Following yesterday’s launch of the Online Resource for Learning Analytics (ORLA) by Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor. T.D., the Forum has today published a brief Insight to guide you through Learning Analytics and the online resource available. Click here for more information.
Comprehensive Professional Development online resource launched by National Forum for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. The National Forum today, 1 November 2017, launched its Professional Development Portal, a one-stop shop to support all who teach in higher education to engage with the national PD Framework. The portal currently hosts a new suite of materials and…
Mary Mitchell O’Connor, T.D., Minister of State for Higher Education, today 2nd of November, 2017, launched an online resource to assist higher level institutions to create effective student retention strategies and to enhance student experiences. The Online Resource for Learning Analytics (ORLA) was developed by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning to support institutions…
The recent Assessment Symposium, hosted by the National Forum on Tuesday 31 October, was a great success with over 100 people from the higher education sector in attendance. The Forum also published its latest Insight summarising both the substantive work that has been carried out by the Forum in conjunction with the Sector since 2016 under the…
The latest Forum Insight published today focuses on our understanding of the various approaches to work-based assessment and includes an overview of assessment terminology, the contexts within which work-based assessment takes place, and some initial suggestions regarding assessment methods, assessors and grading for assessment. Click here to read the Insight. The publication of this Insight is particularly…
Due to adverse weather conditions on Monday 16th October, the workshops for Facilitators in the National PD Digital Badge programme being hosted in NUIG have been rescheduled to Wednesday 25th October. The listed workshops are Student Engagement, Mentoring in Teaching and Learning and Enabling Student Volunteering. The short workshops will offer a unique opportunity to…
Tuesday’s ‘Facilitating a PD Digital Badge Programme’ workshop series will continue tomorrow, 16th October. The ‘Mentoring in Teaching and Learning’ programme led by Lynn Ramsey has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. ‘Getting Started with Online Teaching’ will take place at the earlier time slot of 2pm. Please ensure you are…
The National Forum wishes to inform registrants that, in the interest of safety, Monday’s ‘Facilitating a PD Digital Badge Programme’ workshops have been cancelled due to the arrival of Storm Ophelia. This set of workshops will be rescheduled in due course. NUI Galway will be closed tomorrow, Monday 16th October. Following consultation w/ local authorities, @nuigalway will close…
Thanks to all those who took or are taking part in the current round of workshops for Facilitators in the National PD Digital Badge programme. We are currently working on the dedicated portal for professional development in higher education and in the meantime, click here to fill out the evaluation form. Your responses and feedback…
The National Forum today announced the finalised schedule for the upcoming October workshop series ‘Facilitating a PD digital badge programme’. The workshops are aimed at educators who want to deliver the Professional Development open-access programmes themselves in the future. Participants at these workshops will be provided with the skills, knowledge, competence and confidence to become…
