influence of prevailing pedagogical practices'
Marcus-Quinn, A,McGarr, O (2015) 'Teachers' use of reuseable learning objects in teaching English poetry: exploring the influence of prevailing pedagogical practices'. Educacion Xx1, 18 :325-343 [DOI] [ULIR Link] [Details]
2016 'The potential of high quality Open Educational Resources (OERs) for the teaching of English poetry'
Marcus-Quinn, A. (2016) 'The potential of high quality Open Educational Resources (OERs) for the teaching of English poetry'. The Journal of Poetry Therapy, Vol. 29 (1):1-13 [Details]
2008 'Using a Virtual Learning Environment to Manage Group Projects: A Case Study'
Cleary, Y. and Marcus-Quinn, A. (2008) 'Using a Virtual Learning Environment to Manage Group Projects: A Case Study'. International Journal On E-Learning, 7 (4):603-621 [Details]
2009 'An evaluation of independent learning of the Japanese hiragana system using an interactive CD'
Geraghty, B; Marcus-Quinn, A (2009) 'An evaluation of independent learning of the Japanese hiragana system using an interactive CD'. ReCALL, 21 ((2)):227-240 [Details]
2013 'Developing Open Educational Resources'
Marcus-Quinn, A., Diggins, Y. (2013) 'Developing Open Educational Resources'. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 93 :243-246 [DOI] [ULIR Link] [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
2017 WORLD CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
Triona Hourigan and Ann Marcus-Quinn (2017) Integrating a digital portfolio into Junior Cycle French: a case study from the Republic of Ireland WORLD CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION [Details]
2017 Books and Screens and the Reading Brain
Jeanne-Louise Moys, Ann Marcus-Quinn and Triona Hourigan (2017) Investigating the Interplay Between Typographic Differentiation, Motivation and Recall in E-learning Books and Screens and the Reading Brain [Details]
2015 EEE eds. PRO COMM 2015
Yvonne Cleary Ann Marcus-Quinn (2015) Use of m-Learning Among Irish Technical Communication Students EEE eds. PRO COMM 2015 [Details]
2015 EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF AUTOMATED FEEDBACK FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Clancy, I,Marcus-Quinn, A,GomezChova, L,LopezMartinez, A,CandelTorres I (2015) EDULEARN15: 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF AUTOMATED FEEDBACK FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS , pp.7264-7269 [Details]
2015 Use of m-Learning among Irish Technical Communication Students
Cleary, Y,Marcus-Quinn, A, (2015) 2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE (IPCC) Use of m-Learning among Irish Technical Communication Students [Details]
2013 3RD WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING, TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Marcus-Quinn, A,Diggins, Y,Odabasi, HF (2013) Open educational resources 3RD WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING, TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP , pp.243-246 [DOI] [Details]
2014 THE POTENTIAL OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Marcus-Quinn, A,Clancy, I,Chova, LG,Martinez, AL,Torres, IC (2014) INTED2014: 8TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE THE POTENTIAL OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS , pp.1003-1003 [Details]
2015 EDULEARN 2015
Ann Marcus-Quinn, Ian Clancy (2015) EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF AUTOMATED FEEDBACK FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS EDULEARN 2015 [Details]
2015 OEB 2015
Marcus-Quinn, A (2015) Creating Digital Learning Objects for Third Level Students OEB 2015 , pp.116-118 [Details]
2006 EUROCALL
Geraghty, B. Marcus-Quinn, A. (2006) An Evaluation Of Independent Learning Of The Japanese Hiragana . In: * eds. EUROCALL , 07-SEP-06 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2006 EuroCALL 2006 Integrating CALL into Study Programmes
Geraghty B.& Marcus Quinn, A. (2006) An Evaluation of Independent Learning of The Japanese Hiragana System Using An Interactive CD . In: * eds. EuroCALL 2006 Integrating CALL into Study Programmes , 03-SEP-06 - 06-SEP-06 , pp.*-* [Details]
2007 CAL'07 Development Disruption and Debate
Marcus-Quinn, A (2007) Using interactive multimedia courseware to develop critical thinking skills . In: * eds. CAL'07 Development Disruption and Debate , 27-MAR-07 - 30-DEC-99 , pp.*-* [Details]
2007 National Digital Learning Repository Symposium 2007
Geraghty, B., Marcus Quinn A. (2007) ¿An Evaluation of Independent Learning of Japanese¿ National Digital Learning Repository Symposium 2007 , 11-DEC-07 - 11-DEC-07 [Details]
2007 NDLR Symposium
Geraghty, B and Marcus-Quinn, A. (2007) An Evaluation of Independent Learning of Japanese NDLR Symposium , 12-DEC-07 - 12-DEC-07 [Details]
2008 Symposium on the Integration of New Technologies in the language classroom
Geraghty, B and Marcus-Quinn, A. (2008) An Evaluation Of Independent Learning Of The Japanese Hiragana System Using An Interactive CD Symposium on the Integration of New Technologies in the language classroom , 28-MAR-08 [Details]
2008 EDUCA
McGarr, O and Marcus-Quinn, A (2008) Using Multimedia Poetry Learning Objects to Develop Key Critical Thinking Skills at Second Level EDUCA , 03-DEC-08 - 05-DEC-08 , pp.35-38 [Details]
2008 EDTECH 2008
McGarr, O and Marcus-Quinn, A. (2008) Using Interactive Multimedia Courseware to Develop Critical Thinking skills at Second-level Education EDTECH 2008 , 21-MAY-08 - 23-MAY-08 [Details]
2011 5th annual Conference of the National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
Bruen, C., McGuire, T., Mc Avinia, C., and Marcus-Quinn, A. (2011) NDLR Three Stage Evolutionary Pathway for Supporting NDLR Users 5th annual Conference of the National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning [Details]
2012 Online Educa Berlin 2012
Marcus-Quinn, A. (2012) Role of OERs for Initial Teacher Education Online Educa Berlin 2012 [Details]
2012 OER2012 Cambridge
Marcus-Quinn, A (2012) Open Educational Resources for the post-primary classroom OER2012 Cambridge [Details]
2014 INTED 2014
Ann Marcus-Quinn, Ian Clancy (2014) The Potential of Open Educational Resources for Teaching Undergraduate Students INTED 2014 [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
2006 EuroCALL conference,
Geraghty, B. and Marcus Quinn, A (2006) “An Evaluation of independent learning of The Japanese hiragana system using an interactive CD”. [Oral Presentation], EuroCALL conference, University of Granada , 01-SEP-06 - 02-SEP-06 [Details]
2007 NDLR Symposium,
Geraghty, B and Marcus-Quinn, A. (2007) “An Evaluation of independent learning of Japanese”. [Oral Presentation], NDLR Symposium, Trinity College Dublin , 13-DEC-07 - 13-OCT-07 [Details]
2012 3rd World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational leadership,
Marcus-Quinn, A and Diggins, Y. (2012) Developing Open Educational Resources. [Oral Presentation], 3rd World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational leadership, Brussels , 25-OCT-12 - 28-OCT-12 [Details]
2012 EDTECH 2012,
Marcus-Quinn, A., and Diggins, Y., Griffin, M and Hinchion, C., (2012) Open Educational Resources for Digital Natives. [Poster Presentation (Refereed)], EDTECH 2012, Maynooth, Ireland , 31-MAY-12 - 01-JUN-12 [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
2015 Learning resources and open access in higher education institutions in Ireland.
Ann Coughlan Angelica Risquez, Claire McAvinia, Anne O’Keeffe, Catherine Bruen, Yvonne Desmond, Pauline Rooney, Sharon Flynn, Deirdre Ryan, Fiona Farr, Ann Marcus-Quinn (2015) Learning resources and open access in higher education institutions in Ireland. National Forum for Teaching and Learning Ireland, National Forum for Teaching and Learning Ireland. [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
European Award for Languages

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
ILTA (Irish Learning Technologies Association) Committee member 01-JAN-07 /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2004 University of Limerick M.A.
2000 Mary Immaculate B.A.
2011 University of Limerick Ph.D. ICT in Education

Languages

  Language Reading Writing Speaking
German None None None