📢Exciting launch of our ICT/Digital Learning Team's VR project with OIDE and Galway Education centre took place today.
Head over to our LinkedIn page for all the details! www.linkedin.com/company/stem...
@ml-mcn.bsky.social @limankaban.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social

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📢Curious about the people behind our research?

⭐We’re sharing researcher profiles over on our LinkedIn page, where colleagues talk about their journeys, interests, and research work.
www.linkedin.com/company/stem...

@aisling-leavy.bsky.social @clairecarroll.bsky.social

Is deas go bhfuil scéal Chnoc Mhuire ar fáil i nGaeilge do pháistí Bheadh insint nua ar scéal Chnoc Mhuire an-oiriúnach do theaghlach diaganta, nó do theaghlaigh a mbeadh suim acu i gcúrsaí spioradálta

A nice review by Bridget Bhreathnach @tuairiscnuacht of Dr Marie Whelton’s picture book for children, Dóchas don tSlí:
tuairisc.ie/is-deas-go-b...

Inspiring workshop on Exploring STEAM through Creative Shadows by our colleagues @ammorrin.bsky.social and Dr. Laura McEntee for @researchireland.ie Science Week @miceducationfac.bsky.social @micireland.bsky.social

We had a great range of eco friendly ideas for sustainable living from our "Design a Sustainable Village" workshops for @researchireland.ie Science Week. Huge thanks to all the pupils who joined us along with Maria and Emma from The Hunt Museum for their excellent input @micireland.bsky.social

Huge thanks to the team from Animal Magic for their three interactive shows at Limerick Library for Science Week🐇🐰 @researchireland.ie @miceducationfac.bsky.social @micireland.bsky.social @anneodwyer.bsky.social

Science Week is off to a great start @micireland.bsky.social Thanks to Smoothie Bikes Ireland for visiting @micireland.bsky.social yesterday 🚲⚡️ Huge congratulations to our fantastic students and all our leaderboard winners 🤩 @miceducationfac.bsky.social @anneodwyer.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

The Limerick Festival of Science is back this November as part of Science Week 2025!
🎉 MIC has lined up an exciting mix of events both on campus and throughout the city.
✨ Scan the QR code below to discover what’s happening and join the fun! @micireland.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social

First of today's workshops on Supporting students with Maths Anxiety is off to an excellent start in the inspiring grounds of Craft Maker Space @micireland.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social @aisling-leavy.bsky.social @maireadhourigan.bsky.social

Looking forward to a great day today at graduations WTH the @stem-mic.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social i

Really love the energy of this photo 🥰2025 Graduation Ceremony @micireland.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social @stem-mic.bsky.social

Graduation day Mary Immaculate College, Ireland is even more special this year
as we prepare to celebrate with our colleague @clairecarroll.bsky.social on her newly minted PhD! @miceducationfac.bsky.social @aisling-leavy.bsky.social @maireadhourigan.bsky.social @michellefitzp.bsky.social

Congratulations to our colleague @maireadhourigan.bsky.social on her thought provoking key note address at the recent MEI conference @dcuioe.bsky.social

Congrats to Dr. Mairead Hourigan who gave an inspiring keynote at the MEI conference today in DCU.

Her talk,“From last place to first: Repositioning the M in Integrated STEM ..." powerfully re-centred mathematics within STEM education. @miceducationfac.bsky.social @maireadhourigan.bsky.social

📢Calling all Primary School Teachers!

Are you interested in understanding how to better support pupils who struggle with Maths anxiety?
🔗 Register now for this free event via: lnkd.in/gDb_95iQ

Or scan the QR code in the poster below
@aisling-leavy.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social

📚 Using Evidence for Wellbeing in Educational Settings 🕒 8 weeks | 13 Oct – 8 Dec 2025

Course includes:
✅ 4 modules + 3 live webinars
✅ Peer meetings (online, hybrid or in-person)
✅ Tutor & forum support

Earn your Digital Badge🎓→ tinyurl.com/3xwxwcs2

#TeacherWellbeing

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Our first Database highlight: ATLA Religion Database.

This is available through the library website, on our homepage.

If you ever have difficulty accessing the site send us an email!
@micireland.bsky.social

#miclibraries #database #search

Accessing your Library Account allows you to update your details as well as keeping track of books on loan, books on request and due dates. Image: A picture of the library account button on the website, with a yellow border on a navy background, with colourful dotted border and the white MIC Libraries logo in the bottom centre.

Your Library Account is your one stop shop to keep track of all your details such as books on loan, books requested, due dates, fees, etc. 

You can access your account by scrolling to the bottom of the MIC Library website page.

25TRA586 ‘The new revolution: freedom from maths anxiety!’ DATE: Tuesday, 9th September 2025 TIME: 7:00 pm - 8.00pm VENUE: Online Via Zoom Target Audience: In-service and pre-service primary school teachers, primary school support staff. In collaboration...

⭐Interested in understanding the roots and impact of Maths anxiety?
⭐This online event explores how Maths anxiety develops in primary school and looks at the role of the teacher, parent and learner.
⭐Booking details ⬇️
www.edcentretralee.ie/cpd-courses-...
@aisling-leavy.bsky.social

Prof. Dr. @aisling-leavy.bsky.social @stem-mic.bsky.social presented about Cultivating Positive Attitudes Towards Statistics through growth mindset interventions for authentic teacher development in a data-driven era.
#TeacherEd #GrowthMindset #MIC125

Dr. Ayşegül Liman Kaban presents at the ATEE conference about her MIXAP project focusing on the democratization of mixed content creation for teachers through AI and VR @stem-mic.bsky.social @limankaban.bsky.social

Dr. Michelle Fitzpatrick speaks about the value of using STEM storylines to support the identity work of integrated STEM teachers at the ATEE conference @michellefitzp.bsky.social @stem-mic.bsky.social

Conversations on the complexities of developing STEM teacher educator identity - Dr Anne O’Dwyer @stem-mic.bsky.social

Seeing iSTEM in action as @mikemcnamara.bsky.social explores the creative use of virtual reality to support and enhance immersive STEM learning experience in primary schools @stem-mic.bsky.social

Intriguing insights into the computational thinking skills of Irish primary students from @clairecarroll.bsky.social at the ATEE conference @stem-mic.bsky.social

New Open Access Paper w/ John Meegan
in Technology, Knowledge & Learning:

Explores how GenAI tools could support teacher education. Reporting on small-scale pilot findings.

Used critically, GenAI could be beneficial.

🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s107...

@stem-mic.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social

Delighted to have our colleagues Claire Carroll, Breed Murphy and Mairead Ryan represent @stem-mic.bsky.social at the recent Future of Education Conference. Thank you ladies for taking the time to share your research @clairecarroll.bsky.social @m-ryan25.bsky.social @micireland.bsky.social

Plenty laughter and some impressive tennis moves as the STEM Department took part in a team building exercise today! Hats off to Claire and Michelle who truly earned their titles as queens of the court👏🎾👑 @michellefitzp.bsky.social @clairecarroll.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social

Thanks to our colleagues @limankaban.bsky.social and @m-ryan25.bsky.social for showcasing our Minecraft Education project @ #EDEN2025 An exciting step forward in educational research and practice
@miceducationfac.bsky.social @micireland.bsky.social

Reciprocal interplays in becoming STEM learners and teachers: preservice teachers’ evolving understandings of integrated STEM education Integrated STEM education has the potential to develop important skills, competencies and dispositions needed in the twenty-first century. Children’s foundational knowledge is shaped in the early y...

Delighted to have worked with the brilliant Dr. Michelle Fitzpatrick on this paper — I learned so much from the thoughtful lens she brought to this research. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @michellefitzp.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social