Meet Phillip Dawson in person after his invited Anne Looney Dean's Lecture on 'Don't Fear the Robot: Future-authentic Assessment and Generative Artificial Intelligence'. Tues, 20th June, 18:00 (IST), DCU Institute of Education St Pat’s campus. Assessment Matters Register... lnkd.in/d7B5a9yK

What a nice way to kick off #DCUunconfPGR23 ! Really enjoyed today’s keynote from @gravesle from - she gave a good reminder about why we persist with research!

We had the honour of hosting Prof. Larry Hedges, a leader in educational evaluation, DCU Institute of Education & #MSDreamSpace 's RCTs in Education Workshop yesterday.

Thanks to all for making it a great day! The future of evaluation research in Irish education is bright! Deirdre Butler Microsoft Education Ireland

Fascinating panel discussion bringing to a close today's RTC's in education workshop 🗨️

A very interesting presentation from Dr Éadaoin Slattery on the Creative Space Study - a case of an RTC in Irish education at today's RTC's in education workshop DCU Institute of Education ERC Microsoft Education Ireland

.Éadaoin Slattery outlines an extremely impressive RCT on the development of spatial thinking through Minecraft, carried out by Assessment Matters in the past 12 months.

Hats off to all involved!

A mammoth task, rigorously conducted.

DCU Institute of Education

Today we celebrated the Graduation Day of our Dream Space Ambassadors🥳🎓

I cannot describe how proud I am of our #MicrosoftDSA 🤩They showcased their exceptional leadership, STEM and 21st Century skills necessary for success in our ever-changing world!

#MSDreamSpace Microsoft Education Ireland

Very good point from Prof Larry Hedges. Interventions are not panaceas. Embrace “small” effect sizes. A lifetime of inequality can’t be fully overturned by a (cheap) intervention, but the interventions are still worthwhile.

Prof Hedges explains why evaluation of educational programmes is needed.

There is a tendency to move from innovation to innovation without properly figuring out what actually works. This leads to a cycle of wasted time and effort.

Is it a US-only problem?
#edchatie

Fascinating talk by Prof Larry Hedges (Northwestern) at DCU this morning on the history of randomised experiments in education in the US… lots of important learning for the Irish context
Assessment Matters DCU Institute of Education

A stellar line-up here in DCU Institute of Education to explore the use of randomised controlled trials in the Irish education system.

Hearing now from the world renowned Prof Larry Hedges, who is sharing RCT lessons from the US.

Congrats to the organisers for planning a great day of learning👏

Looking forward to hearing from our keynote speaker today on educational evaluation Prof. Larry Hedges. Presentations from Dr Lorraine Gilleece on evaluating the Irish education system and Dr Éadaoin Slattery on the Creative Space Study also!

Interesting talk from Lorraine Gilleece on random control trials in an educational context. DEIS features prominently, but nice to see JUMP Maths rct evaluation (myself & Emer Delaney’s 1st collaboration) also mentioned. Workshop courtesy of Assessment Matters DCU Institute of Education

Researching feedback?
Anchored in praise? Potential manifestation of the anchoring bias in feedback reception tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Prof Naomi Winstone Prof. Anastasiya Lipnevich Assessment and Evaluation Research Centre (AERC) AEA-Europe Assessment Matters CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning. EERA - European Educational Research Association EARLI SIG 1 Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge UCL Knowledge Lab Prof Mary I Richardson Iram Siraj

📢 Attention educators! Don't miss out on our RCTs in Education workshop. Today is the LAST day to register. Join us on 18th May for an interactive learning experience. Register now!

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New research out of CARPE in collaboration with Microsoft Education Ireland on #MinecraftEducation

Check out the open access paper in the link below!

Don't miss out on our DCU Institute of Education RCTs in Education workshop on May 18th - we have a brilliant line up!

If you're interested in evaluation in Irish education, this is a must-attend event.

The day is free and open to all.

Register now here: bit.ly/40nsg1B