Meet the women of
Brickfield Education Labs
Anita O’Connell
Anita is an Instructional Designer and Trainer at Brickfield Education Labs.
Anita is a graduate of UCD and the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. She has over 15 years of experience in L&D, designing and delivering training courses and developing eLearning solutions using the Moodle platform.
Anita delivers Moodle workshops and designs accessible online training courses for Brickfield clients.
Karen Duffy
Karen is the Communications and Project Manager at Brickfield Education Labs.
Karen is a Business Development, Startup and Events Professional. Karen has worked advising Irish Startups since 2015. First in Enterprise Ireland, then in NDRC in 2019, now Karen is excited to be working within one at Brickfield Education Labs.
Karen has an MSc in Business & Management and a Communications Degree from DCU. She is currently studying Graphic Design.
Karen Holland
Karen is the Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Brickfield Education Labs.
Karen has over 19 years of experience in software development and solution design. Karen brings a track record in UX design, developing plugins and integrations for Moodle. She is passionate about user experience design and leads the product development process at Brickfield.
“Here at Brickfield, we are proud to contribute to #BreakTheBias by promoting and enabling equality, inclusion and self-progression through education and through that, beyond!” – Karen Holland.
Laia Joana Canet
Laia Joana Canet is a consultant with Brickfield Education Labs.
With more than 20 years of experience in education and ICT, accompanying organisations in the implementation of Moodle, Laia has designed training courses and developed a learning strategy for adapting face to face courses to online.
She has a degree in Humanities from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Masters in Educational Multimedia from Universitat de Barcelona and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Information and Knowledge Society from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
Since 2005, she has been assisting Moodle and Spanish Moodle partners. She has translated a variety of Moodle plugins into Spanish and Catalan, including Moodle Board!
Laia is a digital accessibility enthusiast and works to ensure that online learning is accessible to everyone.
Most recently, Laia has translated the Brickfield Accessibility Toolkit into Spanish. Laia hosts many of Brickfield’s accessibility webinars, giving demos and discussing accessibility in both English and Spanish!
Renée Mackey
Renée is in her third year with Brickfield Education Labs as the company’s Marketing Executive.
She has a degree in Communications Studies from Dublin City University. Renée has a flair for digital marketing and thrives on delivering engaging content and emphasising the initiatives of Brickfield Education Labs.
As Marketing Executive, her focus is in developing web and social media content, implementing social media strategies, and organising several online events including regular webinars and the annual UK & Ireland Moodlemoot.
Currently, Renée is focusing on championing accessibility and inclusion within her marketing materials and social media messaging across all channels of Brickfield Education Labs and Moodlemoot UK & Ireland.
