{"id":56,"date":"2026-05-28T16:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:09:20","slug":"about-edin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Educational Developers in Ireland Network<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Educational Developers in Ireland Network<\/strong> is a grouping of educational developers\/teaching and learning experts from institutes of higher education in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission of EDIN is to support, enhance and influence the field of academic development and practice. We achieve this by informing policy and practice in teaching and learning in Higher Education, and by collaborating in research and dissemination of resources. EDIN values creative, critical, collaborative and professional approaches in supporting teaching and learning. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/edin.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EDIN-Constitution_updated-2023.pdf\">read the EDIN Constitution<\/a> to learn more about our mission and structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EDIN members share experience and expertise in teaching and learning within HE institutions in Ireland. We work together to explore and develop practice in relation to accredited teaching and learning programmes, researching academic practice, and writing for publication. In what is relatively a new field, the opportunity to share experiences with counterparts has created a forum for people to meet and more importantly to learn from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EDIN runs development events and seminars during the academic year around Ireland, and and runs an active listserv for members. Please check this website for news and events, or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/12924099\/\">LinkedIn Group<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EDIN Members come from across the third level sector \u2013 universities, technological universities, institutes of technology, private colleges and other organisations. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/nffAv1YCAtQ5Y5XZ6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">use this link<\/a> if you are working in the sector in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, and are interested in joining EDIN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EDIN Committee 2026-28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ana Schalk (Chair), TU Dublin<br>Co-Chair to be nominated<br>Secretary to be nominated<br>Noreen Henry (Treasurer), ATU<br>Claire McAvinia (Communications), TCD<br>Laura Costelloe, Mary Immaculate College, UL<br>Derek Dodd, TU Dublin<br>Jessica Duffy, ATU<br>Alison Farrell, Maynooth University<br>Owen Jump, UCC<br>Muireann O\u2019Keeffe, TU Dublin<br>Fiona O\u2019Riordan, CCT<br>\u00cdde O\u2019Sullivan, UL<br>Suzanne Stone, UL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educational Developers in Ireland Network The Educational Developers in Ireland Network is a grouping of educational developers\/teaching and learning experts from institutes of higher education in Ireland. The mission of EDIN is to support, enhance and influence the field of academic development and practice. We achieve this by informing policy and practice in teaching and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}