Dr. Carina Girvan

I am an interdisciplinary researcher in technology enhanced learning, exploring the innovative use of emerging technologies in education, their alignment with pedagogic theory and the design and implementation of learning experiences using these technologies in classrooms. I am interested in the experiences of the learner, how they engage and what they learn. To date I have focused on the potential of virtual worlds and educational robotics, using constructionism and social constructivist approaches. My current research engages with artificial intelligence and augmented reality, aims to develop design thinking as a pedagogy and develops innovative ways to develop students" 21st Century skills. Prior to joining Trinity College Dublin, I was a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University in the UK. I was editor of the British Journal of Educational Technology and British Educational Research Journal. I have given several keynote talks at international conferences, written reports for Welsh Government and the NCCA in Ireland and been an expert advisor to UNICEF and the European Commission.

  21st Century Skills   Academic Achievement   affordances   Computer-Aided Instruction   constructionism   creativity   crowdsourcing   Distance Learning   Educational Evaluation/Assessment   Educational Improvement   educational robotics   Educational/Instructional Technology   E-Learning   Elementary Education   Elementary/Secondary Education   emerging technologies   High School Education   integrated STEM   Social Constructivism   Student Enrichment   Teacher Attitudes   Teacher Education   teacher professional development   Virtual Worlds