Book Chapters

I. MacLaren, R.S. Ellis, W.J. Couch (1986) 'Ultraviolet Colours of Early Type Galaxies in A370' In: Stellar Populations (Space Telescope Series, 130). Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Space Telescope Science Institute. [Details]

A. Broadbent, I. MacLaren, A.W. Wolfendale, (1988) 'Dust and the Mass of Gas in the Galaxy' In: Dust in the Universe (eds: M.E. Bailey, D.A. Williams). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Details]

I Mac Labhrainn (2005) 'New trends in academic staff development: reflective journals, teaching portfolios, accreditation and professional development' In: G O'Neill, S. Moore, B. McMullin (eds). Emerging issues in the practice of university learning and teaching. Dublin: AISHE. [Details]

R. Matthew, A. Radloff, I. MacLaren (2006) 'Leading for Learning' In: Exploring good leadership and management practice in higher education: issues of engagement. Cambridge, UK: JRA Publishing. [Details]

I Mac Labhrainn (2006) 'Learning By Doing-Using E-Technologies For Academic Staff Development' In: The Challenge of eCompetence in Academic Staff Development. Dortmund (Germany): European E-Competence Initiative. [Details]

Timothy Murphy , Iain MacLaren (2007) 'Theory and practice in the development of teaching portfolios at NUI Galway' In: Ciara O'Farrell (eds). Teaching Portfolio Practice in Ireland: A Handbook. Dublin: AISHE. [Details]

Kelly Coate, Iain Mac Labhrainn (2009) 'Irish higher education and the knowledge economy' In: International Perspectives on the Governance of Higher Education. London: Routledge. [ARAN Link] [Details]

I. Mac Labhrainn (2009) 'The Shift from Teaching to Learning' In: R. Schneider, B. Szczyrba, U. Welbers, J. Wildt (eds). Wandel der Lehr- und Lernkulturen. Beilefeld (Germany): Bertelsmann Verlag. [Details]

I. Mac Labhrainn (2010) 'Our Crisis: Whose Opportunity?' In: R. Munck, K. Mohrman (eds). Reinventing the University. Dublin: Glasnevin. [Details]

I. Mac Labhrainn (2010) 'Stories of Change: The National University of Ireland, Galway' In: Ulf-Daniel Ehlers and Dirk Schneckenberg (eds). Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving ahead to future learning. Berlin: Springer. [Details]

Edited Books

Terry Barett, Iain Mac Labhrainn, Helen Fallon (Ed.). (2005) Handbook of Enquiry and Problem-based Learning: Irish Case Studies and International Perspectives. Dublin: AISHE. [Details]

Iain Mac Labhrainn, C. MacDonald Legg, D. Schneckenberg, J. Widlt (Ed.). (2006) The Challenge of eCompetence in Academic Staff Development. Dortmund (Germany): European E-Competence Initiative. [Details]

Lorraine McIlrath & Iain Mac Labhrainn (Ed.). (2007) Civic Engagement and Higher Education: International Perspectives. London: Ashgate. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

Iain MacLaren (2012) 'The Contradictions of Policy and Practice: Creativity in Higher Education'. London Review of Education, 10 (2):159-172. [Details]

R.S. Ellis, W.J. Couch, I. MacLaren, D.C. Koo (1985) 'Spectral energy distributions for galaxies in high-redshift clusters. II-0016+ 16 at Z= 0.54'. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 217 :239-264. [Details]

I. MacLaren, K.M. Richardson, A.W. Wolfendale (1988) 'Corrections to virial estimates of molecular cloud masses'. Astrophysical Journal, 333 :821-825. [Details]

I. MacLaren, R.S. Ellis, W.J. Couch (1988) 'Spectral energy distributions of galaxies in high-redshift clusters. III-Abell 370 at Z= 0.37'. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 230 :219-272. [Details]

I. MacLaren, K.M. Richardson, A.W. Wolfendale (1989) 'Cosmic Rays and the Masses of Giant Molecular Clouds'. Journal Of Physics G-Nuclear And Particle Physics, 151 . [Details]

A. Broadbent, I. MacLaren, A.W. Wolfendale (1989) 'Far - Infrared Estimates of the Mass of Gas in the Galaxy'. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 237 :1075-1084. [Details]

I. MacLaren, A.W. Wolfendale (1990) 'The Cosmic Ray Gradient and Far-Infrared Observations as a Tracer of Molecular Material in the Galax'. Journal Of Physics G-Nuclear And Particle Physics, 16 . [Details]

M.R. Issa, I. MacLaren, A.W. Wolfendale (1990) 'Dust-to-gas ratio and metallicity variations in nearby galaxies'. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 236 :237-241. [Details]

M. Issa, I. MacLaren, A.W. Wolfendale (1990) 'The size-line width relation and the mass of molecular hydrogen'. Astrophysical Journal, 352 :132-138. [Details]

W.J. Couch, R.S. Ellis, I. MacLaren (1991) 'A uniformly selected catalogue of distant galaxy clusters'. Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 249 :606-628. [Details]

P. Walder, I. MacLaren, C. Reid (1994) 'Neural networks and cloud classification'. Proc Spie, 2315 (2). [DOI] [Details]

C.N. Duncan, M. Morrey, G. Bayne, I. MacLaren, P. Walder, J. McQuillan (1998) 'Shared Teaching with Multimedia-enhanced Videoconferencing'. Research in Learning Technology, 6 (3):4-15. [Details]

J. McQuillan, I. MacLaren (1999) 'A Library of Multimedia Components for Science Education'. Active Learning, 11 :16-21. [Details]

P. Walder, I. MacLaren (2000) 'Neural Network Based Methods for Cloud Classification on AVHRR Images'. International Journal Of Remote Sensing, 8 :1693-1708. [Details]

I. MacLaren (2004) 'New Trends in web-based learning: objects, repositories and learner engagement'. European Journal of Engineering Education, 29 (1):65-72. [Details]

Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Iain Mac Labhrainn, Lorraine Mc Ilrath (2007) 'The Civic Purpose and Avowed Mission of Higher Education Institutions-Diversity or Uniformity?'. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 7 (2):187-197. [Details]

Timothy Murphy, Iain MacLaren (2009) 'Teaching Portfolios and the Quality Enhancement Project in Higher Education'. Educational Futures, 2 (1):71-84. [Details]

T. Murphy, I MacLaren, S. Flynn (2009) 'Toward a Summative System for the Assessment of Teaching Quality in Higher Education'. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 20 (2):226-236. [Details]

 

Conference Publications

C.N. Duncan, I. MacLaren, T.Miles, G.C. Watson (1992) A Study of the Radiance of the Earth’s Limb Using Lowtran 7 and Meteosat Images . In: EUMP-11 Eumetsat Publications eds. 9th Meteosat Scientific Users’ Meeting Locarno, Switzerland, , pp.83-89 [Details]

I. MacLaren, P. Walder, C. Reid (1994) Cloud Classification using Neural Networks . In: Eumetsat Publications EUM P 15 eds. 10th Meteosat Scientific Users’ Meeting Cascais, Portuga, , pp.541-548 [Details]

P. Walder, I. MacLaren (1996) Advanced Techniques for Meteosat Image Analysis . In: Eumetsat Publications, EUM P 19 eds. Meteorological Satellite Data Users’ Conference Vienna, Austria, , pp.105-110 [Details]

I. MacLaren, C.N. Duncan, R. Vaughan (1997) Using the World Wide Web for Remote Sensing Education and Training European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories Conference Lyngby, Denmark, [Details]

I Mac Labhrainn (2003) Working differently: the role of learning technologies in the 21st Century IUISC: Working Differently Killarney, , 12-MAR-03 - 14-MAR-03 [Details]

Boland, J,Mac Labhrainn, I, McIlrath, L. (2004) Universities, Students and Community: Promoting civic engagement through service learning. Society for Research into Higher Education Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference [Details]

I. MacLabhrainn (2007) Share and Share Alike - New approaches to teaching resources IUISC: Enhancing Services through Communication and Collaboration , 07-MAR-07 - 09-MAR-07 [Details]

I Mac Labhrainn (2010) Unfettered Imagination? Online Educa On the Future of Learning Berlin, , 02-DEC-10 - 03-DEC-10 [Details]

Published Reports

C. Beard, C.N. Duncan, I. MacLaren, (1990) Interim Report on Mosaic Earth Sensor Feasibility Study (TP8760). British Aerospace Plc / European Space Agency, Stevenage (UK) and Noordwijk (NL). [Details]

C.Beard, C.N. Duncan, I. MacLaren (1991) Final Report on Mosaic Earth Sensor Feasibility Study (TP8829). British Aerospace Plc / European Space Agency, Stevenage (UK) and Noordwijk (NL). [Details]

I MacLaren (IoP representative) (1992) The Greenhouse Effect - Fact or Fiction?. Council of Science & Technology Institutions, London. [Details]

                                                                           

Newspaper Articles

I MacLaren (2007) On the point of Universities. Glasgow, Scotland: Newspaper Articles [Details]

Iain Mac Labhrainn (2007) Putting social values back into learning. Dublin: Newspaper Articles [Details]

                                               

Honours and Awards

Year: 1998. Title: European Academic Software Award

Year: 2001. Title: High Quality Teaching Award

Year: 2000. Title: High Quality Teaching Award

Year: 1983. Title: Ramsey Memorial Prize in Astrophysics

Year: 1984. Title: D. Reidel Research Prize in Physics

Associations

Association: Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), Function/Role: Fellow

Association: Higher Education Academy, Function/Role: Senior Fellow

     

Conference Contributions

I Mac Labhrainn, I Gibson (2003) CELT/ NUI Galway Annual Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Project & Problem Based Learning, Galway , 05-JUN-03 - 06-JUN-03.

I Mac Labhrainn (2004) NUI Galway Annual Symposium on HE. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The Challenge of Large Class Teaching, Galway , 10-JUN-04 - 04-JUN-04.

I Mac Labhrainn, Lorraine McIlrath (2005) NUI Galway Annual Symposium on HE. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Civic Engagement & Service Learning, Galway , 09-JUN-05 - 10-JUN-05.

Keane, E., Maclaren, I. (2006) See http://www.nuigalway.ie/celt/conference/conference2006.html. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], NUI Galway’s 4th Annual Learning & Teaching Conference: ' The Challenge of Diversity: Teaching, Support & Student Learning' (June 8th-9th, 2006), CELT, NUI Galway , 08-JUN-06 - 09-JUN-06.

I Mac Labhrainn, S. Flynn (2007) NUI Galway 5th Annual Symposium on HE. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Learning Technologies: From Pilot to Mainstream, Galway , 07-JUN-07 - 08-JUN-07.

I Mac Labhrainn, K. Coate (2008) NUI Galway Symposium on HE. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Critical Thinking: the future of universities, Galway , 05-JUN-08 - 06-JUN-08.

I. Mac Labhrainn, M. Tooher (2009) Annual Symposium on HE. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], DESIGN FOR LEARNING: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Galway , 11-JUN-09 - 12-JUN-09.

I Mac Labhrainn, K. Coate (2010) Galway Symposium on HE. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Creative Thinking: Re-imagining the University, Galway , 10-JUN-10 - 11-JUN-10.

I Mac Labhrainn, J. Murphy, C. O' Mahony, S. Flynn (2011) Annual Conference of the National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Engaging Minds: Active learning, participation and collaboration in Higher Education, Galway , 09-JUN-11 - 10-JUN-11.

 

Employment

Employer: University of Durham Position: Senior Research Assistant

Employer: University of Edinburgh Position: Research Fellow

Employer: University of the West of Scotland (Paisley) Position: Lecturer (in Physics)

Employer: University of the West of Scotland Position: Reader (in Physics)

Education

Year 1983 Institution: University of Edinburgh Qualification: BSc Subject: Astrophysics

Year 1987 Institution: University of Durham Qualification: Phd Subject: Physics (Cosmology)

   

Outreach Activities

Volunteer Adult Literacy & Numeracy Tutor: National Association for the Care & Resettlement of Offenders, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Glasgow City Council, Community Education

Public Lectures on Astronomy and Cosmology

   

Teaching Interests

Teaching on Professional, Postgraduate Programmes in Academic Practice and Higher Education