The Business of Contract Cheating

Institute of Technology Carlow , Ireland

Learning Objectives • Inform the sector about the business model associated with contract cheating • Explore the motivation of learners who engage in contract cheating • Explore approaches to deterring academic misconduct by engaging learners

Decolonizing the Curriculum

Institute of Technology Carlow , Ireland

Learning Objectives • The role of critical race theory in teaching and learning across disciplines • Diversifying reading lists to reflect the traditions, cultures and bodies of thought which reflect the breadth of our student population • Decentralise the Western intellectual tradition that foregrounds works which are ‘pale, male and stale’. Critique the West as…

Supporting Academic Writing Among Postgraduate Research Students – Building an Effective Feedback Culture in Postgraduate Research Supervision

Institute of Technology Carlow , Ireland

Learning Objectives • Evaluate the role of the thesis supervisor in supporting postgraduate research students to develop academic writing skills • Reflect on insights from the growing literature on effective feedback in higher education and explore their relevance for supervisory feedback with postgraduate research students • Appraise and employ a digital system based upon deliberate…

Models of Engaged Learning and Thinking (MELT)

Learning Objectives Clarify and state the central purpose for learning and teaching Have a heightened awareness of factors that engage students in learning Collaboratively create their own model of engaged learning and teaching Critically analyse the MELT