Nina Bresnihan
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Nina Bresnihan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science & Statistics, Trinity College Dublin. She was awarded a BA in English and Legal Science (1993) and an MA in English Literature and Publishing (1995) from the National University of Ireland (NUI) and an M.Sc. in Multimedia Systems (1998) from Trinity College Dublin. She is a Member of the Centre for Research in IT and Education (CRITE) and co-founder with Dr. Richard Millwood of the Computational Thinking for Life (CT4L) research group which is concerned with researching the development of computational thinking across the life course. It's membership includes a full-time academic staff across four schools in TCD, researchers, and postgraduate students as well as representatives from CESI, Coderdojo, Google and Microsoft. She teaches in the areas of research methods, educational technology, multimedia authoring, web design and development, and Interaction Design. Her research interests include Computational Thinking, Computing Education, and Gender and Computing.
Research Interest
I am a member of the Centre for Research in IT and Education (CRITE) and co-founder with Dr Richard Millwood of the Computational Thinking for Life research group. My research interests include Computational Thinking, Computing Education, Maker Culture and Gender and Computing.
Publications
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Bresnihan, N., and Doyle, L., , An Investigation into the Effects of Mobile Networking Technologies on Physical Communities, International conference Culture & Impact , Cadiz, Spain, 8-10 September, 2004, pp387 - 400
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Bresnihan, N., and Doyle, L., Re-placing Communities: The Case for the Use of Networking Technologies to Enhance Local Awareness of Physically Shared Spaces, CiberArt Bilbao , Bilbao, Spain, 25 - 29 April 2004, 2004, pp200 - 215
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Sharing Places, Enhancing Spaces: An Investigation into the Effects of Mobile Networking Technologies on Physical Communities in, editor(s)Morgan, K., Brebbia, C.A., Sanchez, J. and Voiskounsky, A. , Human Perspectives in the Internet Society: Culture, Psychology and Gender, Southhampton, WIT Press, 2004, pp387 - 396, [Bresnihan, N., and Doyle, L.]
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Nina Bresnihan, Richard Millwood, Elizabeth Oldham, Glenn Strong and Diana Wilson, A critique of the current trend to implement computing in schools, Pedagogika, 65, (3), 2015, p292 - 300
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Kirrane, R., Bresnihan, N., O Reilly, C. & Kehoe, S., Blended Learning for Gifted Learners - Exploring the Flipped Classroom, WCGTC World Conference 2015, Odense Denmark , 10-15 August 2015, 2015
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Sullivan, K., Byrne, J. R., Bresnihan, N., O Sullivan, K. & Tangney, B., , Designing an After School Computing Programme for Girls, 45th Annual Conference Frontiers in Education (FIE), El Paso, USA, 2015, edited by IEEE , (32614 2015), 2015, pp1 - 5
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Richard Millwood, Glenn Strong, Nina Bresnihan, and Pamela Cowan., CTWINS - improving Computational Thinking confidence in educators through paired activities, Proceedings of the 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, ACM, New York, NY, USA., 2016, pp106 - 108
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Elizabeth Oldham, Pamela Cowan, Richard Millwood, Glenn Strong, Nina Bresnihan, Mags Amond, and Lisa Hegarty, Developing confident computational thinking through teacher twinning online, 2017 ATEE Spring Conference - Innovation, Technologies and Research in Education, Riga, Latvia, 12-13th May 2017, 2017
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Strong, G., Higgins, C., Bresnihan, N., Millwood, R., A Survey of the Prior Programming Experience of Undergraduate Computing and Engineering Students in Ireland, World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE), Dublin, 3-6 July 2017, 2017
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Elizabeth Oldham, Pamela Cowan, Richard Millwood, Glenn Strong, Nina Bresnihan, Mags Amond, and Lisa Hegarty, CTwins: Does Computational Thinking win when Coding Twins are born?, Educational Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Cork, Ireland, 20-22 April 2017, 2017
