DigitalEd.ie is an open access knowledge platform supporting teaching, learning, and digital education practice across higher education.
It brings together practical resources, examples, and emerging initiatives that help educators explore, adopt, and critically engage with digital approaches to teaching and learning.
DigitalEd.ie is developed in collaboration with academic staff and learning technologists. While rooted in the work of the Teaching and Learning Centre at the Atlantic Technological University, the platform is openly available and designed to support knowledge sharing across the wider higher education sector.
What you'll find here
DigitalEd.ie brings together a focused set of resources and initiatives to support teaching and learning in higher education. Across the site you will find:
- Teaching and learning resources that support everyday practice, including assessment, feedback, digital accessibility, and student-centred approaches
- Professional development and CPD pathways, highlighting opportunities to develop digital and pedagogical practice across career stages
- Emerging and exploratory areas, such as immersive learning and generative AI, shared through pilots, examples, and early use cases
- Insights and materials from the annual DigitalEd Conference, held each May, where educators and professional staff share practice and reflect on digital teaching and learning
- Curated guidance and signposting to internal and sector-wide supports, tools, and initiatives relevant to higher education
Some areas of the site highlight early-stage pilots and exploratory work. These are shared to prompt discussion, reflection, and collaboration rather than to present finished models or prescriptions.
Our Approach
DigitalEd.ie is guided by a few simple principles:
Practice-led – grounded in the realities of teaching and learning
Evidence-informed – drawing on research, evaluation, and sector experience
Open and collaborative– designed to be shared, reused, and adapted
Accessible by default – with attention to inclusive design and usability
The platform will continue to evolve as priorities, technologies, and educational practices change.
Meet the Team
Dr Carina Ginty
Head, T&L (Transformative Education & Sustainable Learning Futures)
(ATU)
Sharon Mortimer
Teaching & Learning Centre Galway – Mayo Co-Ordinator
(ATU)
Dr Kevin Cunnigham
Learning Technologist
(ATU)
John Hough
Learning Technologist (ATU)
David Chernick
Learning Technologist (ATU)
Dr Sean Daffy
Senior Learning Technologist (ATU)
Emma McDonald
Assistant Instructional Designer (ATU)
Ulrich Hoeche
Academic Developer and Lecturer
(ATU)
Noreen Henry
Academic Developer – Curriculum Framework
(ATU)
Annette Cosgrove
Lecturer in Digital T&L
(ATU)