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Dr. Ann Devitt

Dr. Ann Devitt

Associate Professor, Education

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Biography

Dr Ann Devitt joined the School of Education, Trinity College as lecturer in modern languages in October 2008. She teaches and supervises research in the area of language teaching and learning. She was shortlisted for the Provost's Teaching Award in 2014. She is the course coordinator for the postgraduate Initial Teacher Education programme in the School with a cohort of 150 students. Prior to joining the School, she had been a postdoctoral research fellow in the area of computational linguistics in the School of Computer Science and Statistics from October 2006. She holds a first-class degree in French and Italian and a Masters in Theoretical Linguistics and a PhD in Computer Science. In industry, she has worked on machine translation and speech synthesis products in the language domain as well as cutting edge prototypes for telecommunications network management systems. Her research interests include second language teaching and learning, in particular Computer Aided Language Learning, language in education and the discourse of the classroom and textbooks, threshold concepts for teacher education and applying computational linguistic and corpus methodologies in educational research.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Ann Devitt, Markus Lamest, Mairead Brady, Nicki Newman & Stephen Gomez, Marketing simulations: experiential learning in a simulated serious game for higher-order cognitive development, The Association of Business Schools 4th Annual Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference, , York, UK, April, 2015, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2015, TARA - Full Text
  • Gene Dalton and Ann Devitt, Focus on form in a virtual world: Unlocking communicative competence in children learning Irish as a second language, Conference of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), Big Island, Hawaii, 21-25 May 2013, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
  • Gene Dalton and Ann Devitt, Learning Irish in a virtual world: Can new technologies be effective in bridging the motivation gap in the child's language learning experience at school?, International Association of Applied Linguistics European Junior Researcher Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
  • Gene Dalton and Ann Devitt, Computer Games for Langauge Learning: The child's perspective, European Conference of Computer Assisted Language Learning (EuroCALL), Groningen, the Netherlands, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
  • Dr. Ann Devitt, Gene Dalton, Melanie N Dhuinn, Jane O'Toole ad Dr. Joe Condon, "Is maith liom Gaeilge". An analysis of variation in primary pupil attitudes to Gaeilge in the Growing up in Ireland study, focusing on the Teacher factor., ESAI 40th Annual Conference. "Educational Research and Practice in times of Transition: Looking to the Future", Maynooth University and Carton House , April 2015, 2015Published Abstract, 2015
  • Gene Dalton and Ann Devitt, Irish in a 3D World: Engaging Primary School Children, Language Learning and Technology, 20, (1), 2016, p21 - 33Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Joe Condon, Gene Dalton, Jane O'Connell and Melanie N Dhuinn, An maith leat an Ghaeilge? An analysis of variation in primary pupil attitudes to Irish in the Growing Up in Ireland study, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 21, (1), 2018, p105 - 117Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Bauer C., Devitt A. and Tangney B, The alignment of CMC language learning methodologies withtheBridge21model of 21C learning, European Conference on Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), Italy, edited by F. Helm, et al. , Research-publishing.net, 2015, pp44 - 50Conference Paper, 2015, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Kearns, M., Devitt, A., and Brady M., , Utilising an Assessment for learning (Afl) approach with large student cohorts in higher education settings,, ECER 2016, European Conference on Educational Research, University College Dublin, August 23 -26h, 2016, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2016
  • Gene Dalton and Ann Devitt, The best of both worlds - drawing together gaming and virtual worlds for children's language learning, Eurocall 2015 (European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning Conference), Padova, Italy, 26-29 August 2015, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
  • Felicia, P., Neil Peirce, Mairead Brady and Ann Devitt(ed.), Irish Game Based Learning Conference, Proceedings of the 6th Irish Conference on Game-Based Learning, Trinity College Dublin, 6th, 1-2 September, 2016, 1-334 pProceedings of a Conference, 2016, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Jameson, E. Brady, M., and Devitt, A, Towards A Framework For The Evaluation Of Digital Game-based Learning At The Third Level, Irish Game based Learning Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 1st and 2nd Sept, 2016, pp1-3Conference Paper, 2016
  • Devitt, A and Brady M., , Autonomy And Challenge In Simulation Games For Marketing Education, Irish Game based Learning Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 1st and 2nd Sept, 2016, pp1-4Conference Paper, 2016
  • Brady Mairead, Ann Devitt, Patrick Geoghegan, Conor O'Flanagan, David Clince, Ryan Kane, Michael Burns, Camille Julien-Levantidis, When Competitiveness Overshadows Learning. A Case Study Of A Digital Game Based Learning And Assessment Initiative In A Third Level Setting., Proceedings of the 6th Irish Conference on Game-Based Learning, Irish Game based Learning Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 1st and 2nd Sept, edited by Felicia, P, Peirce, N, Brady, M and Devitt, A , 6th, 2016, pp1-6Conference Paper, 2016
  • Gene Dalton and Ann Devitt, Gaeilge Gaming: Assessing how games can help children to learn Irish, International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 6, (4), 2016, p22 - 38Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
  • Brady Mairead and Devitt Ann, Symposium: A Guide to Curricular Redesign with an Assessment for Learning and Technology Perspective", August 2018, In:Academy of Management Conference (USA) Teaching and Learning Conference, 2018, ChicagoMeetings /Conferences Organised, 2018, TARA - Full Text
  • Denise Burns, Ann Devitt, Gerry McNamara, Joe O'Hara and Martin Brown, Is it all memory recall? An empirical investigation of intellectual skill requirements in Leaving Certificate examination papers in Ireland, Irish Educational Studies, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Carola Strobl, Emilie Ailhaud, Kalliopi Benetos, Ann Devitt, Otto Kruse, Antje Proske, Christian Rapp, Online support for academic writing: A review of technologies with special attention to the needs of non-native writers , Eurocall 2018, Jyvskyl, Finland, 22-25 August 2018, 2018Conference Paper, 2018
  • Rachel Kiersey, Ann Devitt and Mairead Brady, Staff Use of Technology-Enhanced Assessment in Higher Education: A Systematic Review, Dublin, National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, October, 2018, p1 - 48Report, 2018, TARA - Full Text
  • Carola Strobl, Emilie Ailhaud, Kalliopi Benetos, Ann Devitt, Otto Kruse, Antje Proske, Christian Rapp, Digital Support for Academic Writing: A Review of Technologies and Pedagogies, Computers and Education, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Mairead Brady, Ann Devitt and Rachel Kiersey, Academic staff perspectives on technology for assessment (TfA) in higher education: a systematic literature review, British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019, p1 - 19Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Adopting Assessment for Learning (AfL) in Higher Education: Implications for Technology Deployment in, editor(s)Stuart Allen, Kim Gower and Danielle Allen , Handbook of Teaching With Technology in Management, Leadership, and Business., USA, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., 2020, pp1-400 , [Brady, Mairead, Fellenz, Martin and Devitt Ann]Book Chapter, 2020
  • Brady, M., Fellenz, M.R., & Devitt, A., Using a theory-based online simulation game to support student learning: Unintended consequences with obvious and hidden lessons for adopters, The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 11, (2), 2019, p1 - 17Journal Article, 2019
  • Liston, J. and Devitt, A. , Development Education in Initial Teacher Education; Learning from TCD project , Ubuntu Assembly meeting 2019, , portlaoise, 10th Jan 2019, 2019Oral Presentation, 2019
  • Liston, J. and Devitt, A. , Integrating Development Education in teacher education: An evidence-based approach to designing a Continuing Professional Development resource to support the work of pedagogy lecturers , Ubuntu Dialogue Day 2018 'Pushing the Boundaries of Knowledge and Understanding of Development Education', University College Cork, 25th May 2018, 2018Oral Presentation, 2018
  • Opportunities and challenges in the reform of Junior Cycle language curricula in, editor(s)Murchan, D & Johnston, K. , Curriculum Reform within Policy and Practice: School and system change at second-level in Ireland., London, Palgrave, 2021, pp105 - 124, [Devitt, A. & Murchadha, N.]Book Chapter, 2021
  • Media/ting Educational Reform: Junior Cycle Reform in the Media in, editor(s)Damian Murchan & Keith Johnston , Curriculum Change within Policy and Practice - Reforming Second-Level Education in Ireland, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp61 - 81, [Ann Devitt]Book Chapter, 2021
  • Wang, M., Bauer, C. and Devitt, A., Computer mediated communication for adolescent learners of Chinese as a Second Language in Ireland: systematic review and needs analysis, CALL and complexity - short papers from EUROCALL 2019, Eurocall, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 28-31 August 2019, edited by Fanny Meunier, Julie Van de Vyver, Linda Bradley, and Sylvie Thousny , Research-publishing.net, 2019, pp391 - 396Conference Paper, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Nic Ramoinn, S and Devitt, A., Children's perspectives on the use of robotics for second language learning in the early years of primary education: a pilot study, CALL and complexity - short papers from EUROCALL 2019, Eurocall, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 28-31 August 2019, edited by Fanny Meunier, Julie Van de Vyver, Linda Bradley, and Sylvie Thousny , Research-publishing.net, 2019, pp321 - 326Conference Paper, 2019, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Aibhin Bray, Joanne Banks, Eils N Chorcora, Teaching and Learning During School Closures: Lessons Learned. Irish Second-Level Teacher Perspectives, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, July, 2020, p1 - 93Report, 2020, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Colm Ross, Aibhn Bray and Joanne Banks, Parent Perspectives on Teaching and Learning During Covid-19 School Closures: Lessons Learned from Irish Primary Schools, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, July, 2020Report, 2020, TARA - Full Text
  • Aibhn Bray, Eils N Chorcora, Jen Maguire Donohue, Joanne Banks and Ann Devitt, Post-primary Student Perspectives on Teaching and Learning During Covid-19 School Closures: Lessons learned from Irish Students from schools in a Widening Participation Programme, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, August, 2020Report, 2020, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Response to Flavin on Disruptive Innovation and Technology Enhanced Learning: Affordances for Disruption, The Psychology of Education Review, 45, (1), 2021, p35 - 37Journal Article, 2021, TARA - Full Text
  • Colm Ross, Maria Kennedy, Ann Devitt, Home School Community Liaison Coordinators (HSCL) Perspectives on Supporting Family Wellbeing and Learning During the Covid-19 School Closures: Critical Needs and Lessons Learned, Irish Educational Studies, 40, (2), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Aibhn Bray, Joanne Banks, Ann Devitt and Eils N Chorcora, Connection before content: using multiple perspectives to examine student engagement during Covid-19 school closures in Ireland, Irish Educational Studies, 40, (2), 2021, p431 - 441Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Ann Devitt and Chelsea Whittaker, Evaluation of the Kinia-Suas Remote Reading Buddy Program 2021, Dublin, TCD, September, 2021Report, 2021, TARA - Full Text
  • Brendan Tangney, Aibhn Bray, Ann Devitt, Carina Girvan, Eils N Chorcora, Jen Maguire Donohoe, Joanne Banks, Kevin Sullivan, Lisa Keane, Philip Byrne, Rnn Smith and Cliona Hannon, Trinity Access - Project Overview, TARA, Trinity Access, Trinity College Dublin, December, 2021Report, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Quantitative Research Methods in, editor(s)Declan Fahie, Shane Bergin , The Student Guidebook to Doing your Research Project , Dublin, Ireland, UCD Press , 2022, [Aibhn Bray, Joanne Banks, Ann Devitt]Book Chapter, 2022
  • Mengdi Wang, Students' intercultural sensitivity development through telecollaborative Chinese language learning on Zoom: a case study of Irish students at the beginning-level of Chinese language, CALL and professionalisation: short papers from EUROCALL 2021, EUROCALL 2021, Paris, 26-27th August 2021, edited by Naouel Zoghlami, Cdric Brudermann, Cedric Sarr, Muriel Grosbois, Linda Bradley, and Sylvie Thousny , Research-publishing.net., 2021, pp279 - 284Conference Paper, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Mengdi Wang, Ann Devitt, Juan Gao, Ciarn Baurer, Computer mediated communication and task-based learning for adolescent learners of Chinese as a foreign Language in Ireland: An eBook task design under the adaption of Bridge 21 technology-mediated learning model, Proceedings of the XXIst International CALL Research Conference, the XXIst International CALL Research Conference, edited by Jozef Colpaert, Yijen Wang, Glenn Stockwell , 2022, pp117 - 125Conference Paper, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Wang, Mengdi and Devitt, Ann, A Systematic Review of Computer-Mediated Communications in Chinese as a Foreign Language from 2008 to 2022: Research Contexts, Theoretical Foundations and Methodology, Affordances and Limitations, Language Teaching Research, 2022Journal Article, 2022
  • Catherine O'Reilly, Ann Devitt and Nirn Hayes, Critical thinking in the preschool classroom - A systematic literature review, Thinking Skills and Creativity, 46, 2022, p101 - 110Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Ann Devitt, Boris Danev and Katarina Matusikova, Constructing Bayesian Networks Automatically using Ontologies, Second Workshop on Formal Ontologies Meets Industry (FOMI 2006), Trento, Italy, 14 December 2006, 2006Conference Paper, 2006, TARA - Full Text
  • Javier Baliosian and Ann Devitt, Forecasting Unstable Policy Enforcement, IEEE International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications (ICSNC 2006), Tahiti, French Polynesia, November 2006, IEEE, 2006, pp37Conference Paper, 2006
  • Javier Baliosian, Franciose Sailhan, Ann Devitt and Anne-Marie Bosneag, The Omega Architecture: Towards Adaptable, Self-Managed Networks, Workshop on Distributed Autonomous Network Management Systems (DAMNS 2006), Dublin, Ireland, 16 June 2006, 2006Conference Paper, 2006
  • Javier Baliosian, Huw Oliver, Epifanio Salamanca, Boris Danev, Ann Devitt and Gerard Parr, Self-configuration for Radio Access Networks, Proceedings of 7th IEEE Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks (Policy 2006), London, Ontario, Canada, 5-7 June 2006, 2006Conference Paper, 2006
  • Ann Devitt and Joseph Duffin, Topographical Proximity: Exploiting Domain Knowledge for Sequential Data Mining, Temporal Data Mining Workshop at ICDM 2005,, Houston, Texas, November 2005, ACM Press, 2005, pp33 - 40Conference Paper, 2005
  • Ann Devitt, Joseph Duffin and Robert Moloney, Exploiting network topology in mining sequential patterns from telecommunications alarm data, MineNet Workshop at SIGCOMM 2005, Philadelphia, USA, August 2005, 2005, pp179 - 184Conference Paper, 2005, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt and Carl Vogel., The Topology of WordNet: Some Metrics, Proceedings of the Second International WordNet Conference - GWC2004, Brno, Czech Republic, January, 2004, 2004Conference Paper, 2004
  • Ann Devitt and Carl Vogel, Using WordNet hierarchies to pinpoint differences in related texts, Ontologies and Information Extraction Workshop at EUROLAN 2003, Bucharest, Romania, August 2003, 2003Conference Paper, 2003
  • Ann Devitt and Khurshid Ahmad, Sentiment Polarity Identification in Financial News: A Cohesion-based Approach, Annual Meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL 2007), Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 June, 2007Conference Paper, 2007, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt and Khurshid Ahmad, The language of emotion and financial news, XVI European Symposium on Language for Special Purposes (LSP07), Hamburg, Germany, 27-31 August 2007, edited by Walther von Hahn, & Cristina Vertan, , Peter Lang, 2010, pp40 - 49Conference Paper, 2010
  • Ann Devitt and Khurshid Ahmad, Sentiment Analysis and the Use of Extrinsic Datasets in Evaluation, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2008), Marrakech, Morocco, 28-30 May, 2008Conference Paper, 2008, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Joseph Duffin and Robert Moloney, 'Network alarm management', European Patent Office, pct/se2005002014, 2005Patent, 2005
  • Ann Devitt and Boris Danev, 'Arrangement and method for network management', European Patent Office, pct/ep2006069436, 2006Patent, 2006
  • Javier Baliosian and Ann Devitt, 'Method for forecasting unstable policy enforcements ', European Patent Office, 067560482-1244 PCT/IB2006051771, 2006Patent, 2006
  • Devitt, A., Girvan, C., Liu, W., McLoughlin, H., Vocabulary Development in a Virtual World: the Role of Virtual Realia, EUROCALL Conference 2010 (European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Bordeaux, France, 8-11 September 2010, 2010, ppCD-ROMConference Paper, 2010
  • Ann Devitt and Khurshid Ahmad, Is There a Language of Sentiment? An Analysis of Lexical Resources for Sentiment Analysis, Language Resources and Evaluation, 47, (2), 2013, p475 - 511Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Sean Devitt, Marita Kerin and Elizabeth Oldham, Back to school: how becoming a reflective learner impacts on practice, European Conference on Educational Research 2011, Berlin, Germany, 13-16 September 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
  • Ann Devitt, Lexical cohesion in the language of science textbooks , ECER 2011 (European Conference on Educational Research), Berlin, Germany, 13-16 September 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
  • Liu, W. & Devitt, A., Peer Teaching and Teaching Chinese, 1st Interdisciplinary Linguistics Conference, Queen's University Belfast, UK, 14-15 October 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
  • Weiming Liu and Ann Devitt, Autonomous learners and transformative practitioners: the implementation of peer teaching in a language teacher training course, Nineteenth International Conference on Learning, The Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK, 14 to 16 August 2012, 2012Conference Paper, 2012, URL
  • Liu, W. & Devitt, A., The role of the native speaking student-teachers in a collaborative peer teaching context, The 10th BCLTS International Symposium on Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language in Higher Education, University of Central Lancashire, UK, 11July - 13 July, 2012Conference Paper, 2012, URL
  • Ann Devitt, Elizabeth Oldham and Marita Kerin, Beginning a career of learning about learning: a case study of student teachers in an initial teacher education programme in Ireland, Teachers' Life-cycle from Initial Teacher education to Experienced Professional: 2011 ATEE Annual Conference, Riga, 26-30 August 2011, edited by Irēna Zogla and Lūcija Rutka , Association for Teacher Education in Europe, 2012, pp283 - 296Conference Paper, 2012, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • The use of peer teaching in a Chinese classroom in, editor(s)Dian Huang and Minjie Xing , Innovations in Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language, London, Sinolingua, 2012, pp145 - 154, [Weiming Liu and Ann Devitt]Book Chapter, 2012
  • Weiming Liu and Ann Devitt, Action research and Chinese teacher training, The 11th International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching, Xi'an, China, 16-17 August, 2012, 2012Conference Paper, 2012
  • Ann Devitt, Marita Kerin, Helen O'Sullivan, Threshold Concepts and Practices in Teacher Education: professional, educator and student perspectives, 4th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, 28-29 June 2012, 2012Conference Paper, 2012, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Marita Kerin, Helen O'Sullivan and Elizabeth Oldham, Thresholds Concepts and Practices for Teacher Education: a different lens or just a new pair of drapes, ESAI 2012 (37th Annual Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference), University College Cork, 29-31 March 2012, 2012Conference Paper, 2012
  • Ann Devitt, A New Apprenticeship in Language Teacher Education, AERA 2012 (Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2012), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 13-16 April 2012, 2012Conference Paper, 2012, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt and Eugene McKendry, Threshold Concepts in Language Teacher Knowledge: Practice versus Policy, Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, 3-7 April 2014, 2014, pponlineConference Paper, 2014, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt and Marita Kerin, Crossing the Threshold in Initial Teacher Education: Identity and Competencies , The European conference on educational research, Istanbul, 10-13 September 2013, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
  • Ann Devitt, Marita Kerin, and Helen O'Sullivan, Threshold Concepts and Practices in Teacher Education: Professional, Educator and Student Perspectives, Fourth Bienniel Conference on Threshold Concepts: From personal practice to communities of practice, Trinity College, Dublin, 28-29 June 2012, edited by Catherine O'Mahony, Avril Buchanan, Mary O'Rourke and Bettie Higgs , NAIRTL, Ireland, 2014, pp129 - 132Conference Paper, 2014, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Weiming Liu and Ann Devitt, Autonomous Learners and Transformative Practitioners: The implementation of collaborative peer teaching in a language teacher training course, The International Journal of Adult, Community and Professional Learning, 19, (1), 2013, p27 - 36Journal Article, 2013
  • Weiming Liu and Ann Devitt, Using Reciprocal Peer Coteaching to developing learner autonomy: an action research project with a beginners' Chinese class, Language Learning in Higher Education, 4, (2), 2014, p489 - 505Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • The role of students in a power sharing context: A study of the development of a Chinese teacher's identity. in, editor(s)Linda Mingfang & Xing, Minjie , Developing Pedagogies for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Higher Education, London, Sinolingua, 2013, pp45 - 54, [Weiming Liu and Ann Devitt]Book Chapter, 2013
  • Activating empathy: Language teacher training through a Chinese course in, editor(s)Linda Mingfang Li and Minjie Xing , Innovation and Consolidation in Learning and Teaching Chinese, London, Sinolingua, 2014, pp74 - 85, [Weiming Liu and Ann Devitt]Book Chapter, 2014
  • Ann Devitt and Eugene McKendry, Threshold Concepts in Language Teacher Education: the voice of the professional, Educational Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Athlone, Ireland, 10-12 April 2014, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
  • Bootstrapping Learning in a Chinese Beginner's Classroom in, editor(s)Yang Lu , Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education: Theoretical and Practical Issues, Abingdon, OXON, Routledge, 2017, pp157 - 177, [Ann Devitt and Weiming Liu]Book Chapter, 2017
  • Ann Devitt, 'Arrangement and a method relating to performance monitoring', European Patent Office, pct/ep2007052168, 2007Patent, 2007, URL
  • Devitt, A. Brady M., Lamest, M., Dalton, G., Newman N and S Gomez , Serious Games in Marketing Education: Developing Higher Order Cognitive Skills through collaboration in a Simulation Game, , INTED 2015, 9th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Madrid, March , 2015Conference Paper, 2015, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Joe Condon, Gene Dalton, Jane O'Connell, Melanie N Dhuinn, An maith leat Gaeilge?: An analysis of variation in primary pupil attitudes to Gaeilge in Growing Up in Ireland study, Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 26 November , 2014Oral Presentation, 2014
  • Mairead Brady, Ann Devitt, Markus Lamest, Stephen Gomez, Winner takes all? The role of gamification in learning and Higher Order Processing, Academy of Marketing Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 7-9 July, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
  • Ann Devitt, Semantic connectivity and high utility words in core reading program corpus, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading 2015 Conference, The Big Island, Hawaii, 15-18 July, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
  • Ann Devitt,Melanie N Dhuinn, Brendan MacMahon, Multilingualism challenges and opportunities in the Irish Post-primary education sector, American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, US, 16-20 April , 2015, pppponlineConference Paper, 2015
  • Knowledge, Belief and Practice in Language Teacher Education: Integration and Implementation of Threshold Concepts over a teaching career in, editor(s)Land, R., Meyer J.H.F. and Flanagan, M.T. , Threshold Concepts in Practice, Rotterdam, Taipei & Boston, Sense Publishers, 2016, pp309 - 320, [David Moroney, Eugene McKendry, Ann Devitt]Book Chapter, 2016
  • David Moroney and Ann Devitt, Knowledge, Belief and Practice in Language Teacher Education: Integration and Implementation of Threshold Concepts over a teaching career, 5th Biennial International Threshold Concepts Conference, Durham, UK, 9-11 July, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
  • Nicki Newman, Ann Devitt, Markus Lamest, Mairead Brady & Stephen Gomez , Marketing Simulation Research Report for Pearson UK. , London, 2014, p1 - 20Report
  • Marie-Therese Batardiere (UL), Anne Brindley (GMIT), Kristin Brogan (IT Tralee), Frances Carr (The Old Schoolhouse Montessori School), Ann Devitt (TCD), Tanya Flanagan (St Farnan's, Co. Kildare), Aine Furlong (WIT), Barbara Geraghty (UL), Mary Ann Kenny (IT Blanchardstown), Deirdre Kirwan (Scoil Bhride, Dublin), Agnieszka Matys (Polska Szkola SEN, Dublin), Niamh Nestor (UCD), Susanna Nocchi (DIT), Conny Opitz (TCD), Frederique Rantz (PPLI), Mary Ruane (IRAAL), Christiane Schnfeld (UL), Sarah Smyth (TCD), Margot Spencer (UCC), Riana Walsh (IT Tallaght), OVFL Response to DES Consultation on Foreign Languages in Irish Education, 2014Report, URL
  • Ann Devitt, Literacy on Devices, 2020, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Literacy on the Mobile, 2020, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
  • Mary Flanagan & Ann Devitt, Literacy On Television, 2020, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
  • Jennifer O'Sullivan, Maria Clara Fiorentini & Ann Devitt, Literacy in the kitchen, 2020, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
  • Colm Ross & Ann Devitt, Literacy with Two Languages, 2020, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
  • Nirn Hayes & Ann Devitt, Literacy On The Couch, 2020, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
  • Jennifer Liston & Ann Devitt, Literacy in nature, 2020, -Miscellaneous, TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, Literacy On The Loose Webinar, 23 April 2020, In:Literacy On The Loose Webinar, 2020, OnlineMeetings /Conferences Organised, TARA - Full Text
  • Marita Kerin, Coteaching Music in the Primary School: Teacher Perspectives, TCD, 2019Thesis
  • Aoife King (ed), Rita Duffy, Caitrona Lally, Jacob J. Erickson, Donna Lyons et al., What the Pandemic Means: Perspectives from the Trinity Long Room Hub Covid-19 Blog Collection, 2021, - 1-56Miscellaneous, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Ann Devitt, New spaces in language education: language learning in a virtual world, ESAI (Educational Studies Association of Ireland) Annual Conference 2010, Dundalk, Ireland, 26 March 2010, 2010Oral Presentation

Research Expertise

Language in Education: Second Language Learning and Teaching; Computer Aided Language Learning (CALL); Language Teacher Education, First language literacy, Discourse of science education. Computational and cognitive models of language processing, natural language processing, sentiment analysis,corpus linguistics. Dr Devitt contributes as presenter and reviewer at premier academic conferences: American Educational Research Association (AERA); Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI); European Conference on Educational Research (ECER); Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL); European Association of Computational Linguistics (EACL); International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP). Dr Devitt has also been involved in professional development services in collaboration with the Alliance Francaise.

  • Title
    Threshold Concepts in Language Teacher Education (TC4LTE)
    Summary
    Threshold Concepts (TCs) have emerged over the last ten years as a useful metaphor and tool for curriculum design and research with work conducted in higher education settings. TCs are defined as those without which it is not possible to engage in the practices and discourse of a discipline, in this case language teaching. This project aims to identify threshold concepts for language teacher education and the conditions that facilitate the learning of these concepts. The project incorporates the voice of professionals in the field articulating key moments of learning in their careers and the voice of the student teacher articulating their learning over the course of their initial teacher education programmes. The project aims to draw on the broad experience of language teachers North and South to identify threshold concepts for language teaching and to examine the degree and manner of integration of threshold concepts within ITE programmes North and South.
    Funding Agency
    SCoTENS
    Date From
    September 2012
    Date To
    August 2013
  • Title
    Automatic analysis of text in French, German and Spanish
    Summary
    Sourcing, testing and building graphical user interface for text analysis tools for French, Spanish and German.
    Funding Agency
    Enterprise Ireland
    Date From
    2009
    Date To
    2009

Education, Computer science - Information Systems,