This podcast is a recording of a Panel Discussion held at the Technological University of the Shannon during Academic Integrity Week 2025 on the topic of “The Use of GenAI in the Knowledge Creation Process”. The discussion is chaired by Dr Denise Mac Giolla Ri, Artificial Intelligence Champion with CPID. Denise is joined by

• Dr. Des Cawley, Head of the Department of Nursing and Healthcare, Faculty of Science and Health in the Technological University of the Shannon,

• Dr. Maura Clancy, Dean of Faculty, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology in the Technological University of the Shannon,

• Dr. Niall Murray, Senior Lecturer in Dept. of Computer & Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology in the Technological University of the Shannon, and

• Ms. Frances O’Connell, Vice President for Education and Student Experience in the Technological University of the Shannon

This podcast was recorded in October 2025 and was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development Department within the Technological University of the Shannon.

Professor Phillip (Phill) Dawson is the Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University, which is the world's leading higher education assessment research group in terms of publications and citations. Phill is most known for his research on feedback, cheating and artificial intelligence in assessment. His work is highly cited, and he ranks 6th internationally in the field of higher education research over the past five years (ScholarGPS).

In his feedback research, Phill is currently leading an Australian Research Council project into supporting students to make the most of feedback through developing their feedback literacy. This longitudinal study uses behaviour change techniques from the health and social sciences to help students develop and use feedback capabilities not just at university, but also in their graduate working lives. In his cheating and artificial intelligence research, Phill is currently collaborating with Deakin colleagues on a major project into how to design assessment that is valid and appropriate for a time of artificial intelligence. This project builds on work funded by the Australian higher education regulator TEQSA, which he was one of the leads of.

Phill is a regular contributor to public debate on higher education. His work has been featured on ABC TV, The Australian, The Age, Times Higher Education, the BBC, VICE, Vox, the Financial Times, the Geelong Advertiser, and discussed in the Australian parliament. In his spare time, Phill performs comedy, including in the academia-themed improv show The Peer Revue, which he also produces.

Dr. Mike Russell, who is the Academic Integrity Lead on the CPID team within the Technological University of the Shannon, speaks with Phill on the topic of Assessment and Academic Integrity in a time of GenAI.

This podcast was recorded in June 2025 and was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development Department within the Technological University of the Shannon.

Dr. Geraldine McDermott is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher within the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development in TUS. She currently teaches on the MA in Academic Practice, focusing primarily on digital learning and teaching and educational research. She has a specific interest in digital education and supports academic and professional staff as they explore digital solutions to encourage active learning, student engagement and collaboration. She is actively involved in researching emerging technologies and their role in education, and her current research projects include a focus on Immersive Technologies (VR/AR), Artificial Intelligence, and Multimodality. She is a member of the European Regional University Network (RUN-EU) Steering Group for TUS and the Future Advanced Pedagogy and Skills Academy (FAPSA) of RUN-EU, which supports the pedagogical development of learning opportunities for students across the RUN-EU partners.

In this episode Geraldine speaks with Dr. Mike Russell, a lecturer in both the CPID and Computer-Software departments at TUS, about her SATLE funded project, Exploring the Use of Immersive Technologies to Enhance the Student Experience.

This pod cast was recorded in May 2024 and was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development Department within the Technological University of the Shannon.

Seán Connell is a Senior Lecturer in Hotel and Catering TUS. His research interests focus on learning and teaching innovations for hospitality, tourism and leisure education.

Sean speaks with Dr. Mike Russell, a lecturer with CPID, about the SATLE funded project that he undertook with other colleagues from TUS: Dr Noelle O’Connor, Dr Emma Reardon, Ms Nicola Ryan, Ms Nora Shine, and Mr John Lydon. The project - Sustainable food production in a higher education learning restaurant utilising vertical aeroponic Tower Gardens - examined the process of producing vegetables and herbs from germination through to harvest for use as an ingredient in herbal teas and restaurant dishes using aeroponics systems. The tower gardens use a soil free, nutrient enriched, oxygenated water system and low wattage water pump and LED lights to grow produce. Third year hotel management students, in their Environmental Management and Resource Efficiency module, examined the efficiency of using the tower gardens to produce herbs for herbal teas as opposed to buying in branded teas.

This pod cast was recorded in May 2024 and was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development Department within the Technological University of the Shannon.

Dr. Martina Cleary is a lecturer, artist, writer and researcher based in the Dept. of Fine Art & Education at TUS and (PI) of the ADEPT Research Group. Her areas of research focus include; Neurodiversity in Art & Education, New Media & Immersive Technologies, Socially Engaged Arts & Activism. She holds a PhD from the European Centre for Photographic Research e(CPR), an MEd from Aalto University of Art, Design & Architecture, Helsinki, and an MA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki. Over the past two decades her work has been presented in over eleven countries, supported by the Arts Councils of Ireland, Finland and Canada, CREATE Ireland, The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning Ireland, The Finnish Institute London, The Finnish Cultural Foundation and various regional Arts Offices both nationally and internationally. She has served on the Board of Directors of PhotoIreland and been an invited artist, consultant or lecturer for GMIT, The EU Urban Development Project Helsinki, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, The School of Visual Arts Imatra, The Free Arts School of Helsinki, Cardiff School of Art & Design and Moore College of Art & Design Philadelphia.

Martina discusses with Dr. Mike Russell, a lecturer in both the CPID and Computer-Software departments at TUS, her SATLE funded project - Using Accessible VR for Interdisciplinary Teaching, Learning and Collaboration. The aim of the project was to explore the use of accessible user-friendly VR to enable staff and learners from BA to PhD level, to creatively interact and engage within virtual reality. The Focus was on exploring the potential of VR for creative and interdisciplinary collaboration, content creation and the showcasing of projects through the use of virtual spaces, and live events. Examples of the output from the research can be found at https://adeptresearchgroup.com/projects and https://www.martinacleary.com/.

This podcast was recorded in May 2024 and was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development Department within the Technological University of the Shannon.

William Carey (SFHEA) is a Certified Trainer with the European Centre for SI-PASS at Lund University, Sweden. As a UK-based, European-focused, Educational and Academic Developer, Will is deeply interested in the partnership between learners/educators to inform/enhance learning and teaching practices. His involvement with SI-PASS began in 2000 and he acknowledge the impact this peer-learning model has had in shaping his professional practice in the classroom and beyond. As an International Certified Trainer for SI-PASS (Supplemental Instruction / Peer Assisted Study Sessions) at the European Centre for SI-PASS (Lund University, Sweden) he has worked with over 400 staff and more than 60 institutions across Europe to implement, train, and evaluate SI-PASS programmes. He fell in love with Ireland whilst working at Munster Technological University, where he contributed to the Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Student Experience agenda, including focussing on two institution-wide SATLE projects (co-creating Assessment and Feedback practices, and designing a development programme for early career academics) whilst also supporting colleagues across 30+ projects to introduce their own learning and teaching initiatives. His research interests include student-staff partnership; third space professionals; peer learning; and co-creation of assessment and feedback. He is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Peer Learning and Chair of the European First Year Experience Network and Conference Series.

Aoife Walsh, PASS Coordinator with CPID, discusses with Will the topic of Exploring Peer Assisted Student Support (PASS): weekly, timetabled sessions run for first year students by more experienced PASS Leaders.

This podcast was recorded in June 2024 and was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development Department within the Technological University of the Shannon.

Valerie Lewis is the Director of the Take 1 Programme, which supports post primary schools to communicate, raise awareness of, and embed Education for Sustainable Development in learning and teaching, as part of a transformative 'whole school' curriculum approach. The Take 1 Programme is funded by the Department of Education under Priority 2: Transforming Learning Environments, as part of ESD to 2030, Ireland's Second National Strategy on ESD.

Dr Noelle O' Connor, Senior Lecturer with the Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Wellness (Limerick) and CPID, talks with Valerie on the topic of Embedding Education for Sustainable Development in Learning and Teaching.

This pod cast was recorded in February 2024 and was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development Department within the Technological University of the Shannon.

Professor Sarah Eaton is a professor and research chair at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada and an Honorary Associate Professor, Deakin University, Australia, an ethicist, writer, and speaker and is a strong advocate for integrity and ethics in educational contexts. Sarah has received research awards of excellence for her scholarship on academic integrity from the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) (2020) and the European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) (2022).

Professor Jan Mc Arthur is Head of Department and a Professor in Higher Education and Social Justice at Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom. Professor McArthur's research interests span two themes: education and social justice, and the nature of higher education, specifically, the inter-relationships between education and society, and between theory and practice.

Dr Nuala Harding, Head of the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development (CPID) at TUS, speaks with both Sarah and Jan on the topic of Exploring AI and Assessment and the implications of Gen AI in higher education.

This podcast was recorded in February 2025 and funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development in TUS.