TEL Community of Practice: Dr Sharon Flynn

Sharon is a successful hybrid academic with more than 27 years of experience working in higher education in Ireland. Before joining THEA she worked as Project Manager for Enhancing Digital Capacity in Teaching and Learning in Irish Universities with the IUA and before that she was the Assistant Director at the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at NUI Galway, where she focused on academic staff development and lead a team of learning technologists. Sharon is a Trustee of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), she has been an Associate of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and a member of the Professional Development Expert Group. She started her academic career as a lecturer in the Discipline of Information Technology at NUI Galway.

The ‘National Technological University TransfOrmation for Resilience and Recovery’ (NTUTORR) programme aims to deliver transformative change for the technological higher education sector.