Lecturer

Email: odette.gabaudan@tudublin.ie

Tel: 01 2205484

Odette Gabaudan holds an MSc in Applied e-Learning, an MSc in Tourism Management and she is a Certified Examiner for CEFR aligned DELF exams levels A1, A2, B1, B2 (Centre International d'Etudes Pédagogiques).

She lectures in applied French and she is Lead tutor for French. Her research interest is in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). She is currently co-leading the XR Team on EUt+ Alliance. The team’s mission is to facilitate inclusiveness for all through the development of an immersive environment for the EUt+.  She is an active member of the SDGliteracy project team in TU Dublin – she designed an open educational resource for French.  In parallel, her team was also successful in TU Dublin IMPACT’s bid for seed-funding to re-imagine a multi-disciplinary approach to programme development. In 2019 and 2020, she was a Teaching Fellow on the Co-Create Project aimed at developing a new curriculum framework for TU Dublin. With the support of funding from the Institut Français and local seed-funding, she has co-produced an open education resource (OER) for French grammar. She was also the local implementation leader (2015-2017) for a National Forum funded OER, Digilanguages, a portal aimed at enhancing digital literacies for language learning and teaching in Ireland and beyond.

For recent publications and conference papers, please check ORCID profile

Older publications include:

Gabaudan, O. & Nocchi, S. (2019) “Embedding OERs for the development of information literacy in the foreign language classroom”, in A. Beaven, A. Comas-Quinn, & B. Sawhill (eds) New Case Studies of Openess in the Language Classroom, Research-publishing.

Gabaudan, O. , Cazaux, N., Williams, H. (2018). Game-based Learning as a Tool for Foreign Language Teaching: the Impact of Game Narrative Design on Language Acquisition and Motivation in an Educational Environment. In EduLearn18 Proceedings.

Gabaudan, O. , Nocchi, S. (2018). Digital Literacies for Language Learning and Teaching: From a Conceptual Framework to the Design and Development of an Online Portal. In Daniela L., Innovations, Technologies and Research in Education, 17-24. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Gabaudan, O. (2017) (co -author, Bellew, L.). An investigation into the development and progressive adaptation of graduate attributes in tourism programmes. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2017.1318104

Gabaudan, O. (2017). Students as Producers of Digital Audio-Visual Clips in Preparation for a Study Abroad Period. In D. Tafazoli, & M. Romero (Eds.), Multiculturalism & Technology-Enhanced Language Learning, 96-114. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Older conference papers include:

“From Pen and Paper to Digital Tools: Resources for Language Learning”, European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL18), November 1st -  2nd 2018. With Nathalie Cazaux.

"Information literacy for undergraduate students: integrating an OER into the foreign language curriculum", XIXth International CALL Research Conference, Bruges, July 4th - 6th, 2018. With Susanna Nocchi.