Invited Talks

These invited talks reflect scholarly engagement with technology education, engineering education, spatial cognition, assessment, and research credibility across international academic and professional contexts.

2025

  • Developments in primary and secondary level technology education in Ireland
    UNESCO International Conference on K-12 Technology and Engineering Education Curricula in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Conceptual Innovation and Content Development

  • Spatial ability and learning in Graphics
    University of Limerick

  • The future of technology education: Where are we heading?
    İbn Haldun University & Turkish Technology Team (T3 Foundation)

2024

  • The current status of technology education in Ireland
    UNESCO International Conference on K-12 Technology and Engineering Education Schools in the Digital Age: Global Perspectives and Multiple Paths

  • Technology education in Ireland: Ongoing practice reforms & research initiatives
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • Teaching open science principles and practices to research students
    Regional University Network - European University

2023

  • How can we increase the credibility of technology education research?
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology

  • Spatial ability in engineering and physics: Supporting students in learning about and working with free-body diagrams
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology

  • An immersive approach to teaching open science principles and practices to research students
    Regional University Network - European University

  • The role of research and an international journal for technology teacher education
    Keynote presentation at the ITEEA 85th Annual Conference

2022

  • Theorising and investigating the causal mechanism between spatial ability and STEM education
    Linköping University

  • Using comparative judgement for educational assessment (with Dr Eva Hartell)
    Memorial University of Newfoundland

  • Developments in Adaptive Comparative Judgement for Assessment in Technology Education in Ireland
    Keynote address at the Annual Swedish Technology Education Research Conference, Linköping University

  • An introduction to comparative judgement for educational assessment
    University of Sunderland

2021

  • Comparative judgement: An overview (with Dr Eva Hartell)
    Memorial University of Newfoundland

  • Academic perspective of life as a postgraduate (Invited panelist)
    Shannon Region Postgraduate Research Conference