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Micheál Heffernan

Senior Editor

Micheál Heffernan is the Senior Manager of Copy and Content at Learnosity. He’s interested in communication generally and appreciates the multidisciplinary approach taken by artist-designers-writers. He loves books, running, and good coffee – just not at the same time.

Accessibility in education helps create better opportunities for learners
Principles
Design

Accessibility in education helps create better opportunities for learners

If learning materials are not accessible to learners, then learners’ abilities won’t be accessible to educators.Education should be challenging for all learners. If it wasn’t,…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 5 Mins
The gathering storm: Student data security in the Digital Age
Principles
Learning & Development

The gathering storm: Student data security in the Digital Age

How can student data security be guaranteed when faced with a threat that can neither be detected nor predicted?In the not-too-distant past, banks represented the…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 6 Mins
Are competencies more important than credentials in the modern Workplace?
Principles
Learning & Development

Are competencies more important than credentials in the modern Workplace?

As college enrollments decline, have skills become more valuable to employers than credentials?“From almost any individual’s perspective,” wrote David Leonhardt for the New York Times in 2014,…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 7 Mins