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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 like Abbot Miller and Olafur Elisasson. He loves books, running, and good coffee – just not at the same time.

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…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 6 Mins
Why tech integration should be part of your product development strategy
Principles
Strategy

Why tech integration should be part of your product development strategy

Knowing when to leverage others’ technologies lets you focus on building a better core offering for your customers. The English poet John Donne once wrote…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 5 Mins
Seeking a new direction – the future of the multiple choice question
Principles
Learning & Development

Seeking a new direction – the future of the multiple choice question

Where does the multiple choice question go from here? Multiple choice tests have been a staple of learner evaluation for a century. Even as technology…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 6 Mins
Making paper a possibility in computer-based assessment
Uncategorized
Partnerships

Making paper a possibility in computer-based assessment

From paper cuts to cutting edge – Learnosity is working with Paperscorer to better integrate tradition and technology. Despite the forward momentum that technology has…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 3 Mins
Paper and digital will converge on the road to better learning
Process
Learning & Development

Paper and digital will converge on the road to better learning

Paper and digital learning may be taking separate routes, but they’re heading toward the same goals. In some ways, comparing student performance in digital assessments…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 7 Mins
A byte at the Big Apple: Lessons from Educate NYC
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A byte at the Big Apple: Lessons from Educate NYC

At Educate 2017, our first ever self-run conference, we learned just as much as anyone else. Unlike music idols, A-list actors, or world-famous sports stars,…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 7 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…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 8 Mins
Looking back on Learnosity’s 10-year journey to date
Process
Updates & Product Tips

Looking back on Learnosity’s 10-year journey to date

From scrappy startup to SaaS success: Looking back on Learnosity’s 10-year journey to date. For the last 10 years, Learnosity has pretty much followed the…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 4 Mins
Birthday musings: Why company growth isn’t just about the numbers
Principles
Updates & Product Tips

Birthday musings: Why company growth isn’t just about the numbers

“Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.” – Hermann Hesse, Gertrude On our tenth birthday we realized that age is…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 4 Mins
Exploring wonders is part of the magic of science
Principles
Learning & Development

Exploring wonders is part of the magic of science

Science and magic may have more in common than you think. It might seem odd to us today, but there once was a time when…

by Micheál Heffernan
Read Time 4 Mins