Dr Ciara O'Farrell

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Assessment in Higher Education
  • Professional Development in Academic Practice
  • Graduate Attributes
  • Leadership in Higher Education

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Carton, J., O’Farrell, C., Kelly, A. (2018). Developing an institutional framework for supporting supervisors of research students, inInternationalization of Higher Education: International Research, pp 83-107.

Share, M. & O’Farrell, C. (2017). Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Institution-wide pedagogicalreformat an elite university in Ireland.Student Success, 8(2), 87-93.

O’Farrell, C. (2017). Case Study: The Trinity Assessment Framework: Developing an Institutional Approach. In O’Neill, G. Programme Approaches to Assessment and Feedback: Case Studies, Commentaries and Tools. Accessible at :

Walsh, J., Byrne, K., Kenny, M., O’Farrell, C. (2017) Developing Student Leadership. A case study in informal learning – the class representative system of Trinity College Dublin Student’s Union. In Yarosh et al. Developing Generic Competencies Outside the University Classroom. Granada: 2017

Aonghus McNabola & Ciara O’Farrell (2015): Can teaching be evaluated through reflection on student performance in continuous assessment? A case study of practical engineering modules, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2 (55)

O’Farrell, C. (2014). Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. In Loxley, A., Seery, A., & Walsh, J.Policy and Practice in Irish Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan

O’Farrell, C. (2013). Supporting academics to write for publication: a holistic approach. AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 5(1)

O’Farrell, C and Farrell, A. eds. (2013). Emerging Issues in Higher Education III: From Capacity Building to Sustainability. Athlone: EDIN

O’Farrell, C and Fitzmaurice, M. (2013). Academic Developers using narrative to support our professional development, Innovations in Education & Teaching International. 50 (3)

Carton, J., O’Farrell, C., Kelly, A. (2013). Developing an institutional framework for supporting supervisors of research students: lessons learned from a unique inter-institutional project in Ireland. Journal of the European Higher Education Area. (2)

O’Farrell, C. (2012). ‘You’re not just writing a chapter, you’re contributing to a book’: Facilitating review and supporting writing, in Marcus-Quinn, A., Bruen, C., Allen, M., Dundon. A., and Diggins, Y. (eds). The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland: Case Studies from the National Learning Resources Service

Kelly, A., Byrnes, L., Campbell, V., Carlton, J., Harkin, S., Leonard, AM., Morgan, P., O’Farrell, C., O’Mahony, C. (2012). Developing an Institutional Framework for Supporting Supervisors of Research Students: Supervisor best practice. NAIRTL: CorkISBN: 9781906642-51

O’Farrell, C and Potter, J (2009).Establishing identities in professional academic learning communities in Ireland, in iPED Research Network (Eds).Academic Futures: Inquiries into higher education and pedagogy. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 96-111.

O’Farrell, C. (2008). Writing Identity through the Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN), in Higgs and McCarthy (eds). Emerging Issues II: The Changing Roles and Identities of Teachers and Learners in Ireland, pp 11-22. ISBN 978-1-906642-01-3

O’Farrell, C., (ed) 2007. Teaching Portfolio Practice in Ireland: A Handbook. Trinity College Dublin and All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE), Dublin. ISBN: 978-0-9550134-3-0

O’Farrell, C & Hanratty, O. (2007). Reflective Teaching Portfolios for Continuous Professional Development at Trinity College Dublin, in O’Farrell, C., (ed). Teaching Portfolio Practice in Ireland A Handbook. All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE), Dublin, pp.75-84 ISBN: 978-0-9550134-3-0

Donnelly, R and O’Farrell, C. (2006). Constructivist E-Learning for staff engaged in Continuous Professional Development, in O’Donoghue, A., Technology Supported Learning and Teaching: A Staff Perspective, London: Information Science Publishing,pp.160-175 ISBN: 1-59140-962-4 (Hardcover).

O’Farrell, C. (2005). The ‘Write’ Approach: Integrating Writing Activities into your Teaching, in O’Neill, G., Moore, S., and McMullin, B. (eds), Emerging Issues in the Practice of University Learning and Teaching. pp 149-158 ISBN: 0-9550134-0-2

O’Farrell, C. (2004). Louis D’Alton: A Playwright’s Journey, Four Courts Press: Dublin.