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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well I can’t just keep talking about #LTHEchat and not participate myself. This week’s chat touches on dual coding and visualising teaching. Join us at 8pm GMT this Wednesday.

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

See you all next week - same time, same place! #LTHEchat Next week we will be joined by Colum Cronin, @columfromcork.bsky.social as we discuss student engagement. Colum’s blog post has the intriguing title, “Apathy or Architecture? The hidden curriculum of time and space”. See you then!

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Interesting focus for this week's #LTHEchat on teaching for belonging in Higher Ed. Join us at 8pm GMT/BST.

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Access gets you through the door. Inclusion gives you a seat at the table. Belonging is knowing your presence matters." Join us Wed 23 Sept, 8pm BST for #LTHEchat with @ifawolowo.bsky.social - Beyond Inclusion: Can We Teach for Belonging? Read blog post at lthechat.com/2026/09/18/l...

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Preparing the family for the AI future with a 35th anniversary screening of Terminator 2. 🤖 GenAI not living up to the standard set by T-800.

Image of T800 android clicking button to descend into molten iron.

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Let’s celebrate those of us who type like the hulk.

A worn laptop keyboard. Keys A, S, H and Shift are fully worn. Keys E, C, O and L are partially worn.

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A thought for all the dogs preparing for their playmates to return to school full time. #backtoschool @dogsof.bsky.social @dogs.bsky.social

Beautiful large blonde dog next to two fab black labs in the open boot of a blue car.

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Rest in power Glen. An absolute cultural giant and the kindest of people.

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Glen Hansard @glenhansard.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Today you can hear "Revelate" wherever you get your music and check out the whole video here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tBa...

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Three generations of my family attended the first night of Christopher Nolan’s stunning Odyssey. Argos had us all in 😭. Not sure whether Ogygia, where Odysseus spent 7 years, is Ireland but the coastline of Kerry could pass. (For more speculation read greekreporter.com/2026/06/09/o...)

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Really enjoying Mattering by Jennifer Breheny Wallace. She argues that a sense of mattering is not just based on recognition but also on feeling relied upon, being prioritized, having others invested in your well being and being deeply understood.

Book cover: mattering - the secret to building a life of deep connection and purpose

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Enjoying a bit of Michael Sheen in celebration of Wales by-election. Thanks neighbours for keeping the billionaire backed wolves out and choosing ‘hope over division’. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek43...

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Michael Sheen gives rousing speech to Welsh national team: 'That's the blood of Wales'

YouTube video by Guardian Football

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Love this focus of Credit Unions. Digital when wanted, human when needed. loughcu.ie/credit-union... Credit unions are member-owned, non-profit financial cooperatives. A 2018 study with older adults showed the move towards digital banking had disempowered those hesitant in the use of digital tools.

While many banks are making the decision to move further away from physical services and towards digital exclusively including in-branch, (and closing off one whole list of advantages in the process) Credit Unions like us remain open and fully manned with friendly staff who are ready to answer queries and assist when needed.

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Know anyone (child or adult ) who struggles with oral presentations? Seeing good progress with students using VR platforms to practice public speaking. They simply use Google cardboard glasses and the following free platform on their android phone. @edusky www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Free online virtual reality tool helps people tackle public speaking nerves

Cambridge scientist behind VR platform says it could help those put off by high cost of speech anxiety treatment

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Join the 11th International Living Knowledge Conference, July 7–10, 2026, University of Gdańsk, Poland. Focused on community-based research and solidarity, the call for proposals is open Oct 1–Dec 15, 2025. Submit here: livingknowledge.org/2025/07/01/l...

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Developing a morning playlist. Suggestions welcome! open.spotify.com/playlist/1JD... #EduSky (must also be tween friendly)

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Morning

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Remember 'The Spark'? They’ve just released a new Irish language rap created by kids in Ireland abd Scotland called "Meas Mór" (big respect). Comhgairdeas to Kabin Studio and Barr na gCnoc for this innovative work. Enjoy! youtu.be/whwQfPVOFjI?... @edusky.bsky.social

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Meas Mór – Kabin Crew x Tinderbox

YouTube video by The Kabin Studio

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

In support of @drjessicariddell.bsky.social questioning of violent words we commonly use, I bring you the Apple tree version of hang man. 9 apples (guesses) on the tree and you guess the letter of your word beneath. Celebrating first week back to school.

A napkin has a hand drawn version of a tree with 9 apples drawn on it. One apple has the letter H on an apple. Beneath the apple tree are lines denoting the letters of the word/words to be guessed.

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Very excited to listen to CMAT’s new album (aka Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson). From Dunboyne, Meath, via Blanchardstown, Dublin, she exploded onto the scene in 2022 and is setting the world alight one performance at a time. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Gorgeous book, the atlas of languages. Shares unusual phrases such as the Catalan phrase ‘Tu has begut oli’ (you have drunk oil; aka you’re in soooo much trouble). Points out weird coincidences like Northern Queensland Mbabaram word for dog is ‘dúg’; no relationship to English word. #booksky #eduSky

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Taking a step back from social media as head on annual leave. Stay safe folks. Spread some joy. And try to stop posting about AI ;-)

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

What constitutes high quality higher education pedagogical research? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #EduSky

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Had interesting discussion at EuroSoTL on identities in Higher Ed. While I run a teaching and learning centre, I don’t identify as an educational/ academic / faculty developer. I’m reminded of Stephen Fry saying ‘we are not nouns, we are verbs’. #EduSky @issotl.bsky.social @anda19.bsky.social

We are not bound, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I wrote, I act - and I never know what I’m going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Free course on ‘Understanding Climate Change & Its Effects on Older Persons’ Health’ @ucc.ie via @aceatucc.bsky.social. The programme empowers healthcare and social care workers with climate resilience skills specifically tailored to older adults. #EduSky #ESD Enrol via tinyurl.com/mpsk8trf

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

What a welcome home! Great catch up with Science Shop colleagues, teaching and learning centre leads and SoTL scholars in Groningen but now for some Madness… 🪩#CorkRocks #EuroSoTL2025

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This was such a fun conversation and it is always a pleasure to discuss music and libraries. @martinoconnor.bsky.social you could have a gift for putting folks at ease!

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The downside of being chatty is I spent the 2 hour journey to Groningen deep in conversation rather than deep in books. No regrets!! Bonnie Mullinix and colleagues have a really practical and insightful book on evaluating ed dev. #EduSky #EuroSoTL

Pile of books next to notebook
Hope Circuits by Jessica Riddell
Radical hope: a teaching manifesto by Kevin M Gannon
Evaluating educational development by Carol Hurney, Bonnie Mullinix and Todd Benson

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

One action I’m taking to make my teaching more accessible is to switch on the auto-caption option in PowerPoint. This enables real-time captioning of a class including discussion. It also can translate from the spoken language to other languages. #EduSky support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...

Captain Kirk from Star Trek series holding the universal translator.

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Come check out the exhibition "The Irish Revolution in the African American Press”, which explores how black civil rights activists writing in the 1920s interpreted key events in the Irish Revolution. Now on view in the display cases on the ground floor of Boole UCC Library

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I use TimeTree collaborative scheduling app/calendar to keep track digitally of our family’s activities. I know it’s an algorithm, but it is always so sweet when it sends a message saying ‘I notice you have a lot on today, mind yourself’.

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Dr Catherine O’Mahony (she/her) @catherineomahony.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Really looking forward to talking with Martin @shushradio.bsky.social next week. I had such fun picking the playlist… #EduSky

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