Professor Brendan Tangney
Professor, Computer Science
Biography
Dr. Brendan Tangney is a Professor in Computer Science & Statistics and a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. He holds an M.Sc. from the University of Dublin (Trinity College Dublin) and a Ph.D. from the University of Bolton. His research focuses on the areas of technology & learning, educational reform, teacher professional development and equality of access. He works closely with Trinity Access and was principal investigator on the Bridge21 project - which is now part of Trinity Access. He has held visiting positions in the Universities of Sydney and Kyoto. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Computers & Education and the Journal for STEM Education Research. He chaired the Ministerial Advisory Board on the Implementation of the Digital Strategy in Schools (2017-2020) and was co-chair of the 2020 Constructonism Conference. At college level he is a tutor and has served as Registrar, Warden of Trinity Hall and Junior Dean.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Tangney B., Sullivan K. , Lawlor J., Online Collaborative PBL - The Bridge21 Approach, Computers and Education Open, 2024
Brendan Tangney, Carina Girvan, Eilís Ní Chorcora & Aibhín Bray, Overcoming barriers to teaching 21C skills: the Bridge21 approach, Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Aibhín Bray, Cliona Hannon, Brendan Tangney, Large-scale, design-based research facilitating iterative change in Irish schools - the Trinity Access Approach, Irish Educational Studies, 2022, p1 - 21
Tangney, B,, Byrne, J.R., Girvan, C.,(ed.), Constructionism 2020, Dublin, May, 2022, 620pp p
Kearny S., Tangney B., Exploring a pedagogical model to support teaching new literacy skills in English education - an Irish study,, Irish Educational Studies, 2021
Bray, A., Byrne, J. R., Tangney, B., & Oldham, E. , The Bridge21 framework: Impact on teachers and implications for equitable, inclusive classrooms, ATEE Spring Conference 2020-2021, Florence, Italy [online], 28-29 October 2021, edited by Maria Ranieri, Laura Menichetti, Stefano Cuomo, Davide Parmigiani, and Marta Pellegrini , Firenze University Press, 2021, pp151 - 153
Nina Bresnihan, Aibhín Bray, Lorraine Fisher, Glenn Strong, Richard Millwood, Brendan Tangney, Parental Involvement in Computer Science Education and Computing Attitudes and Behaviours in the Home: Model and Scale Development, ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 21, (3), 2021, p1 - 24
Sullivan K., Bray A., & Tangney B., Developing twenty-first-century skills in out-of-school education: The Bridge21 Transition Year programme, Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 30, (4), 2021, p525 - 541
Kearney S., Gallagher S., & Tangney B., ETAS: An instrument for measuring attitudes toward learning English with technology, Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 29, (4), 2020, p445 - 461
STEM CPD For 21st Century Teaching & Learning - The Bridge21 Approach in, editor(s)Leite, L., Oldham, E., Afonso, A.S., Viseu, F., Dourado, L. & Martinho, M.H. , Science and mathematics education for 21st century citizens: challenges and ways forwards, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2020, pp3 - 23, [Bray A., Byrne J.R., & Tangney B.]
Lawlor G., Byrne P., Tangney B., "CodePlus"-Measuring Short-Term Efficacy in a Non-Formal, All-Female CS Outreach Programme, ACM Transactions on Computer Education, 20, (4), 2020, p18
Tangney B., Boran I., Knox T., & Bray A., Constructionist STEM Activities Using the Bridge21 Model, Constructionism, Vilnius, August, 2018, pp438 - 448
Journal for STEM Education Research , Springer, [eds.], 2018-2018
Lawlor, J. and Conneely, C. and Oldham, E. and Marshall, K. and Tangney, B., Bridge21: teamwork, technology and learning. A pragmatic model for effective twenty-first-century team-based learning, Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 27, (2), 2018, p211-232
Rocha M., Tangney B., Dondio P., , Play and Learn: Teachers' Perceptions About Classroom Video Games , 12th European Conference on Games Based Learning, 2018, pp808 - 816
Bray A., Tangney B.,, Technology Usage in Mathematics Education Research - A Systematic Review of Recent Trends, Computers & Education, 114, 2017, p255 - 273
O'Donovan, D., McCrea, J., Gallagher, S. and Tangney, B. , Living The Lockout: The Dublin Tenement Experience Participation Design for Locals, Diaspora, and Teenagers through Engagement with one of the Darkest Times in Dublin's History, Museum International, 68, (3-4), 2016, p131 - 147
Girvan C., Conneely C., Tangney B.,, Extending experiential learning in teacher professional development, Teaching and Teacher Education , 58, 2016, p129 - 139
Lawlor G., Tangney B., Constructivist Learning and Mantle of the Expert Pedagogy - A Case Study of an Authentic Learning Activity, the "Brain Game", to Develop 21St Century Skills in Context,, 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Rome, March, 2, 2016, pp265 - 272
Fisher, L., Byrne, J. R., & Tangney, B., Teacher Experiences of Learning Computing Using a 21st Century Model of Computer Science Continuing Professional Development, 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Rome, 2, 2016, pp273 - 281
Wickham C., Girvan C., and Tangney B., Constructionism and microworlds as part of a 21st century learning activity to impact student engagement and confidence in physics, Constructionism, Bangkok, Feb, edited by Sipitakiat A. and Tutiyaphuengprasert N. , Suksapattana Foundation, 2016, pp34 - 43
Bray A., Tangney B.,, Enhancing Student Engagement through the Affordances of Mobile Technology: A 21st Century Learning Perspective on Realistic Mathematics Education, Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2015, p25
Byrne, J. R., Fisher, L. & Tangney, B., Empowering Teachers to Teach Computer Science - A social constructivist approach using the Bridge21 Model for CS CPD, 45th Annual Conference Frontiers in Education (FIE), El Paso, USA, October, IEEE, 2015, pp9
Sullivan, K., Byrne, J. R., Bresnihan, N., O'Sullivan, K. & Tangney, B., CodePlus - Designing an After School Computing Programme for Girls, 45th Annual Conference Frontiers in Education (FIE), El Paso, USA, IEEE, 2015, pp5
Sullivan, K., Marshall, K., & Tangney, B. , Learning circles: A collaborative technology-mediated peer teaching workshop, Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 14, 2015, p63 - 83
Bauer C., Devitt A. and Tangney B, The alignment of CMC language learning methodologies with the Bridge21 model of 21C learning, European Conference on Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), Italy, edited by F. Helm, et al. , Research-publishing.net, 2015, pp44 - 50
An Exploratory Case Study into the Adaption of the Bridge21 Model for 21st Century Learning in Irish Classrooms in, editor(s)Butler, D., Marshall, K., Leahy, M., , Shaping our Future: How the lessons of the past can shape educational transformation, Dublin, Liffey Press, 2015, pp348 - 381, [Conneely, C., Girvan, C., Lawlor, J., Tangney, B.]
Johnston, K., Conneely, C., Murchan, D. & Tangney, B., Enacting key skills-based curricula in secondary education: Lessons from a technology-mediated, group-based learning initiative, Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 24, (4), 2015, p423 - 442
Lorraine Fisher, Jake Rowan Byrne and Brendan Tangney, Exploring Teacher Reactions towards a 21St Century Teaching and Learning Approach to Continuing Professional Development Programme in Computer Science, 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU), Lisbon, Portugal, 2015, pp22 - 31
Murchan, D., Tangney, B., Johnston, K. & Conneely, C., Lessons from using the Bridge21 model in the context of 21st century learning approaches., British Educational Research Association, Belfast, 15th-17th September, 2015
Aibhín Bray, Elizabeth Oldham and Brendan Tangney, Technology-Mediated Realistic Mathematics Education and the Bridge21 Model: A teaching experiment, Proceedings of the 9th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education, Prague, Czech Republic, 4-8 February 2015, edited by Konrad Krainer and Naďa Vondrová , Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education and ERME, 2015, pp2487 - 2494
Realistic Mathematics Education, Mobile Technology & The Bridge21 Model For 21st Century Learning - A Perfect Storm in, editor(s)H. Crompton & J. Traxler , Mobile Learning and Mathematics: Foundations, Design, and Case Studies, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Routledge, 2015, pp96 - 105, [B. Tangney, A. Bray & E. Oldham]
Byrne, J. R., Fisher, L. & Tangney, B., Computer Science Teacher reactions towards Raspberry Pi Continuing Professional Development (CPD) workshops using the Bridge21 model, 10th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), Cambridge, UK, July, IEEE, 2015, pp267 - 272
Lawlor J., Marshall K., Tangney B., Bridge21 - Exploring the potential to foster intrinsic student motivation through a team-based, technology mediated learning model, Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015, p1 - 20
Reardon S., Tangney B., Smartphones, Studio-Based Learning and Scaffolding - Helping Novices to Learn to Program, ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 14, (4), 2014, p1 - 15
Bray, A., & Tangney, B., Barbie Bungee Jumping, Technology and Contextual Learning of Mathematics., 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2014), 2014, pp206 - 213
Bray, A. & Tangney, B., Mathematics, Technology Interventions and Pedagogy - Seeing the Wood From the Trees, 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Aachen, Germany, May, 2013, pp57 - 63
Aibhin Bray, Elizabeth Oldham, Brendan Tangney, THE HUMAN CATAPULT AND OTHER STORIES - ADVENTURES WITH TECHNOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching ICTMT 11, 11th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT11), Bari, Italy, July, 2013, edited by Eleonora Faggiano, Antonella Montone , University of Bari, 2013, pp77 - 84
Conneely, C., Murchan, D., Tangney, B. & Johnston, K, 21 Century Learning -Teachers' and Students' Experiences and Views of the Bridge21 Approach within Mainstream Education, Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, March, AACE., 2013, pp5125 - 5132
Girvan C., Tangney B., Savage T., SLurtles: Supporting constructionist learning in Second Life, Computers and Education, 61, 2013, p115 - 132
Bray, A., Oldham, E. and Tangney, B., The Human Catapult and Other Stories - Adventures with Technology in Mathematics Education, 11th International Conference on Technology in Maths Teaching (ICTMT11), Bari, Italy, 9-12 July 2013, edited by Eleonora Faggiano and Antonella Montone , 2013, pp77 - 83
Technology, Teamwork and 21st Century Skills in the Irish Classroom in, editor(s)Marshall, K. , Shaping our Future: How the lessons of the past can shape educational transformation , Liffey Press, 2013, pp20 - 27, [Claire Conneely, John Lawlor and Brendan Tangney]
Tangney, B. & Bray, A, Mobile Technology, Maths Education & 21C Learning, Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning., Qatar, 2013, pp1-8
Johnston, K.; Conneely, C.; Murchan, D.; Tangney, B., Enacting Key Skills-based Curricula in Secondary Education: Lessons from a Technology-mediated, Group-based Learning Initiative , The European Conference on Educational Research 2012, Cadiz, 18-21 September 2012, 2012
CAWriter - a Computer Supported Collaborative Tool to Support Doctoral Candidates Academic Writing: A Pedagogical and Human-Computer Interaction Perspective in, editor(s)Juan A.A., Daradoumis T., Roca M., Grasman S.E., Faulin J. , Collaborative and Distributed E-Research: Innovations in Technologies, Strategies and Applications.. , IGI Global , 2012, pp182 - 205, [Byne J., Tangney B.]
Reardon, S., & Tangney, B., Studio-Based Learning with Smartphones for Novice Programmers, Proceedings of the 10th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, Beijing, Oct, 2011, pp32 - 39
Lawlor J., Conneely C., Tangney B., Towards a pragmatic model for group-based, technology-mediated, project-oriented learning - an overview of the B2C model, TechEduca Conference, Athens, May, edited by Lytras, M.D.; Ordonez De Pablos, P.; Avison, D.; Sipior, J.; Jin, Q.; Leal, W. Uden, L.; Thomas, M.; Cervai, S.; Horner, D.G. , 2010, pp602 - 609
Tangney, B., Oldham, E., Conneely, C., Barrett, E., Lawlor, J., Pedagogy and processes for a computer engineering outreach workshop - the B2C model, IEEE Transactions on Education, 53, (1), 2010, p53 - 60
Girvan C., Tangney B., Savage T, SLurtle Soup: a conceptual mash up of constructionist ideas and virtual worlds, Constructionism 2010, Paris, July, edited by Clayson J., Kalas I. , 2010, pp1 - 10
Byrne, J., & Tangney, B, CAWriter: A CSCW/CSCL Tool to Support Research Students' Academic Writing, HCI2010 Conference: Play is a serious business, Dundee, Scotland, Sept, British Computer Scoiety, 2010, pp20 - 23
Tangney B., Weber S. , O'Hanlon P., Knowles D., Munnelly J., Salkham A., Watson R., Jennings K, MobiMaths: An approach to utilising smartphones in teaching mathematics, Proceeding of the 9th world conference on mobile and contextual learning (Mlearn2010), Malta, Oct, 2010, pp9 - 15
Lahart O., Kelly D. & Tangney B., Increasing Parental Self-Efficacy in a Home-Tutoring Environment, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2, (2), 2009, p121 - 134
SMART: Stop-Motion Animation and Reviewing Tool in, editor(s)Tiong T. Goh , Multi-platform E-Learning Systems and Technologies: Mobile Devices for Ubiquitous ICT-Based Education, IGI Global, 2009, pp229 - 242, [Byrne, P., Tangney, B. ]
Richards, D, & Tangney, B. , An informal online learning community for student mental health at university, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 36, (1), 2008, p1 - 17
Computers & Education , Elsevier, [Member of Editoral Board], 2008-2022
Underwood, J., Tangney B, Special Issue Editorial, Computers & Education, 50, (2), 2008, p447 - 448
Orla Lahart, Declan Kelly & Brendan Tangney , Development of a Dual User Adaptive Education System, EDMedia, Vienna, June 30 - July 4, AACE, 2008, pp1768 - 1778
Byrne P., Arnedillo Sánchez, I., Tangney, B , A Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Tool for Digital Narrative Production, mLearn, UK, Oct , 2008, pp66 - 73
Computers & Education (Special Issue CAL 07), 50, 2, (2008), 447 - 626p, Jean Underwood and Brendan Tangney, [eds.]
CAL, Computer Assisted Learning, April, In:CAL 2007 - Development, Disruption and Debate, 2007, Dublin, Tangney, B.
Lahart O., Kelly D. & Tangney B., P.A.C.T. - Coaching the Parent in Home Tutoring Best Practice, Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Quebec City, Canada., June, edited by G. Richards , AACE, 2007, pp7205 - 7212
Lahart O., Kelly D. & Tangney B., Towards Personalised Support for Home Tutors: Identification of Tutoring Rules, Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications , Vancouver, Canada, June, edited by C. Montgomerie & J. Seale , AACE, 2007, pp2864 - 2870
Implementing Accessible Online Learning for Blind and Visually Impaired Students in, editor(s)Kurniwan S, Zaphiris P. , Advances in Universal Web Design and Evaluation: Research, Trends and Opportunities, Ideas Group Inc., 2006, pp271 - 292, [O'Neill, H., Arnedillo Sánchez, I., N., Tangney, B.]
Orla Lahart and Declan Kelly and Brendan Tangney, P.A.C.T. - Scaffolding Best Practice in Home Tutoring, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 8th International Conference, Taiwan, June, edited by Mitsuru Ikeda, Kevin D. Ashley, Tak-Wai Chan , 4053, Springer, 2006, pp615 - 624
P. Byrne and B. Tangney, Animation on Mobile Phones, International Association for the Development of Information Society, IADIS International Conference on Mobile Learning, Dublin, July, edited by P. Isaias, P Kommers, I. Arnedillo Sánchez , 2006, pp365 - 369
I. Arnedillo Sánchez and B.Tangney, Mobile Technology: Towards overcoming technology & time constraints in digital video production, IADIS International Conference on Mobile Learning, Dublin, July, edited by P. Isaias, P Kommers, I. Arnedillo Sánchez , International Association for the Development of Information Society, 2006, pp256 - 259
C. Markett, I. Arnedillo Sánchez, S. Weber, B. Tangney, Using Short Message Service (SMS) to Encourage Interactivity in the Classroom, Computers & Education, 46, (3), 2006, p280 - 293
Kelly, D.,Tangney, B., Adapting to Intelligence Profile in an Adaptive Educational System, Journal Interacting With Computers, 18, (3), 2006, p385 - 409
Patten, B., Arnedillo Sánchez, I., N., Tangney, B., Designing collaborative, constructionist and contextual applications for handheld devices, Computers & Education, 46, (3), 2006, p294 - 308
Declan Kelly and Brendan Tangney, Using Multiple Intelligence Informed Resources in an Adaptive System, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 8th International Conference, Taiwan, June, edited by Mitsuru Ikeda, Kevin D. Ashley, Tak-Wai Chan , 4053, Springer, 2006, pp412 - 421
Crotty, C., Arnedillo Sánchez, I., & Tangney, B., Power to the Students: Filmmaking Activity as a Mindtool in Education FAME, International Conference on Multimedia, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Madrid, April, International Association for the Development of Advances in Technology, 2005, pp161 - 165
McCarthy, C., Bligh, J., Jennings, K., Tangney, B., Virtual Collaborative Learning Environments for Music: Networked Drumsteps, Computers & Education, 44, (2), 2005, p173 - 195
Costello, E., Tangney, B., Teaching Programming to Novices using a Software Enabled Scaffolding Environment, Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, USA, edited by G. Richards , 2005, pp1942 - 1946
Bligh, J., Jennings, K., & Tangney, B., Designing Interfaces For Collaborative Music Composition, International Conference on Multimedia, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Madrid, April, International Association for the Development of Advances in Technology, 2005, pp218 - 222
Ramos J.L., Carvalho J.L., Blasquez F., Luengo R., eCasas G.L., Younie S., Holmes B., Savage T., Tangney B., Arnedillo I.S., The Web@classroom project: portable computers and wireless technology in the classroom, Interactive Educational Multimedia, (11), 2005, p204 - 210
Vaucelle, C., Gorman, M. J., Clancy, A., & Tangney, B., Re-thinking real time video making for the museum exhibition space, Proceedings of SIGGRAPH'05 Conference. Abstracts and Applications., Los Angeles, California, USA, July, 2005, pp88-
Kelly, D., Durnin, S., Tangney, B., 'First Aid for You': Getting to know your Learning Style using Machine Learning, Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, July, 2005, pp1 - 4
Kelly, D.,Tangney, B., Matching and Mismatching Learning Characteristics with Multiple Intelligence Based Content, Proceedings of the Twelveth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, (AIED), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July, 2005, pp354 - 361
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, AACE, [eds.], 2004-2018
Arnedillo Sánchez, I., Savage,T., Tangney, B., Higher Education (HE), Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Learning: ICT for replication OR innovation?, AISHE Conference, Dublin, September, 2004
Kelly D, Tangney B, Predicting learning characteristics in a multiple intelligence based tutoring system, LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, 3220, 2004, pp678 - 688
Kelly D, Tangney B, Empirical evaluation of an adaptive multiple intelligence based tutoring system, LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, 3137, 2004, pp308 - 311
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, USA, Association of Advancement of Computers in Education, [eds.], 2004
Savage, T., Arnedillo Sánchez, I., O'Donnell, F., Tangney, B., Using Robotic Technology as a Constructionist Mindtool in Knowledge Construction, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Greece, July, 2003
Kelly, D., Tangney, B, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (EDMedia), A Framework for using Multiple Intelligences in an ITS, USA, June, 2003
O'Donnell, F., Tangney, B., Towards 'phenomenaria' in the teaching of distributed systems concepts, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Greece, July, 2003
Kelly, D., Tangney, B., Eleventh International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, (AIED), Learner's responses to Multiple Intelligence Differentiated Instructional Material in an ITS, Sydney, Australia, July, 2003
Freeman, E., Hinostroza, E., Tangney, B., Building and Empowering Education Policy: A Time for ACTION, Annual UK Conference of the Association for Information Technology for Teacher Education, Dublin, Ireland, July, 2002, pp38 - 39
S. Weber, P. Nixon, B. Tangney., A Framework for Distributed Shared Memory, Concurrency Practice and Experience, 14, (1), 2002, p33 - 55
Kelly, D., Tangney, B., Intelligent Tutoring Systems, (ITS) 6'th International Conference, Incorporating Learning Characteristics into an Intelligent Tutor, France, June, 2002
Domhnall O Suibhne, Brendan Tangney, Using ICT as a Tool to Monitor How Children Use ICT, Annual UK Conference of the Association for Information Technology for Teacher Education, Dublin, Ireland, July, 2002
Arnedillo Sánchez, I., Tangney, B., Webbing Evaluations: A Web-based Artefact to Enhance Shared and Collective Knowledge Construction in Evaluation Processes, Annual Conference of the Association for Information Technology for Teacher Education, Dublin, Ireland, July, 2002
Jennings, K., Tangney, B., Ninth International Technological Directions in Music Learning Conference (TDML), Drumsteps - A Percussion MicroEnvironment, San Antonio, Texas, January, 2002
Mc Kibben, D., & McDonald, S., Holmes, B., Tangney, B., Reflections on the Impact of ICT on Teacher Education, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Charlottesville, VA, USA, March, 2001
Freeman, E., Hinostroza, E., Guzman, A., Tangney, B., ICT Policies and Evaluation: An ongoing international cross analysis, Annual Conference of the Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education, Swansea, UK, July, 2001
Tangney, B., Arnedillo Sánchez, I., Brophy, C., Benson, L., Lysaght, Z., Holmes, B., Reflections on Reflections: A Communal Constructivist Approach to Evaluation of an ICT Intervention, Annual UK Conference of the The Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education Conference, Swansea, UK, July, 2001, pp51 - 52
Meehan, S., Holmes, B., Tangney, B., Who wants to be a teacher? An exploration of the theory of Communal Constructivism at the chalk face, Teacher Development, 5, (2), 2001, p177 - 190
Mc Kibben, D., & McDonald, S., Holmes, B., Tangney, B., Reflections on the Impact of ICT on Teacher Education, 12th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE 2001), Charlottesville, VA, USA, March, 2001
Jones, C., Freeman, E., Tangney, B., By Their Deeds Shall Ye Know Them....Teaching to the Test, Annual UK Conference of the The Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education Conference, Swansea, UK, July, 2001, pp29 - 30
Tangney, B., Holmes, B., FitzGibbon, A., Teaching "Computers & Society" - The Medium and The Message, M/SET-2000 Conference. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Charlottesville, VA, USA, February, 2000
FitzGibbon, A., Drury, C., Oldham, E., Tangney, B., A Hero's Journey: Introducing Modular In-Service Courses in IT, SITE 2000. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, February, 1, 2000
S. Barrett, B Tangney, Separation of Concerns: Supporting Change in Groupware Design, COORDINATION 2000 - Fourth International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages, Cyprus, September, 2000, pp329 - 334
S. Barrett, B. Tangney., Wilde: An Open Systems Paradigm for Groupware., The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, (PDPTA'2000), USA, June, 2000, pp100 - 105
Wilde: Supporting Change in Groupware in, Coordination Languages and Models, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2000, pp329 - 334, [Stephen Barrett and Brendan Tangney]
Distributed Shared Memory in, editor(s)Rajkumar Buyya , High Performance Cluster Computing, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, Prentice Hall PTR, 1999, pp409 - 438, [Alan Judge, Paddy Nixon, Brendan Tangey, Stefan Weber and Vinny Cahill]
Stephen Barrett and Brendan Tangney and Vinny Cahill, Constructing Distributed Groupware Systems: a walk on the Wilde side , Proceedings of the 8th ACM SIGOPS European workshop on Support for composing distributed applications, Sitra, Portugal, edited by Paulo Guedes and Jean Bacon , ACM Press, 1998, pp138 - 145
S. Barrett, B. Tangney and V. Cahill, Constructing Distributed Groupware Systems, 8th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop. ACM SIGOP, September, 1998
Cahill V, Nixon P, Tangney B, Rabhi F, Object models for distributed or persistent programming, Computer Journal, 40, (8), 1997, p513 - 527
Karl O'Connell, Tom Dinneen, Stephen Collins, Brendan Tangney, Neville Harris, and Vinny Cahill., Techniques for handling scale and distribution in virtual worlds., Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop, 7th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop, September , ACM SIGOPS, 1996, pp17-24
K. O'Connell, T. Dineen, S. Collins, B. Tangney, N. Harris, and V. Cahill, Techniques for Handling Scale and Distribution in Virtual Worlds, 7th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop, ACM SIGOPS, September, 1996
K. O'Connell, V. Cahill, A. Condon, S. McGerty, G. Starovic and B. Tangney, The VOID Shell a toolkit for the development of Distributed Video Games and Virtual Worlds, Workshop on Simulation and Interaction in Virtual Environments, IOWA, June, 1996
Gradimir Starovic, Vinny Cahill, and Brendan Tangney., An event based object model for distributed programming, OOIS (Object Oriented Information), December , Springer-Verlag,, 1995, pp72-86.
S. Barrett and B. Tangney, Aspects: Composing cscw applications., Proceedings of the 1995 International Conference on Object Oriented Information , Springer, 1995
Karl O'Connell, Vinny Cahill, Andrew Condon, Stephen McGerty, Gradimir Starovic, and Brendan Tangney., The VOID shell: A toolkit for the development of distributed video games and virtual worlds., Workshop on Simulation and Interaction in Virtual Environments, University of Iowa, July, 1995, pp172-177
G. Starovic, V. Cahill, B. Tangney, An event based object model for distributed programming, OOIS (Object-Oriented Information Systems) '95, Springer-Verlag, 1995, pp72 - 88
V. Cahill, C. Hogan, A. Judge, D. O Grady, B. Tangney, P. Taylor., 6th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop, Extensible Systems - The Tigger Approach, September, 1994
Tangney, B., Condon, A., Cahill, V., and Harris, N., Requirements for parallel programming in object-oriented distributed systems., Computer Journal, 37, (6), 1994, p499 - 508
Vinny Cahill, Christine Hogan, Alan Judge, Darragh O'Grady, Brendan Tangney, and Paul Taylor., Extensible systems - the Tigger approach. , Proceedings of the 6th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop, 6th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop, September, ACM, 1994, pp151-153
Martin O'Connor, Brendan Tangney, Vinny Cahill and Neville Harris, Micro-kernel Support for Migration, Distributed Systems Engineering Journal, 1, (4), 1994, p212 - 223
Implementing the Comandos Virtual Machine Interface in, editor(s)V. Cahill, R. Balter, X. R. del Pino, N. Harris , The COMANDOS Distributed Application Platform, Springer-Verlag, 1993, pp158 - 208, [V. Cahill, R. Balter, X. R. del Pino, N. Harris]
Yvon Gourhant, Sylvain Louboutin, Vinny Cahill, Andrew Condon, Gradimir Starovic, and Brendan Tangney, Dynamic clustering in an objectoriented distributed system., Proceedings of OLDA-II (Objects in Large Distributed Applications), , OLDA-II (Objects in Large Distributed Applications), , October, 1992, pp56-62
V. Cahill, S. Baker, B. Tangney, C. Horn, N. Harris, On Object Orientation as a Paradigm for General Purpose Distributed Operating Systems, 5th ACM SIGOPS European Workshop, September, 1992
Vinny Cahill, Seán Baker, Brendan Tangney, Chris Horn, and Neville Harris., On object orientation as a paradigm for general purpose distributed operating systems. , Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGOPS European workshop, 5th ACM SIGOPS European workshop, September, ACM/IRISA/INRIA, 1992, pp11-17.
Y. Gourhant, S. Louboutin, V. Cahill, A. Condon, G. Starovic, B. Tangney, Dynamic Clustering in an Object Oriented Distributed Systems, OLDA-II Workshop, October, 1992
B. Tangney, V. Cahill, C. Horn, D. Herity, A. Judge, G. Starovic and M. Sheppard, Some Ideas on Support for Fault Tolerance in Comandos, an Object Oriented Distributed System, ACM SIGOPS, 25, (2), 1991, pp70 - 76
Tangney, Brendan, Cahill, Vinny, Horn, Chris, Herity, Dominic, Judge, Alan, Starovic, Gradimir, Sheppard, Mark, Some ideas on support for fault tolerance in COMMANDOS, an object oriented distributed system , Operating Systems Review (ACM), 25, (2), 1991, p130-135
B. Tangney and A. O'Toole, An Overview of Load Balancing in Amadeus, ISMM Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, October, 1991, pp144 - 146
McGrath, P., Tangney, B.,, SCRABBLE - A Distributedh Application With an Emphasis on Continuity, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 5, 1990, p160 - 164
Crane, S., Moreau, J., Tangney, B., ENFORCING DETERMINISM IN A CSMA CD LOCAL AREA NETWORK, MICROPROCESSING AND MICROPROGRAMMING, 26, 1989, p205 - 211
B. Tangney, S. Crane, F. Lynch, A. O'Toole, and N.R. Harris, Multiprocessors and Multiprocessing in a Distributed System, IEEE Workshop on Distributed Computing in the '90s, IEEE, September, 1988
B. Tangney, S. Crane, F. Lynch, A. O'Toole, and N.R. Harris, Primitives for Coarse-Grained Parallelism in an Object-Oriented Language, BISL CONPAR Conference, British Computer Society, September, 1988
B. Tangney and D. O'Mahony., Local Area Networks and their Applications, (UK), Hemel Hempstead, Prentice-Hall, 1988, 246pp
N. Harris, C. Horn, S. Baker, P. Duggan, D. Lyons, B. Tangney, Co-ordinated Decentralised Computer Systems, Medical Informatics Europe, 82, 1982, pp777 - 783
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Tangney, Brendan, Bray, Aibhín, Devitt, Ann, Girvan, Carina, Ní Chorcora, Eilís, Maguire Donohoe, Jen, Banks, Joanne, Sullivan, Keane, Lisa, Byrne, Philip, Smith, Rónán and Hannon, Cliona, Trinity Access - Project Overview, Trinity Access, Trinity College Dublin, December, 2021
Brendan Tangney, Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez, Liam Benson, Clare Brophy, Bryn Holmes, Marion O'Neill, Reflections on the Kilkenny Schools IT 2000 Projects. Oct 2001. 26 pages. A Report Commissioned by the Kilkenny Information Age Schools Steering Committee, 2001
B. Holmes, T. Savage, B. Tangney, Comparative International Research on Best Practice and Innovation in Learning, The Lifelong Learning Group, The Information Society Commission, 2000
Research Expertise
Description
My research spans Education and Computer Science and recently much of it is applied within TAP schools and outreach activities. It follows the paradigms of action, and design based, research with a view to transforming practice on the ground. A key distinguishing feature of the work is its longitudinal nature. The initial overarching research question was "how best to make use of the affordances of technology to support learning?". This lead to the exploration of different pedagogical approaches and the development, and evaluation, of tools (for areas ranging from music to mathematics) to align with them. It emerged that tools designed to support social constructivist, and constructionist, pedagogies were effective. The then emerging area of mobile learning was a particular focus and a framework to shape that area was developed. Embedding the use of innovative tools in the classroom is challenging. Research findings, and my own experiences in teacher professional development, revealed that teachers needed a pragmatic pedagogical model with which to structure teaching, so that learners could leverage the affordances of technology to help students both master curriculum content and develop key skills. The Bridge21 pedagogical model, and the corresponding approach to teacher professional development, emerged from this research and practice. Of late my research has overlapped with involvement in the TAP. Here the guiding research question is "How can innovative pedagogy be used to help improve the educational aspirations and attainment levels of students in areas of socio-economic disadvantage?". A body of evidence has been produced to demonstrate that Bridge21 helps to attain these goals in both informal settings and in schools. This is very significant result as it address obstacles identified by the OECD in the embedding of key skills in school systems. More immediately the Bridge21 work with TAP, and other, schools is having a direct impact on the lives of tens of thousands of students. The key specific contributions of my research can be summarised as follows. 1. Helping develop and promote a constructivist/constructionist approach to technology enhanced learning. In particular helping to shape the then emerging field of mobile learning. 2. The development of the Bridge21 model for fostering key skills and promoting student ownership of their own learning and the widespread use of that model in the work of TAP and in schools around the country. Current research focuses on longitudinal evaluation, especially of the CodePlus outreach programme to attract female students into computer science (with UL and NUIG) and Access Maths, a new (Three Ireland funded)action research project in the area of teaching mathematics in DEIS schools. The later is motivated by the lack of progression into STEM by students from TAP linked schools.Projects
- Title
- Bridge21
- Summary
- Bridge21 is a design based research programme which is exploring a new model of technology mediated learning, that can be adapted for use in Irish secondary schools.
- Funding Agency
- Google, Microsoft, NCCA, Ireland Funds, The Iris O'Brien Foundation, ICS Skills and philanthropy
- Date From
- 2007
- Date To
- On-going
- Title
- Trinity Access 21
- Summary
- Trinity Access 21 is a manifestation of Trinity College's commitment to innovative educational outreach, expressed in the 'Engagement with Society' theme of the current Strategic Plan. It is a partnership of Bridge 21, the Trinity Access Programmes and the School of Education to develop and disseminate engaging, innovative, insipirational educational models, grounded in research and advocacy.
- Funding Agency
- Date From
- 2014
- Date To
- On going
- Title
- Teaching for Tomorrow
- Summary
- Developing the Bridge21 model of teaching & learning for a european wide context.
- Funding Agency
- EU
- Date From
- 2015
- Date To
- 2017
Recognition
Representations
Member of the Department of Education and Skills, Senior Cycle Redevelopment Programme Delivery Board
Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Board on the Implementation of the Digital Strategy in Schools
Member of the Editorial Board, Computers & Education
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal for STEM Education Research
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
Member of the executive, and Treasurer, of the International Association of Mobile Learning
External Examiner BSc. (Computational Problem Solving and Software Development) DCU
External Examiner B.Sc. & M.Sc. (Computer Science/Multimedia) Anglia Ruskin University
Course Validation B.A. Learning and Development, National College of Ireland (2015) M.Sc. Systemic Psychotherapy, UCD (2013) B.Sc. Problem-Solving and Software Development DCU (2012) M.Sc. Systemic Psychotherapy Clanwilliam Institute Dublin/Univ of Swansea (2011) M.A. Education and Development (Distance Learning), University of East London (2006)
Charity Board Memberships: The Good Summit (2022-); Earth Ecology Trust (2019-); John Scottus Educational Trust (2010-2019) (Chair).
Awards and Honours
Provost's Teaching Award
FTCD
Memberships
Executive Member and Treasurer, International Association of Mobile Learning
Member of the Department of Education and Skills, Senior Cycle Redevelopment Programme Delivery Board
Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Board on the Implementation of the Digital Strategy in Schools