User:Catherinec

Hi, I'm Catherine Cronin -- educator, researcher and PhD candidate at the National University of Ireland, Galway. My work focuses on openness and open education, digital identities, and social media in education. I'm currently working towards a PhD in the area of open educational practices in higher education. You can find out more about my work and online presence on my [http://about.me/catherinecronin. about.me] page.

I've been an educator for many years, using open educational practices to work with students, educators and others in open web spaces. I was an active partner in #icollab (2011-2015), a networked community of practice of students and educators in seven countries. iCollab reflections and work can be found in many places on the web, e.g. iCollab Google+ community,iCollab blog, iCollab student-staff Twitter chat, digital identities Twitter chat, and the CT231 #icollab student showcase, as well as in the following papers:


 * Cronin, C., Cochrane, T., & Gordon, A. (2016). Nurturing global collaboration and networked learning in higher education. Research in Learning Technology, 24.
 * Cochrane, T., Buchem, I., Camacho, M., Cronin, C., Gordon, A., & Keegan, H. (2013) Building global learning communities. Research in Learning Technology, 21, pp. 1-13.