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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160210
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SUMMARY:Utilising BIM technologies for collaborative learning
DESCRIPTION:[dt_quote type="blockquote" font_size="big" animation="none" background="plain"]Click here to view the seminar report[/dt_quote]\n\nPresenters:\n\nEleanor Diver (LYIT)\, Ronan Gallagher (LYIT)\, Karol MacGairbheith (LYIT)\, J O’Connor (GMIT)\nIndustry (to be confirmed) – K McInerney (TII)\, J Bennett (DataTech)\n\n \n\nAs building information modelling (BIM) becomes standard practice in the architectural engineering and construction (AEC) industry\, higher education institutions look to incorporate BIM concepts and skills into their degree programmes.\n\nLeading academics have extolled the technology enabled opportunities for collaboration which could radically change the construction industry\, now the education sector is required to respond to the change agenda that BIM projects require.  Recent industry reports show the rapid increase in the adoption BIM within the industry worldwide\, as a result there is a growing demand for engineering and construction graduates with BIM knowledge and training.  Availability of education and training is essential if BIM is to achieve widespread adoption throughout the industry and supply chain.  The lack of graduates with BIM skills will retard the use of BIM technologies within the AEC industry.\n\nThe goal of this seminar is to provide a workshop on BIM implementation in higher education\, in order to share current best practice and develop an evidence based approach for the further integration of BIM content into the undergraduate engineering and construction programmes in Ireland.\n\nThe workshop will encourage teaching staff to envisage how BIM processes could be incorporated innovatively into their curriculum\, and provide a means in which to design assessment as learning using BIM models.  Industry practitioners will also present projects demonstrating the current and future capabilities of BIM in order to provide a real world example for assessment that motivates\, encourages\, engages and stretches student learning.\n\n \n\nLearning Outcomes\n\n1.    Gain further knowledge of BIM terminology\, protocols\, execution plans and documentation.\n\n2.    Share experience of BIM models (architectural\, structural and MEP) as teaching resources.\n\n3.    Discuss communication tools and strategies as part of a collaborative BIM process.\n\n4.    Designing assessment to reflect the real world BIM work flows and processes.\n\n5.    Network with industry\, sharing current best practice and future requirements of industry.
URL:https://www.teachingandlearning.ie/event/utilising-bim-technologies-for-collaborative-learning/
LOCATION:Letterkenny Institute of Technology\, Co. Donegal\, Donegal\, Donegal\, Ireland
GEO:54.9524134;-7.7208889
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CATEGORIES:National Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="Eleanor%20Diver":MAILTO:eleanor.diver@lyit.ie
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160210
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SUMMARY:Creative Assessment for 1st Year Undergraduates: Assessment strategies for retention and progression
DESCRIPTION:[dt_quote type="blockquote" font_size="big" animation="none" background="plain"]Click here to view the Seminar Report[/dt_quote]\n\n \n\nLive Stream:\n\nhttp://nuig.dvcreplay.heanet.ie/replay/webcastShow.html?key=Jx43TFG9YLiBGGN\n\nPresenters:\n\nProfessor Sue Bloxham\, Emeritus Professor of Academic Practice\, University of Cumbria\, UK\n\nAssessment is key to influencing student learning behaviour and so potentially is a major contributor to improving student engagement\, retention\, and performance. The Higher Education Performance Framework commits HEIs  “To promote excellence in teaching and learning to underpin a high quality student experience”\, and particularly around progression from 1st to 2nd year.  But successful progression is dependent on the nature of the 1st year experience.  Research indicates that student withdrawal in first year is mostly likely to be related to adjustment factors\, including accommodating to the requirements to study at third level.  A major Australian study indicates that student experience of their initial academic assessments is a key indictor of retention and progression.\n\nThis seminar will be led by Professor Sue Bloxham who is a leading scholar in the field of assessment.  The seminar will examine the role that assessment can play in improving the first year experience\, and specifically the initial forms of assessed work.  Key questions explored in the seminar include:\n\n•    How can assessment support first year undergraduates in learning how to study at third level?\n\n•    How can we creatively use assessment for\, of\, and as learning to promote student engagement in learning?\n\nThe seminar will be divided into three parts:\n\n1.    Summary of research on assessment in higher education\n\n2.    Workshop exploring the potentials for utilising assessment for and as learning alongside assessment of learning\n\n3.    Discussion and reflection.\n\nThe workshop will allow participants to share perspectives and experiences as well as identifying practical opportunities for innovation in assessment for first year undergraduates.\n\nSue Bloxham & Pete Boyd (2007) Developing Effective Assessment in Higher Education. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill/Open University press.\n\nRichard James\, Kerri-Lee Krause and Claire Jennings (2010) The First Year Experience in Australian Universities: Findings from 1994 to 2009.  Centre for the Study of Higher Education\, The University of Melbourne & Griffith Institute of Higher Education\, Griffith University.\n\nAnne Pitkethly & Michael Prosser (2001) The First Year Experience Project: A model for university-wide change\, Higher Education Research & Development\, 20:2\, 185-198.\n\n \n\nLearning Outcomes:\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to:\n\n\tHear about the most recent research into assessment in Higher Education;\n\tReflect on their experience of assessing students;\n\tDiscuss the role that assessment can play in improving the first year experience and support the transition into higher education;\n\tThink about implementing assessment for and as learning\, in addition to of learning within their own courses;\n\tExplore with colleagues ways of embedding creative assessments in to their programmes;\n
URL:https://www.teachingandlearning.ie/event/creative-assessment-for-1st-year-undergraduates-assessment-strategies-for-retention-and-progression/
LOCATION:Galway\, Donegal
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CATEGORIES:National Seminar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="Simon%20Warren":MAILTO:Simon.warren@nuigalway.ie
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