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Dr. Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sanchez

Associate Professor (Computer Science)
LLOYD INSTITUTE

 Macu.Arnedillo@tcd.ie

 3531896 3661

Associate Professor (Education)


Biography

Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez has lectured in Learning Technologies in Trinity College Dublin since 2002. She is a researcher in the College's Knowledge and Data Engineering Group (KDEG), a member of Committee of the International Association for Mobile Learning (IAmLearn), and of the Steering Committee of the Mobile Learning Special Interest Group of the Kaleidoscope European Network of Excellent. Inmaculada has been involved with the IADIS Mobile Learning conference series since its inauguration and she chairs its 2008 conference. She has organised and chaired the "Beyond Mobile Learning" workshop and serves as a member of the programme committee for numerous conferences such as MLearn 2008, the European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning 2008, Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) 2007, and CELDA 2006 among others. Inmaculada is a UNICEF adviser; recently collaborating with UNICEF's Speak Africa initiative, under the 2006 African Development Forum's auspices in Ethiopia. Inmaculada has led numerous research projects and currently leads the mobileDNA (Digital Narrative Approach), ShareTEC (Sharing Digital Resources in the Teaching Education Community), and Teaching and Research in Ubiquitous Secure Telecommunications Environments (TRUST-E) projects. Inmaculada received the Early Career Provost Teaching Award in 2006 which recognises an outstanding contribution in the pursuit of teaching excellence and in promoting teaching as a scholarly activity. She has coordinated postgraduate academic programs, contributed to the first European Virtual Doctoral School workshop on Mobile Learning and supervises PhD and master students. Inmaculada has published more than 30 papers and book chapters in the last four years. Her latest publication is the co-authored book chapter "Mobile Learning: Small Devises, Big Issues" in the Kaleidoscope Legacy book. Inmaculada is the Guest Editor of the IEEE Distributed System Online Journal Themed Issue on Mobile Learning Vol. 8 (6). Inmaculada completed an M.Sc. in Information Technology in Education in Trinity College in 2002 and is currently completing a PhD in the production of multimedia Digital Narratives with mobile technologies. She graduated from the University of Western Sydney, Australia, in Interpreting & Translation (major simultaneous interpreting) and is fluent in Spanish, English, and Italian. Prior to joining Trinity Inmaculada was a language teacher and a freelance interpreter and translator in Spain, Italy and Turkey.

Research Tags

  Assistive Technology & Learning disability   Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)   Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL)   Human computer interactions   Information technology in education   Innovation in learning   Mobile Learning   Multimedia & Creativity

Research Projects

 MotorSense, Motion Detection Games to Support Early Functional Screening of Gross-motor Skills' Development in Children
 Software Engineering: New Core Undergraduate Strand
 CoVE: A Collaborative Virtual Environment for Children with Autism
 EDUWORKS: Crossing borders in the comprehensive investigation of labour market matching processes: An EU-wide, trans-disciplinary, multilevel and science-practice-bridging training network
 DALDIS: Digital Assessment for Learning informed by Data to motivate and incentivise students

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Representations

Details Date
Associate Editor International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) 2019 to present
Member of the Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) 2008 to present
Reviewer - Computers & Education (International Journal) 2006 to present
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (International Journal) 2008 to present
Reviewer- ALT-J Research in Learning Technology (international Journal) 2009 to present
Reviewer International Journal of Human-Computer Studies IJHCS 2014 to present
Reviewer for Computers in Human Behavior (International Journal) 2017 to Present
PhD External Examiner, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain 2016
PhD External Examiner, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain 2016
PhD External Examiner, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain 2013
PhD External Examiner, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain 2013
External Examiner, Massey University, New Zealand 2013
External Examiner - National College of Ireland (NCI) 2008
External Examiner - National College of Ireland (NCI) 2004
Keynote Address at Technology and Multimedia: An International Forum for Museums, Universities and Enterprises, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain 2009
Invited Speaker to the 5th International Workshop on Crossmedia and Collaboration, 12-14th September, Vaxjo, Sweden 2008
Invited Speaker to the eTwinning Professional Development Workshop, 23rd March, Dublin 2006
Adviser/ Invited Participant to UNICEF' s Speak Africa Initiative, under the auspices of the UN Fifth African Development Forum, 12-18th November, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2006
Invited Participant - International Think Tank of the 5th World Summit on Media for Children, 24 - 28th March, Johannesburg, South Africa 2007
Adviser/ Invited Participant to the Sithengi Children's Festival under the auspices of the Broadcasting Foundation for Africa and the Cape Town World Cinema Festival, 12-13th November, Cape Town, South Africa 2005
Invited Speaker to the Computer Education Society of Ireland Conference: "Enhancing Teaching & Learning with Digital Resources in the Classroom" 13th and 14th February, Tallaght, Dublin 2004
Invited Speaker at the Summer School on Methods for studying user experience, 1st-4th July, University of Nantes 2014
Invited Speaker Seminar: From Mobile Technologies to Mobile Learning: Technologies & Learning,14th May, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain 2012
Invited Speaker to the Summer School on Education and Mobility, 25th-29th July, Universidad de Malaga, Spain 2011
Programme Committee - IEEE International Conference on Digital Games and Intelligent Toys Based Education (DIGITEL 2010) 2010
Programme Committee - European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning EC-TEL 2009
Programme Committee ICCE 2009 Theme-based Sub-conference Classroom, Ubiquitous, and Mobile Technologies Enhanced Learning (CUMTEL) 2009
Programme Committee - MLearn: World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning 2008
Programme Committee - IEEE International Conference on Digital Games and Intelligent Toys Based Education (DIGITEL 2008) 2008
Programme Committee - CNRS Technology Enhanced Learning Summer School On Mobile Learning 2008
Programme Committee - CAL 07 International Conference 2007
Programme Committee - Learning without Boundaries: Understanding the User-Experience in Pervasive Learning Systems 2007
Programme Committee - IRMA2007 International conference 2007
Programme Committee - Cognition and Exploratory Learning (CELDA 2006) International Conference 2006
Programme Committee Symposium on Pervasive Computing and Applications 2006
Programme Committee - CHI 2006 Workshop on Investigating New User Experience Challenges in iTV: Mobility & Sociability 2006
Programme Committee - IEEE International Conference on Digital Games and Intelligent Toys Based Education (DIGITEL 2012) 2012
Programme Committee - IEEE 6th International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education (WMUTE 2010) 2010
Programme Committee - IEEE 6th International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education (WMUTE 2012) 2012
Programme Committee - Sixth International Conference on E-Learning and Games (Edutainment 2011) 2011
Programme Committee - Workshop on Context and Technology Enhanced Learning (ConTEL): Theory, methodology and design (EC-TEL 2011) 2011
Programme Committee - International Conference on E-Learning and Distant Education (ELDE 2011) 2011
Programme Committee - MLearn: World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning 2012
Programme Committee - International Symposium on Mobile Learning for Visually Impaired People 2012
Evaluator for the FONDECYT Research Program of the Chilean National Science and Technology Commission (CONICYT), Department of Education, Government of Chile 2014
Evaluator for the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Open Call OC-2015-1 2015
Evaluator for the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Open Call OC-2016-1 2016
Digital Narrative Workshop for GE's Management in the context of GE's European Training & Facilitation Network, 15th May, Munich 2008
Programme Committee CSEDU: International Conference on Computer Supported Education 2014
Invited Speaker to the Autism Summit Ireland, 10th February, Tralee, Ireland 2017
Invited Speaker Panel on Emerging Research in EdTech, Learnovation: Learning Innovation Summit, 3rd October, Dublin 2018

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Italian Fluent Fluent Fluent
Spanish Fluent Fluent Fluent
Turkish Medium Basic Basic

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
International Association for Mobile Learning 2008 Present
International Association for Development of the Information Society 2005 Present
Steering Committee of the Mobile Learning Special Interest Group, FP6 Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence 2006 2008
COST Action CA17114 - Transdisciplinary Solutions to Cross Sectoral Disadvantage in Youth (Management Committee member) 2018 2022
COST Action IS1404: E-READ: Evolution of REading in the Age of Digitisation 2014 2018
COST Action FP1104: New Possibilities For Print Media And Packaging - Combining Print With Digital (Management Committee member) 2012 2016
COST Action FP1405: Active and intelligent packaging - innovation and market introduction [ActInPak] ( Management Committee member) 2014 2018
Arnedillo-Sánchez, Socorro, Suffo-Abouza, Jose, Carmona-Rodríguez, Miguel, Morilla-Romero-de-la-Osa, Rubén, Arnedillo-Sánchez, Inmaculada, Importance Assigned to Breastfeeding by Spanish Pregnant Women and Associated Factors: A Survey-Based Multivariate Linear Correlation Study, Nutrients, 16, (13), 2024, p2116 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Boyle, Bryan, Arnedillo-Sanchez, Inmaculada, Zahid, Aejaz, Pennisi, Yvonne, The Arabic psychosocial impact of assistive devices scale: Development, translation, and evaluation, Assistive Technology, 2024, p1-8 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Bossavit, Benoit, Arnedillo-Sánchez, Inmaculada, Motion-based technology to support motor skills screening in developing children: A scoping review, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 240, 2023, p107715 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez, Bryan Boyle, Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sanchez, The Inclusion of Children on the Autism Spectrum in the Design of Learning Technologies: A Small-Scale Exploration of Adults" Perspectives, Frontiers in Education, 7, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Arnedillo-Sánchez, Socorro, de la Osa, Rubén Morilla-Romero, Arnedillo-Sánchez, Inmaculada, Unhealthy gestational weight gain: Are we neglecting inadequate gestational weight gain?, Midwifery, 107, 2022, p103277 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Iván Ruiz-Rube; Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez; Antonio Balderas, MISTRuST: accoMmodatIon Short Term Rental Scanning Tool, 16th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, Online Streaming, 3 - 5 November , edited by Massimo Marchiori; Francisco Domínguez Mayo; Joaquim Filipe , 1, WEBIST, 2020, pp170-177 , Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Iván Ruiz-Rube; Rubén Baena Pérez; José Miguel Mota; Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez, Model-driven development of augmented reality-based editors for domain specific languages, Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal - IxD&A, (45), 2020, p246 - 263 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Carlos Alario-Hoyos María Jesús Rodríguez-Triana Maren Scheffel Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez Sebastian Maximilian Dennerlein(ed.), Addressing Global Challenges and Quality Education. 15th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2020, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Heidelberg, Germany, 12315, September 14-18, Springer , 2020, 1- 486 p, Proceedings of a Conference, PUBLISHED  DOI
Designing Digital Activities to Screen Locomotor Skills in Developing Children in, editor(s)Alario-Hoyos C., Rodríguez-Triana M., Scheffel M., Arnedillo-Sánchez I., Dennerlein S. , Addressing Global Challenges and Quality Education. EC-TEL 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12315, Springer, Cham, 2020, pp416 - 420 , [Bossavit B., Arnedillo-Sánchez I.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
A Novel Approach to Monitor Loco-Motor Skills in Children: A Pilot Study in, Scheffel M., Broisin J., Pammer-Schindler V., Ioannou A., Schneider J. , Transforming Learning with Meaningful Technologies. EC-TEL 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11722, Cham, Springer , 2019, pp773-776 , [Bossavit B., Arnedillo-Sánchez I.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Arnedillo-Sánchez, I., Training Teachers to build Digital Narrative, in Dettori G., teacher Training in Narrative and Learning Environments Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence Deliverable13-2-6, 2007, Case Study, PUBLISHED
Ryan, S., & Arnedillo-Sánchez, I. , More Question Marks than Answers: The Potential of Computer Based Assessment in Higher Education, EdTech 2004, Tralee: The Irish Learning Technology Association , 2004, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Arnedillo-Sánchez, I., Benson, L., Brophy, C., Holmes, B., & Tangney, B., Reflections on the KIA Initiative , Dublin, Department of Computer Science, University of Dublin, 2001, Report, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Provost's Teaching Award 2006

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

My research is on using technology innovatively to support learning. I focus on the human-centered rather than the technology-driven aspect of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). I study learning technologies and learners and investigate theories and practices to understand how learners behave. I then design, implement and evaluate innovative technology to support and enhance an engaged learning environment " pushing boundaries of established practices. Since joining Trinity, I have secured €1.5m as a PI - mainly internationally or in collaboration with international research colleagues - and have become an internationally recognised leading researcher, particularly in the area of mobile learning. A small selection of my work in mobile learning - which has been a focus since 2002 - includes: working with international authorities to develop a definition of mobile, now widely accepted (1160 citations since 2009). With colleagues, I articulated the first mobile learning classification model that includes both educational and functional analysis (551 citations since 2006) and published one of the first studies on using mobiles in classrooms to support student/lecturer interaction (438 citations since 2006). I have co-authored 18 peer-reviewed publications and completed my PhD on using mobile phones to support collaboration and creativity. Since 2010, a strand of my research has focused on technologies to support children with autism, which has attracted EU research funding, generated media interest and resulted in multiple citations. My research centres on two approaches: adaptive learning system to support carers teaching social skills to children with autism, and whole body gestural control games which allow children collaborate within 3D virtual spaces. I am currently investigating the use of motion detection and tracking technology to help early detection of motor skills development issues in children, switching the purpose of the technology from remedial intervention to early detection. For this research, I secured three years" Enterprise Ireland funding.