Valuing Ireland’s Teaching and Learning (VITAL) Week 2021
From 08 to 12 November 2021, the higher education community will come together through local and national events to consider how we value teaching and learning and what the future…
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Valuing Teaching and Learning about sacred artefacts from the World’s major religions in Higher Education
This innovative and collaborative National Forum one day seminar proposes a dialogical framework involving educational, cultural and religious experts as they explore the role of religious artefacts in creative teaching…
Inter-Institutional Hybrid Classrooms: A CHARM European University Perspective
Trinity College DublinThe European Universities initiative offers joint curricula across multiple university campuses using an innovative, challenge based, and student-centered approach. Teaching and learning practices for these universities of the future need…
Celebration and launch of the CUA DigitalEd Case Study Collection Publication
This special VITAL event will celebrate the launch of the DigitalEd Case Study Collection. The DigitalEd Case Study publication will showcase exemplars of online and blended course design outputs produced in GMIT,…
Reimagining a Climate Action University in 2030
GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GalwayThis workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Mark Kelly (Head of Centre for Sustainability), Declan Feeney (IT Sligo) and Fiona Britton (Sustainability Officer, IT Sligo) who will moderate a series…
A celebration of excellence in Teaching & Learning
Dublin City University DublinDublin City University (DCU) is committed to a transformative student learning experience, specifically cultivating an environment that values and recognises the importance of teaching. Accordingly, DCU is a member of…
ELEVATE, SATLE 2019
University College CorkELEVATE was a national forum SATLE funded project focused on the creation of bespoke, spatially immersive, Virtual Reality, 3D environments where students could physically and conceptually interact with cellular and…
Scholarship Hour No. 4 (Stage 4 of the Gasta Marathon)
Chaired by National Forum board member, Professor Jacqueline McCormack (Vice President of Online Development at IT Sligo), the fourth Scholarship Hour will open with National Forum Teaching and Learning Research…
Using Images in Teaching to Engage Student Learning
IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology DublinDoctoral candidate Cliona Flood (lecturer in Applied Psychology) will share her research and practice regarding the use of imagery in lectures to inspire and engage students. Cliona teaches Organisational Psychology,…
Enabling Student Success by Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning
University College CorkClíodhna O’Callaghan hosts an online roundtable discussion with staff and students to demonstrate the ways in which the student voice can inform, underpin and shape staff digital education training initiatives.…
Developing a Best Practice Framework for Engaging External Practitioners and Tutors (online event)
University of LimerickChallenges exist in engaging external/practitioner tutors to teach in HEIs, i.e. those experienced industry or professional services experts who are contracted by the HEI, to deliver modules, particularly on professional…
Thinking with Things: harnessing Creativity for Teaching and Learning
University College CorkThis workshop will incorporate hands-on and arts-based/maker approaches to teaching and learning. The workshop will be facilitated by Dr Briony Supple, Senior Lecturer, Design Thinking Pedagogy and Praxis, School of…
Valuing and enhancing the teaching of external practitioner tutors in HEIs (online event)
University of LimerickSpecific challenges exist in developing the essential skills of external tutors new to teaching and moderating online. External/practitioner tutors are those who have come into HEI teaching environments from industry…
Launch of the Digital Badge in Autism Awareness for Staff
University College CorkJoin us for this one hour online event on Thursday November 11th, as part of Valuing Ireland’s Teaching & Learning (VIT&L) Week 2021. We will be launching the new Digital…
Virtual Laboratories in Higher Education
University College CorkEric Moore facilitates a workshop on virtual laboratories in higher education. Workshop on using virtual Laboratories in higher education as an innovative pedagogical tool to improve student engagement and learning…
