Publications & public outputs

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A selected, verified record spanning mathematics and learning analytics, learner voice, intelligent feedback, clinical time-series analysis and earlier work in technology-enhanced physics education.

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This is a curated professional record rather than a count for its own sake. Recent outputs have been checked against ATU Pure, publisher or DOI records, StudentSurvey.ie and the HEA resource hub. Work produced through research supervision is identified separately when Etain is not an author.

2026
National / sector

REAL Analytics: Making Learning Trajectories Visible, Measurable and Responsive at Scale

Atlantic Technological University exemplar; academic leads Dr Etain Kiely and Dr Cormac Quigley
HEA / National Resource Hub · Student Progression Exemplar Collection
Public exemplar of the decade-long REAL Analytics architecture: learner-facing trajectories, early intervention, self-regulated learning and inclusive support.
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2025
Education & learning

Soft Skills as Predictors of Success in Software Engineering Through Analysis of Confidence, Adaptability and Time Management

Ontiretse Ishmael · Etain Kiely · John Healy
ACM · ECSEE 2025 · pp. 200–209
Extends the research programme beyond technical performance to confidence, adaptability and time management as meaningful parts of learner development.
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2025
Clinical analytics

Temporal Analysis of Glycaemic Variability Metrics

Faizan Munawar · John Donovan · Etain Kiely · Konrad Mulrennan
International Journal of Integrated Care · 25(2)
Uses temporal analysis of continuous glucose monitoring metrics to examine how clinically relevant variability changes over time.
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2024
Education & learning

Application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modelling of Postgraduate Student Engagement Data

Etain Kiely · Cormac Quigley · Ontiretse Ishmael · Ikechukwu Ogbuchi
StudentSurvey.ie · commissioned peer-reviewed report · 57 pp.
National-scale qualitative analysis using NLP to examine sentiment and recurring themes in postgraduate student engagement data.
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2024
Clinical analytics

A Rolling Window Methodology for Integrating and Comparing Glycaemic Variability Metrics

Faizan Munawar · John Donovan · Etain Kiely · Konrad Mulrennan
Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics · Vol. 26 · A365–A366
Develops a rolling-window approach for comparing different glycaemic variability measures as dynamic rather than static summaries.
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2023
Clinical analytics

Exploring Glycaemic Variability Relationships and Patterns Using Rolling Window Time Series

Faizan Munawar · John Donovan · Etain Kiely · Konrad Mulrennan
Irish Journal of Medical Science · 193 · S171
Examines relationships among glycaemic variability metrics through repeated 14-day rolling windows using continuous glucose monitoring data.
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2023
Education & learning

Topic Modelling using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and Analysis of Students Sentiments

Ontiretse Ishmael · Etain Kiely · Cormac Quigley · Donal McGinty
IEEE JCSSE 2023
Uses open-ended student responses to examine sentiment and topics around automated personalised feedback.
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2023
Education & learning

Using Power Tools to Automate and Scale Personalized Feedback to Learners

Ikechukwu Ogbuchi · Etain Kiely · Cormac Quigley · Donal McGinty · Konrad Mulrennan · John Donovan
The European Conference on Education 2023 · pp. 1351–1364
Documents the move from semi-automated feedback toward a scalable pipeline using Moodle data, Python and Microsoft Power tools.
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2023
Education & learning

Exploratory Data Visualization of Student Interactions

Ikechukwu Ogbuchi · Etain Kiely · Cormac Quigley
EDULEARN23 · pp. 1709–1715
Explores how interaction traces from first-year science cohorts can be visualised to reveal engagement patterns and support interpretation.
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2023
Education & learning

Analysis of Automated and Personalised Student Feedback to Improve Learner Experience

Ikechukwu Ogbuchi · Etain Kiely · Cormac Quigley · Donal McGinty
The Paris Conference on Education 2023
Examines the learner experience of automated, personalised feedback and how large-scale systems can remain responsive to students.
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2022
Education & learning

Exploring the Use of Machine Learning to Improve Student Engagement and Retention

Ikechukwu Ogbuchi · Etain Kiely · Cormac Quigley · Donal McGinty
ICERI2022 · pp. 3385–3390
Early machine-learning work using Moodle interaction data to explore clustering and engagement patterns in first-year computing mathematics.
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2022
Clinical analytics

A Combined Acute and Chronic Risk Assessment Rolling Window for Type 1 Diabetes

Faizan Munawar · John Donovan · Etain Kiely · Konrad Mulrennan
IEEE IPAS 2022
Combines acute and chronic risk measures in a rolling-window methodology for more temporally informative diabetes monitoring.
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2021
Education & learning

An Accessible Method of Delivering Timely Personalized Feedback to Large Student Cohorts

Cormac Quigley · Etain Kiely
Elsevier · Technology-Enabled Blended Learning Experiences for Chemistry Education and Outreach · pp. 133–149
A practical account of transforming Moodle data into meaningful, timely feedback for large first-year cohorts.
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2021
Education & learning

The Design of Blended Learning Experiences for Clean Data to Allow Proper Observation of Student Participation

Cormac Quigley · Elaine Leavy · Etain Kiely · Garrett Jordan
Elsevier · Technology-Enabled Blended Learning Experiences for Chemistry Education and Outreach · pp. 79–94
Shows how learning design and analytics co-evolved so participation data could be interpreted meaningfully rather than treated as detached activity counts.
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2021
National / sector

Harnessing Student Engagement Data for Personalised Feedback

Cormac Quigley · Etain Kiely
National Resource Hub / National Forum · CC BY
Open sector case study showing the early architecture of learner-facing engagement data and personalised feedback.
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2010
Books & earlier work

Nanolab: Virtual Nanotechnology Education

Etain Kiely
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing · 124 pp. · ISBN 978-3-8433-6078-4
Developed from postgraduate physics research at the University of Limerick: an early web-based learning system for nanoscopic materials research.
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2005
Books & earlier work

Using Enhanced Learning Technologies to Teach Nanoscience Research Techniques to Postgraduate Physics Students

Etain Kiely
CAL-laborate · Issue 14
An early articulation of the same long-running question: how can technology extend access to complex disciplinary learning without losing the underlying practice?
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Supervised research · not claimed as authorship

Research leadership is also visible in other people’s work.

One example is Ikechukwu Ogbuchi’s 2025 International Journal of Online STEM Education paper, produced from TU RISE-funded Masters research supervised by Etain. The public article lists Ogbuchi as sole author, so it belongs here rather than in Etain’s authored-publication list.

Leveraging Machine Learning and AI to Enhance Educational Learning Analytics

Ikechukwu Ogbuchi · International Journal of Online STEM Education 7(3), 2025 · DOI 10.46328/ijonse.1933. The study reports a learning-analytics framework for early identification and personalised feedback across 1,017 students.

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