Robert O'Dowd

In 'Virtual Exchange in the new educational landscape: Challenges for foreign language teachers', I look at some of the emerging pedagogical and ethical challenges that practitioners of Virtual Exchange must navigate. You can access the article here: lltjournal.org/item/10125-736…

Call for papers for a special issue of The Canadian Modern Language Review – Innovating with virtual exchange: Moving toward a paradigm shift. utppublishing.com/journals/cmlr/…

This is a major issue in Spanish universities- AI is going to be the end of the final year projects that are built into undergraduate and MA programmes.... The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis. nytimes.com/2025/08/26/opi…

@RMcGreevy1301 Congrats Ronan.

Today is publication day for Seán Lemass: The Lost Memoir. It was such a privilege to edit the memoir of a man who was not just an outstanding patriot, but witty, insightful and wise with a rare facility to present complex political ideas in clear language. Many thanks to @Hodges_Figgis for the wonderful display.

Brilliant performance by the Irish Taoiseach speaking at the White House today. Delighted he spoke up for Ukraine among other things.

I couldn't believe what i was hearing. I'm so glad David pushed back.

It was with disbelief I heard Prof Jeffrey Sachs on RTE Radio 1 interviewed by David McCullough defending Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The interviewer did a good job in exposing what was really disturbing about Sachs’s position and is that he gave the Ukrainian people NO agency! He does not appear to acknowledge that the Ukrainians have the right to stop their country falling under Russian control, and he does grant they want that and are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to achieve it by resisting illegal and egregious aggression. Needless to add the Ukrainians are legally entitled to their independence and sovereignty, and Sachs’s claim he has Ukrainian friends sounded very lame when so many Ukrainians are dying for their country? #TodayDMC

#VirtualExchange practitioners, please help us investigate this important area...Access the survey here: forms.gle/G7smKrsCn8C2Mm…

Heroyam Slava youtu.be/p92NzxFmseo?si…

Call for papers for The 10th International Scientific Conference on Linguistic, Educational, and Intercultural Research 2026. The conference will take place in beautiful Vilnius, Lithuania on 12-13 November 2026. leicresearch.flf.vu.lt/about Can't wait to go back again this year.

@romanhelmetguy Surely the riots, how Justinian saved his regime and went on to rebuild and to conquer?

What event from Byzantine history would you want to see on screen?

@BrigidLaffan @MaryLouMcDonald @sinnfeinireland Well said!

@MaryLouMcDonald You should take a look at what is happening in Ukraine too. Position of @sinnfeinireland is nothing short of disgraceful

I will not be attending St. Patrick’s Day events at the White House this year. The situation on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank remains dire. Israeli attacks on Gaza have not ended. The genocide continues. It is important that Sinn Féin uses its voice to demand that international law is upheld and peace and justice prevail. Ties between the people of Ireland and the United States are very important. As a party, we have deep and enduring bonds with that go back decades. These relationships were critical in the peace process and in the campaign for Irish re-unification. Those relationships will continue.

Well said @fotoole If Ukraine falls, then who will be next?

@hiattb What happened to the old one?

Eddie Vedder wouldn’t tell me whether Pearl Jam have found a new drummer – which sure made it seem like they have rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

@PatLeahyIT And making the effective and ethical use of AI an important learning outcome in all subject areas?

Really can't see how there's any solution other than returning to written exams

Elsewhere, this is a good piece in the Examiner from academics warning about AI corrupting the learning process at universities irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

So proud of this headline on two levels

@holland_tom ....also enjoyed with running. @holland_tom your podcasts are ideal for preparing the Rome marathon! Thank you.

Some lunchtime listening. Best enjoyed in a bath, contemplating a scientific problem…

@holland_tom @TheRestHistory Surely Persia was their greatest enemy over the long-term?

Starting this Monday on @TheRestHistory, the story of ROME’S GREATEST ENEMY. From the battle of Cannae to the destruction of Carthage…

I'll be running a blended training programme in May 2026 for @utrechtnetwerk on the theme of Virtual Exchange and Blended Mobility for Sustainability. More info and registration here: utrecht-network.org/news/virtual-e…

@pilotlion Why am I seeing this nonsense if I don't follow this idiot?

Remember Ireland was an Axis power with Nazi Germany during WW2

@johnkampfner Tell us about the new book Jonlhn?

I will get to the optimism agenda, I promise, as it's the central theme of my new book, Braver New World, out in April. But it would be remiss not to talk (again) about this man. I'm afraid we ain't seen nothing yet. johnkampfner.substack.com/p/he-will-co...