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Dr. Silvia Gallagher

Research Fellow (Charm-EU)
      
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Dr. Silvia Gallagher

Research Fellow (Charm-EU)

 gallags6@tcd.ie

 


  Challenge based learning   Computers & Education   DISTANCE EDUCATION   Education   Education for Sustainable Development   Higher Education   Higher Education Policy   Information technology in education   Innovation in learning   Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)   Online communities   Online Education   Online learning   Qualitative research methods   SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT   TRANSDISCIPLINARITY   TRANSDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
Project Title
 CHARM European University (Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-based, Mobile) (CHARM-EU)
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Summary
The CHARM-EU alliance builds upon the world-class strengths in research and education of its members to fullfill the ambition of the European Univesities initiative, one of the flagships initiative of the EU. CHARM-EU is using the EU initiative for designing and testing our concept of a European University in an authentic environment before formalizing and scaling-up, ensuring that it is a sustainable and innovative model.
Funding Agency
Erasmus+
Project Title
 CHARM-EIGHT" - CHARM-EU Expansion, Inter-institutional campus, Governance, Higher education, Transformation.
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Summary
CHARM-EIGHT aims to deepen, intensify and expand the effectiveness of the existing CHARM-EU Alliance to advance the higher education transformation process towards full `European Universities" and increase its impact. The deepening and intensification takes place through activities which align to the five specific objectives: " Implement the innovative governance and management model of the alliance. " Consolidate and extend the innovative educational model in joint programmes and micro-credentials at various levels (bachelor, master, doctoral). " Build the CHARM-EU culture and the conditions to build a multicultural environment possible within an inter-institutional, intercultural, transdisciplinary inclusive and sustainable campus, where digitalization, mobility and multilingualism are key elements. " Generate internal transformation built upon the innovation and results of the current projects, networking and professional development. " Expand transferability, external cooperation, and partnerships, at all levels, local, national, European, and global.
Funding Agency
Erasmus+
Project Title
 "UNI-ECO : practical & collaborative tools for sustainability innovation in the university"
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UNI-ECO takes inspiration in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identified by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 as a road-map for supporting changes at all scales. It is also rooted the the Green Deal of the European Commission. It was designed to address the need to build social and environmental sustainability into the core ethos of modern university, seeing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as drivers of societal change. As a starting point, UNI-ECO identifies sustainability as a crucial issue of the contemporary societies. Now more than ever, it has become a vital need to transform our lifestyle in order to be in line with the many initiatives aiming at reaching the UN SDGs by 2030. As "Education for Sustainable Development" describes education that empowers people to design the future actively, autonomously and responsibly, UNI-ECO had the objective to design a sustainable campus, with students and HEI Staff bringing it to life by taking action.
Funding Agency
Erasmus+
Project Title
 VLearning
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2009
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2011
Summary
V Learning is a virtual worlds learning management system that plugs into traditional web based LMS, harnessing the power of 3D technology. This replicates existing pedagogical strategies and provides new opportunities for novel immersive and engaging learning experiences. These immersive spaces can be used for collaboration, information retrieval, personal learning, simulation training or social networking
Funding Agency
National Digital Research Center
Project Title
 WINNOW: Collaborative Content Filtering
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2009
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2010
Summary
Funding Agency
National Digital Research Center

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Gallagher and Toth, Active learning pedagogies and micro-credentials: Strategies for short term sustainability education, Symposium on Micro-Credentials and Sustainable Developmen, Tallin, Estonia., 2025, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Gallagher and Toth, Imagined futures for micro-credential development: A preliminary conceptual framework, Micro-Credentials Masterclass Conference, Algebra University, Zagreb, Croatia, 2025, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Van Vugt, S., and Gallagher, S., Staff development in higher education interinstitutional collaborations: An exploratory literature review, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2025, p1 - 18, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Marjanneke J. Vijge, Silvia Elena Gallagher, Jake Rowan Byrne, Julia Tschersich, Jonathan Tager, Unnikrishnan Brijitha Madhavan, Huba Boshoff, and Annisa Triyanti, Community-Engaged Learning in a European Universities Alliance: Reflections on Equality and Reciprocity Across Europe and Africa, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 29, (2), 2025, p81 - 96, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Georgiou, D., Gallagher, S. E., & Chmielewska, K. A., Beyond the challenge: Exploring student, lecturer, and stakeholder challenges with challenge-based learning, Active Learning in Higher Education, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Gallagher, S., Byrne, J., Toth, A, Exploring the integration of Artificial Intelligence literacy into Challenge Based Learning, International Challenge Based Learning Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 08/04/2025, 2025, Poster, PUBLISHED
Gallagher, S. and Byrne, J, MethodMentor: Supporting Research Methods learning through AI Dialogic Pedagogy, Digital Education Conference 2025, South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland, 09/12/2025, 2025, Poster, PUBLISHED
Georgiou, D., Gallagher, S., Chmielewska, K., Challenges in Challenge-Based Learning: Perspectives from Key Stakeholders, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Graz, Austria, 25 - 29 August 2025., 2025, Poster, PUBLISHED
Hörr, B. Kananen, P. and Gallagher, S., European University Alliances (EUAs) Outreach Workshop: Enhancing Opportunities for Lifelong Learning (LLL) in European University Alliances, European University Continuing Education Network Conference, Cork, Ireland, 27/05/2024, 2024, EUCEN, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED  URL
Gallagher, S,. Murphy, P., Implementing inter-institutional lifelong sustainability education: The UNI-ECO e-learning case study, Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 11, (2), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
  

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Gallagher, S and Vijge, M, Developing an intercultural positionality resource for Challenge Based Learning, CHARM-EU Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 5 November 2024, 2024, Poster, PUBLISHED
Shiel, N and Gallagher, S , CHARM-EU and TORCH - Educating and Researching the European University, European Researchers Night Event, Online, 2021, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Gallagher, S. , SDG4: CHARM European University / UniEco: Case studies of education for sustainability in action, Problem Solving the Sustainable Development Goals webinar series - SDG #4 Quality Education, Online, 2021, Trinity College Dublin, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


Award Date
Trinity College Postgraduate Research Studentship 2011