Damien Raftery is a graduate of University College Dublin where he completed a BSc (Hons) and MSc in Mathematical Science. He has been based at the SETU Carlow since 1995 as a lecturer in the Department of Business (except for a sabbatical in 2002/2003 during which he worked for KIT elearning, Amsterdam). He has graduated with a MA in Management in Education (Waterford Institute of Technology, 2003) and a MA in Educational Studies (University of Sheffield, 2017). Since 2008, he has been partially seconded to the role of eLearning Development Officer within the Teaching and Learning Centre. He has been a programme director and member of academic council, acting as chair of its Teaching, Learning & Support Services Committee (2013-2015).

Quantitative Techniques, Digital Pedagogy

Research interests include learning, teaching and assessment in higher education, including generative AI and academic integrity; flipped and blended learning, including screencasting and use of VLEs; quantitative literacy and mathematics/statistics education.

Member of the Irish Learning Technology Association, including founding committee member and treasurer, conference reviewer, and EdTech conference hosting committee 2018 and 2002.