Dr. Tony Hall

Lecturer in Educational Technology



Tony is an educationist with research interests that include educational technology and the learning sciences, narrative, English, ICT and Physical Education. His teaching is related to his research interests, and at graduate and undergraduate levels, he teaches or co-teaches classes and modules in educational technology; learning sciences and design-based research; narratology in education; English and ICT subject teaching methodologies; educational research methods; and the history and philosophy of education. He is the editor of Education Matters Yearbook 2012 - Your Companion Reader on Irish Education. He is involved in sport/physical education on campus with NUIG Rugby, and as manager for the NUIG-Corinthians U21 rugby squad. Tony's educational background, teaching, research, research supervision and examination are outlined below.

Qualifications 

- CELTA, Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, University College Cork, 1996 
- Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education and English, concurrent post-primary teaching degree in Physical Education and English, University of Limerick, 1998
- MIT, Master of Information Technology, NUI Galway, 2000  
- PhD in Computer Science (Interaction Design applied to the Learning Sciences/Design-Based Research), University of Limerick, 2004
- Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge, Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh, 2008
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway, 2012
- Postgraduate Award in the Teaching of Shakespeare (Online), Royal Shakespeare Company and University of Warwick, 2013

teaching, Research and industry background 

- Post-primary school teacher (English, ICT, Physical Education, SPHE) and school ICT coordinator
- Research Fellow, Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham
- Visiting Researcher, Center for Informal Learning and Schools, The Exploratorium, San Francisco
- Pre- and post-doctoral researcher, Interaction Design and Enterprise Research Centres, University of Limerick
- Lecturer (CSCW/CSCL, HCI, Information Systems), Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Limerick
- Instructional designer, Web programmer

Teaching

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Education (CAO: GY109)
(concurrent post-primary teaching degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics)
- ED116 History and Structure of Irish Education
- ED294 Philosophical Foundations of Education

Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching/Dioplóma Gairmiúil sa
Mhatamaitic don Mhúinteoireacht
Member of programme design and course team (NUIG-UL Alliance accredited programme, coordinated by the National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning (NCE-MSTL), University of Limerick)

Professional Diploma in Education
- ED178 English Subject Teaching Methodology (Senior Cycle) 
- ED125 ICT Subject Teaching Methodology
- Professional Studies, teaching practice supervision, micro-teaching 

Master of Education
- Thesis supervision and qualitative and design-based research methods; research supervised: ICT in education; design and technology education; English teaching in schools 

Structured PhD in Learning Sciences
Joint programme convenor 
- Research supervisor, learning sciences, design-based research, theories of technology-enhanced learning, educational technologies

Research

NUIG IRIS Research Profile  and Google Scholar Profile

Selected publications and presentations 

Book (educational technology): Education, Narrative Technologies and Digital Learning: Using Computing and Storytelling to Enhance Creativity, Interaction and Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, to appear in 2013.

Book (philosophy of education): Meaning-Oriented Pedagogy: Viktor Frankl on Education. Springer, to appear in 2013. 

Keynote/Core: "Ubiquitous computing and narrative technologies in the humanities and education." Second Digital Arts and Humanities (DAH) Institute: 'Think Outside of the Digital Arts and Humanities Box'. Moore Institute, NUI Galway, 19th-21st September 2012.

Education Matters Yearbook 2012 - Your Companion Reader on Irish Education. Hall, T. (Ed.) Galway: Education Matters. September 2012, 234 pages. ISSN 2009-4906.

Hall, T. (2012). “Emplotment, Embodiment, Engagement: Narrative Technology in Support of Physical Education, Sport and Physical Activity”. Quest. The Official Journal of the National Association of Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education, 64(2), pp. 105-115. DOI:10.1080/00336297.2012.669324. 

"Points of Comparison". (2011- ). Education Matters blog series on the Comparative Study in Senior Cycle English, comparing and contrasting prescribed texts ( Macbeth, Casablanca, Hamlet) using comparative modes for examination in 2012 and 2013. Blog series based on previous examination questions (related to the comparative modes for 2012 and 2013) at Leaving Certificate Higher and Ordinary Levels.

iHCI 2012: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Irish Human-Computer Interaction Conference: Poetics of Design, Narratives of Use. Hall, T., & Doyle, J. (Eds.) National University of Ireland, Galway. ISBN 978-1-908358-07-3. 62 pages.  PDF.

Hall, T. (2012). "Digital Renaissance: The Creative Potential of Narrative Technology in Education". Creative Education, 3(1), pp. 96-100. DOI:10.4236/ce.2012.31016. PDF. 

Hall, T., & Long, B. (2012). "From Digital Literacy to Digital Narrativity; From Reflective Practice to Narrative Practice: Digital Storytelling in Education". Position Paper, Workshop on Identity and Narratives in the Digital Age. Narrative Matters 2012 - Life and Narrative, The American University of Paris, 29th May-1st June 2012: http://www.aup.edu/news/special_events/narrative_matters.htm. Prezi. 

Hall, T. (2013). "BEAM IT: Educational Technology for the European Teacher". In Rabensteiner, P-M., & Ropo, E. (Eds.) European Dimension in Education and Teaching - Volume 7: BEAM: Building European Identity through Spirit Sense and Meaning. Germany: Schneider Verlag, to appear, January 2013.

Baumann, C., & Hall, T. (2012). “Getting Cinderella to the Ball: Putting Education at the Heart of Financial Education.” International Journal of Consumer Studies, Special Issue on Consumer Issues in Credit, Debt and Financial Literacy, 36(5), pp. 508-514. DOI:10.1111/j.1470-6431.2012.01116.x.

"Diverse Inputs, Creative Outputs: Writing about Education in the 'Digital Age'". Pecha-Kucha, The Written Word: Writing, Publishing and Communication in Higher Education, The 10th Annual Galway Symposium, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway, 7th-8th June 2012: http://www.nuigalway.ie/celt/conference/conference12.html.

Hall, T., & Long, B. "Nöogenic Narrative: Meaning and Positive Orientation in Educational Autobiography", Narrative Matters 2012 - Life and Narrative, The American University of Paris, 29th May-1st June 2012: http://www.aup.edu/news/special_events/narrative_matters.htm. Prezi.

Hall, T. "Teacher Education NUI Galway: the B.A. Mathematics and Education" Poster, & "Ireland: National Perspective on Educators' Competences", 11th International Research Conference and International Week, The University of Latvia, Riga, 14th-18th May 2012.  

Davison, K., McCormack, O., Fleming, M., Hall, T., Heinz, M., McGarr, O., & Lenaghan, J. "Image-Based Pedagogy: Enhancing Critical Reflective Practice in Teacher Education Through Teaching Technology and Image Space". Poster presentation, session on "Integrating Technology in Preservice Teacher Education", American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2012, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 13th-17th April 2012.

Mooney, M., & Hall, T. “Captains in Uncharted Canons: Teachers’ Perspectives on a Decade of Innovation in Senior Cycle English”. Under review.

Hall, T., Duignan, S., & Long, B. (2011). "Quality through Synergy: Technology-Enhanced Learning (Animation, Virtualisation and Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) in Higher Education". In Hourigan, T., Murray, L., & Riordan, E. (Eds.) Quality Issues in ICT Integration: Third Level Disciplines and Learning Contexts. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 28-46.

Keynote address: "Technologies in Support of Physical Education, Sport and Physical Activity", International Association of Physical Education in Higher Education Conference, AIESEP 2011, University of Limerick, 22nd-25th June 2011.

Newspaper article, BEAM Erasmus Intensive Programme - European Initial Teacher Education. Nicht nur wirtschaftliche Bündnisse, sondern Beziehungen. Neue Kärntner Tageszeitung. 28th April 2011.

Duignan, S., & Hall, T. (2010). "From virtual machines to actual systems - realising the potential of virtualisation technologies for teaching, learning, and assessment in 'computing' education". International Journal of Learning Technology, 5(1), pp. 25-41. DOI:10.1504/10.31614. 

Hall, T. "The irresistible force of the movable object: Exploring the potential of animation technologies to foster creativity and engagement in learning." 'Technology and Learning' Symposium, University of Limerick, 11th May 2009.

Hall, T., & Davison, K. "OzanaMaths: Service-Learning in Mathematics Education." 2nd International Conference on Service-Learning in Teacher Education, Galway, 25th-27th June 2009.

Knight, S., Beale, J., Hall, T., & McCauley, V. "The Digital Hedge School Project: Challenges and Opportunities within a Multi-Generational Partnership." Campus Engage International Conference, Dublin, 4th-5th June 2009.  

Duignan, S., & Hall, T. (2009). "Removing Barriers to Deep Learning: Using innovative technologies to enhance initial teacher education in Ireland". In Rabensteiner, P-M., & Ropo, E. (Eds.) European Dimension in Education and Teacher Training - Volume 3: Values and Teacher Education. Germany: Schneider Verlag, pp. 127-148.

Kulcsár, Z., Aboulafia, A., Hall, T., & Shorten, G.D. (2008). “Determinants of learning to perform spinal anaesthesia: a pilot study.” European Journal of Anaesthesiology. Cambridge University Press. June 2008; 1–6.

Dervan, S., Hall, T., & Knight, S. (2008). “Interaction design for children’s technology-enhanced environmental education”. 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. Northwestern University, Chicago, 11th-13th June.

Duignan, S., & Hall, T. (2008). "Using Platform Virtualisation to Teach System Architectures in Undergraduate Computer Science - An Evaluation of Student Learning Experiences". In Iskander, M. Innovative Techniques in Instruction Technology, E-learning, E-assessment, and Education. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., pp. 479-484.

Duignan, S., & Hall, T. (2008). “Optimising through Virtualising: Using PC Virtualisation to enhance ICT Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education.” ESAI 2008: The Thirty-Third Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland. Galway, 6th-8th March.

Hall, T., McQuade, E., O'Brien, E., Hunt, I., Sherry, R., & Hogan, D. (2007). "Communities of Practice and Purpose: Making knowledge work in the university industry interface." In Osborne, M., Sankey, K., & Wilson, B.  Social Capital, Lifelong Learning and the Management of Place: an international perspective. Routledge Education, pp. 111-123.

Keynote presentation, "From early explorers to enthusiastic opsimaths: Design for a lifetime of technology enhanced learning in museums", Workshop Learning in Museums - International Positions, Knowledge Media Research Center, Tübingen, Germany, 7th-8th November 2007. http://www.iwm-kmrc.de/workshops/learning_in_museums/

Pierroux, P., Kaptelinin, V.,  Hall, T., Walker, K., Bannon, L., & Stuedahl, D. (2007). “MUSTEL: Framing the Design of Technology-Enhanced Learning Activities for Museum Visitors”. Proceedings of ICHIM07, International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting: Toronto, October 2007. http://www.archimuse.com/ichim07/abstracts/prg_335001539.html

Kulcsár, Z, Aboulafia, A., Hall, T., Sabova, D., & Shorten, G. (2007). "A qualitative approach to defining learning determinants of spinal anaesthesia ." Euroanaesthesia (ESA), Third Annual Meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology, Munich, Germany, 9th-12th June 2007.

Ecology of Young Children's Technology Experience (Wang, X.C., Carter, C., Bers, M., Hall, T., Dimitriadi, Y., Marsh, J., McCauley, V., Plowman L., McPake, J., & Stephen, C.). Interactive symposium, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, April 2007.

"As if by magic": Making learning fun with Disappearing Computing. DERI eSchools Event, Galway, November 2006.

"Beyond the Cartesian Interface: Designing embodied learning technologies." Early Career Consortium, The Seventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2006), Bloomington, Indiana, 27th June - 1st July 2006.

Hall, T. & Bannon, L. (2006). "Designing ubiquitous computing to enhance children's learning in museums." Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 22(4), pp. 231-243. 
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Hall, T., Sharples, M., & Lonsdale, P. (2006). "The changing place of education: mobile and ubiquitous learning." Interact (Special Issue on Learning Space Innovations) 32, pp. 16-17.

Hall, T., Bannon, L., Ciolfi, L., Gallagher, P., Ferris, K., Mulhern, R., & Hickey, N. (2006). "Enhancing children's learning in museums: a design-based research approach." In the Proceedings of The Seventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2006), ACM Press, pp. 936-937. [ Download paper] 

Hall, T., & Bannon, L. (2005). "Co-operative design of children's interaction in museums: A case study in the Hunt Museum." CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts, 1(3), pp. 187-218. [ Download paper] 

Hall, T., Gallagher, P., Bannon, L., & Murphy, E. (2005). "New wine into new skins: exploring the educational affordances of ubiquitous computing." Information Technology and Telecommunications Conference 2005: Information Infrastructures - Systems, Architectures, and Content. National Maritime College, Cork Institute of Technology. 26th-27th October 2005.

Hall, T., Hogan, D., McQuade, E., Murphy, E., & O'Donoghue, J. (2005). "Partnership for employability: enhancing universities' external collaboration with industry through communities of practice." Proceedings of EAIR 2005, 27th EAIR Forum. University of Latvia, Riga, 28th-31st August 2005.

Hall, T., & Bannon, L. (2005). "Designing ubiquitous computing to enhance children's interaction in museums." Proceedings of the 2005 Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2005), ACM Press, pp. 62-69. [ Download paper] 

Hall, T., Bannon., L., Ciolfi, L., & Murphy, E. (2005). "Hybrid digital-physical exhibitions: Creating new possibilities for education through novel computing in museums."  Journal of Education in Museums. 26, pp. 13-18. U.K.: Group for Education in Museums (GEM). [ Download paper]

Hall, T., Molan, C., Murphy, E., & Bannon, L. (2005). "Enriching online assessment using interactive digital video". In Comeaux, P. Assessing Online Learning. Anker Publishing Company: Bolton, MA, pp. 99-110. ISBN: 1-882982-77-0.

Ciolfi, L., Cooke, M., Hall, T., Bannon, L., & Oliva, S. (Eds.) (2005). Proceedings of the First International Workshop "Re-Thinking Technology in Museums: towards a new understanding of people's experience in museums". ISBN: 1-874653-80-1. Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick: Ireland. [ Link to workshop website] 

Hall, T., Ciolfi, L., Ferris, K., Bannon, L., Gallagher, P., Hickey, N., Hedman, A., & Tobiasson, H. (2004). "Tools for Open Interpretation: using novel computing to support multiple perspectives in children's historical understanding." Proceedings of ICLS2004: The Sixth International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Santa Monica, California, 22nd-26th June 2004.

Hall, T. (2002). “Teaching Larkin's Poetry in Schools.” Larkin in Context: The 2nd International Conference on the Work of Philip Larkin, University of Hull, UK, 28th-30th June 2002.

Hall, T., Ciolfi, L., Hickey, N., & Bannon, L. (2002). "From hands-on to minds-on: towards the design of interaction and technology to enhance children’s learning in museums." Proceedings of ICLS2002: The Fifth International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Seattle, Washington, 23rd-26th October 2002.

Hall, T., Ciolfi, L., Bannon, L.J., Fraser, M., Benford, S., Bowers, J., Greenhalgh, C., Hellström, S.O., Izadi, S., Schnädelbach, H., & Flintham, M. (2001). "The Visitor as Virtual Archaeologist: Explorations in mixed reality technology to enhance educational and social interaction in the museum." Proceedings of Virtual Reality, Archaeology, and Cultural Heritage (VAST 2001). New York, ACM SIGGRAPH, pp. 91-96. [ Download paper] 

Ph.D. research supervision/co-supervision

Carol Baumann, The role of education in preventing over-indebtedness (Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)

Gabriel Bourke, Interactive animation and Relational Frame Theory (RFT) to support reading comprehension (Structured Ph.D. in Learning Sciences)

Eilis Flanagan, Design of digital storytelling for English education in schools (Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Design-Based Research)

David C. Hanrahan, philosophy of education: "Challenging the Consensus in Education in Challenging Times: Pioneers of Progressive Education in British Philosophy of Education from 1750 to 1900"

Mary Higgins, Applied learning in adult and continuing education (Structured Ph.D. in Learning Sciences, Design-Based Research)

Bonnie Long, Digital storytelling in initial teacher education (Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Design-Based Research)

Niall Mac Uidhilin, Evaluation of collaborative use of Web 2.0 technologies in the creation of Irish-language content for education (Design-Based Research) (co-supervisor) 
 
Ellen McCabe, Huston School of Film and Digital Media: Digital media to enhance the teaching of Shakespeare's Macbeth in schools (Structured Ph.D. in Digital Arts and Humanities, co-supervisor)

Ph.D. and M.Litt. research supervised, external examination 

Ph.D.

Seán Duignan. (2009). Virtual Machines, Actual Systems: A Study of System Virtualisation to Enhance the Computing Student's Learning Experience in Higher Education.

M.Litt.

David C. Hanrahan. (2009). The Philosopher King, the Gentleman of Leisure and the Challenge of Modernity: An Education to Serve the Needs of the State and An Education to Serve the Needs of the Individual. [A philosophical and historical analysis of two diverse educational philosophies: the Educational Principles found in Plato's "Republic" and Aristotle's "Politics", which are Based upon Serving the Needs of the State, and the Challenge that Arose to those Principles from the Modern Concept of Serving the Needs of the Individual].

Cathal McCosker. (2009). Operation Conjugation! Digital Game-Based Learning in Languages Education. (Co-supervised with Dr. Edward Curry, Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), NUI Galway). 

Siobhán Dervan. (2008). Interaction Design for Technology-Enhanced Informal Learning in an Environmental Education Programme for Children. (Co-supervised with Dr. Veronica McCauley, School of Education, and Dr. Sarah Knight, Environmental Change Institute (ECI), NUI Galway). 

M.A.

External examiner (2012) for Master of Arts by Research and Thesis. Adaptation of English Literature Texts in the Context of the Junior Certificate: A Student-Centred and Theoretical Interrogation. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.

Ph.D.

External examiner (2012) for Ph.D. in Education by Research and Thesis. Dublin City University.

Honours and Awards

2011: Lifelong Learning Award for BEAM Erasmus Intensive Programme in European Initial Teacher Education (Austrian National Agency) - NUIG local BEAM coordinator 

2009: Hewlett Packard (HP) Innovation in Education Award (Joint Recipient) 

2006: Early Career Consortium, ICLS 2006: 7th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, Indiana (National Science Foundation, US) 

2006: International Travel Grant (Royal Academy of Engineering, UK) 

2006: Research Fellowship in Learning Sciences (University of Nottingham) 

2003: Pre-Doctoral Research Bursary (The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK) 

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