RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters:
- Tomei, L., et al. (2009) "Identifying the Risks associated with Primary School Children Using the Internet" ICTs for Modern educational and Instructional Advancement: New Approaches to Teaching, IGI: 402.
Journal Papers:
- Dowdall, S., Hlobaz, A., Milczarski, P., O’Reilly, D., Podlaski, K., and Zofia S.. "Multinational, Intercultural, Multidisciplinary and Intensive (MIMI) Methodology to Enrich Soft Skills Development in Computer Science Students." Informatics in Education 20 no. 3 (2021):391-420. https://doi.org/10.15388/infedu.2021.16.
- O’Reilly, D., Milczarski, P., Dowdall, S., Hłobaż, A., Podlaski, K., Bollaert, H. (2015) "Comparison Between Approaches Used in Two Walkabout Projects" International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 9(1) p140-147. 2015.
- O'Reilly, D. (2008) "How Aware Are Primary School Children to the Dangers of the Internet?" International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems 3(2): 1-12.
- O'Reilly, D., and Flood, M. (2008) "Combining Accessibility And Credibility in Website Design" International Journal of Web Based Communities 4(1): 66-79.
- O'Reilly, D., and O' Neill, C. (2008) "An Analysis of Irish Primary School Children's Internet Usage and the Associated Safety Implications" International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education 4(3): 40-48.
Conference Papers:
- O Reilly, D., Monteiro, J. and Bollaert, H. (2024) Start-IT: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Soft and Future Skills in Higher Education. In: International Conference on Multi-Disciplinary Studies and Education (ICMDSAE-24) Phukett, Thailand. pp 49-54
- Bollaert, H., Hautamäki, J., Monteiro, J.C., Podlaski, K., O’Reilly, D., Simbeck, K. (2023). "Sustainability in Erasmus+ Projects: StartIT". In: Almeida, F.L., Morais, J.C., Santos, J.D. (eds) Multidimensional Sustainability: Transitions and Convergences. ISPGAYA 2022. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24892-4_12
- Schulze, H., Bollaert, H., Ides, J., Milczarski, P., Monteiro, J., O’Reilly, D. (2021) "Serious Games in Action : From Blended Mobility to Online Mobility with JEU" Emerging Trends in Economics, Culture and Humanities (etECH2021), Riga, Latvia.
- Milczarski, P., Podlaski, K., Hłobaż, A, Dowdall, S., Stawska, Z. & O'Reilly, D. (2021) "Soft Skills Development in Computer Science Students via Multinational and Multidisciplinary GameDev Project" 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘21), Online.
- Monteiro, J. C., Bollaert, H., Hautamaki, J., Hlobaz, A., Milczarski, P., Neves, N., Podlaski, K., O’Reilly, D. & Possemiers, P. (2020) "A Methodology for Soft-Skills Improvement via Game Development Intensive Project" 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN), Online.
- Monteiro, J., O'Reilly, D.Bollaert, H.,Possemiers P. (2019) "CitizenSchool : Serious Gaming for a Better Europe" 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI) Saville, Spain.
- Monteiro, J, Morais, J.,Neves, N., Bollaert, H., Possemiers, P., O´Reilly, D. (2019) "Project GENIUS: An Experience on Innovative Interidsciplinary Contextual Education Using Games Development" 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN) Majorca, Spain.
- O'Reilly D. (2019) "CitizenSchool: A case study in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, group-based active learning" EdTech, Dundalk, Ireland.
- Milczarski, P., O’Reilly, D., Podlaski, K., Almeida, F., Dowdall, S., Hlobaz, A., Bollaert, H., Lourenco, J. (2018) "How Participation in an Intensive Project Can Increase 3rd Level Students’ Awareness of Entrepreneurship" 14th International Conference on ICT in Education, Research and Industrial Applications. Integration, Harmonization and Knowledge Transfer (ICTERI), Kiev, Ukraine, p394-404
- O'Reilly, D. (2017) "How Intensive International projects can encourage Irish students to engage with Internationalisation" Joint HEA-QQI Conference on Internationalisation, Dublin, Ireland.
- O'Reilly, D., Almeida, F., Podlaski, K., Bollaert, H. Milczarski, P., Dowdall, S., Hłobaż, A., Lourenço, J. (2015) “Using Intensive Games Development Projects to Teach Entrepreneurial Skills to Third Level Students” International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 15), Porto, Portugal, p189-193.
- O’Reilly, D., Milczarski, P., Dowdall, S., Hłobaż, A., Podlaski, K., Bollaert, H. (2015) "Comparison Between Approaches Used in Two Walkabout Projects" XIII International Conference on Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology 2015 (ICCGMAT 2015)
- O'Reilly D., Seetul R., Wong J. and Dowdall S. (2014) "Best Practices in Designing QR Code Driven User Interfaces for Primary School Children" International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 14), Madrid, Spain. * Awarded "Best Paper" at conference
- O'Reilly D., Wong J., Seetul R. and Dowdall S. (2014) "Using QR Codes to Create a Highly Interactive and Engaging Primary School Classroom Experience" International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 14), Madrid, Spain.
- Bollaert, H., Lourenço, J., Possemiers, P., Almeida, F., O’Reilly, D., Hlobaz, A. & Szewczyk, G. (2013) "Walkabout IP - An Approach for Learning Through Contextual Mobile Games" 5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN 2013), Barcelona, Spain.
- O'Reilly, D. (2010) "Do Academics Ignore The Difficulties That Visually Impaired Students Face While Accessing VLE Content?" Web Based Education WBE2010. Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
- O'Reilly, D. (2009) "Some Are More Equal Than Others: Children's Internet safety" IADIS International Conference on e-Society. Barcelona, Spain. 1: 11-18.
- O'Reilly, D. (2009) "Marketisation of Education: Appealing or Appalling?" Asean Conference on Education. Osaka, Japan, Iafor. 1: 266-274. O'Reilly, D., and Mc Keever, R. (2008) "Why Electronic Content Is Not Always Accessible To Visually Impaired Students" e-Learning 2008, Amsterdam.
- O'Reilly, D., and Doody, J. (2007) "Measuring assessment: A Comparison of Grading Methodologies" 5th Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, USA. O'Reilly, D. et al. (2007) "Maximising the Pedagogic Effectiveness of Online Lecture Notes" 5th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning, Galway, Ireland.
- O'Reilly, D., and Power, K. (2007) "Enabling Primary School Children To Safely Publish On The WWW" Web Based Communities, Salamanca, Spain.
- O'Reilly, D., and O' Neill, C. (2007) "An Analysis of Irish Primary School Children's Internet Usage and the Associated Safety Implications" e-Learning 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. * Awarded "Best Practice Paper" at conference
- O'Reilly, D. (2006) "Measuring The Affect That Placing Lecture Notes On The Web Has On Lecture Attendance" International Conference On Web Based Communities, San Sebastian, Spain.
- O'Reilly, D. (2006) "E-Notes & Lectures: A Mutual Symbiotic Relationship" EdTech Annual Conference, Sligo, Ireland.
- O'Reilly, D. (2006) "Does Placing Lecture Notes On The WWW Affect Student Lecture Attendance? " EDEN Annual Conference, Vienna, Austria.
- O'Reilly, D., and Doody, J. (2006) "Do Students Benefit From Having Their Lecture Notes On The WWW? " 22nd ICDE World Conference on Distance Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Flood, M., and O'Reilly, D. (2006) "Guidelines For Website Design For All Users" Web Based Communities, San Sebastian, Spain.
- Doody, J., and O'Reilly, D. (2006) "Reflections On Teaching And Learning Activities In An Open Source Virtual Learning Environment In A Distance Learning Context" 22nd ICDE World Conference on Distance Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Derek was/is the DkIT coordinator in the following Erasmus+ and other international projects :
Title: WalkAbout, Learning Through Contextual Mobile Gaming
This Erasmus+ funded project involved DkIT and partners from Portugal, Poland, Finland and Belgium. It included one ten-day intensive project, which was held in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The project involved eight BSc (Honours) in Computing in Games Development students from DkIT and eight students from each of the other four partner colleges building game apps that could be used by schoolchildren who go on tours at Vila Nova de Gaia’s botanic gardens.
Title: GENIUS… Innovative interdisciplinary Contextual Education Using Games Development
Including DkIT, this Erasmus+ funded project involves five partner colleges. The other four are from Poland, Finland, Belgium and Portugal. The project lasts three years and includes three ten-day international projects: one each in Finland, Belgium and Portugal. Each project involves students from each of the five partner colleges working in multinational, multidisciplinary, teams to build game apps. The DkIT students are from the BSc (Honours) in Computing in Games Development programme.
Title: Serious Gaming for a Better Europe
This Erasmus+ funded project involved DkIT working with three NGOs from France, Belgium and Holland and two partner colleges from Belgium and Portugal.
The project included two ten-day intensive projects: one in each of Portugal and Belgium, with 12 DkIT students from the BSc (Honours) in Computing in Games Development participating in each project. This project has resulted in the creation of an immersive contextual serious game that can be used by teachers in secondary schools as an aid in the teaching of contemporary issues, such as migration, racism and gender equality.
Title: JEU… Jouons Ensemble pour l'Union Européenne
This Erasmus+ funded project follows on from the "Serious Gaming for a Better Europe" project. It consists of university and NGO partners from seven EU countries. It will involve two ten-day intensive projects: one in each of Portugal and Germany, with 12 DkIT students from the BSc (Honours) in Computing in Games Development participating in each project.
Title: eCOAL... Collaborative Open Activity for Learners
Each year, a group of between eight and 12 students from the 2nd year of the BSc (Honours) in Computing take part in a one-week intensive app development project in Lens, France. This project started out as a bilateral annual project between IUT Lens and DkIT. It has now grown to also include students from Poland and Portugal.
Title: GGULIVRR@Lodz... Generic Game for Ubiquitous Learning in Interactive Virtual and Real Realities
Approximately 12 students from DkIT take part annually in this collaborative international project. The countries involved in this project include Poland, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Finland, France, Slovenia and Ukraine. The project takes place in Lodz, Poland for a period of approximately ten days each September. Funding for this project is been provided by Polish based international companies. As a result of the students participating in the project coming from various fields of study – such as games development, computing, digital media, business, education and tourism – this project provides participants with a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary, multi-national, experience. Several of the game ideas that were conceived during this project have been developed further by the student teams or by companies who partner with the project.
Title: Start IT: Development of Soft and Future Skills using DigitalEntrepreneurship
Start IT brings together students from six member countries to work on mobile apps in diverse, international, interdisciplinary teams to acquire soft skills, future skills, entrepreneurial skills, and IT-skills. The main horizontal goal of this project is “Digital Transformation”. The mobile apps that the students develop will focus on the secondary goal topic of “Climate Change”. The sector priority that this project focuses on is “Innovative Learning and Teaching“. Approximately ten students from DkIT take part annually in this collaborative international project. The project runs until January 2025.
Title : BIP Masuria
The project “BIP Masuria” ran in 2023. Including DkIT, this project involved four partner colleges. The other three are Lodz University of Technology, Universidad de Alcala, HTW Saar, Universidade de Aveiro. During a five-day mobility, students have the opportunity to connect with nature, explore the outdoors and take part in outdoor team-building activities.
Title : Towards 15 Minute Eco City
The “Towards 15 Minute Eco City” ran in 2023. Including DkIT, this project involved four partner colleges. The other three were from Poland, Portugal and France. The project included a seven-day mobility, during which time students developed apps and business plans around the concept of the 15-minute city.
As part of the Erasmus Staff Mobility programme, I have delivered classes in various European colleges. I have also organised for European academic colleagues to visit DkIT on staff mobilities over the past number of years.
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