Technological University Dublin

Name: Virtual Exchange / Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) – a practical tool for Education for Sustainable Development
Start: 2025-11-12T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-12T15:00:00+00:00

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June 2021
15th June 2021

Exploring the Role of Contemplative Pedagogy in Inspiring Education Practice and Student Engagement – Educator and Student Perspectives

Learning Objectives • Appraise a variety of ways in which contemplative pedagogy can be introduced into the classroom to initiate and sustain enquiry, promote creative and engaged student learning and the exploration of interiority and nurturing wholeness to foster a sense of student wellbeing • Engage with contemplative methods and explore possible practical applications within…
November 2021
3rd November 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Sustainability in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sectors – asking the right questions?

Learning Objectives Demonstrate transformation in sustainability literacy as related to the Bio-Pharmaceutical Sector Explore exemplars of curriculum design, pedagogical approaches and assessment strategies for sustainability in Life Sciences Explore fundamental questions about the purpose of higher Education in building embedded pathways for lifelong sustainability
23rd November 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Transform EDU Week Event 2 – Education for Citizenship and Community Engagement

Our key note presentation will focus on the role of Higher Education in developing society though engagement with civic society (third sector). A key function of Technological Universities is to serve the community and public interest by (i) developing strong social and cultural links with the community in the region in which its campuses are…
24th November 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Transform EDU Week Event 3 – Mental Wellbeing and Emotional Skills Development for the Workplace

Mental health and emotional intelligence are integral to graduate employability and career success. In this webinar, we highlight the importance of social and emotional competencies and showcase Transform EDU's co-curricular approaches to their development in a series of workshops for final year students. The tailored workshops in Socio-Emotional Skills for Work (SES4Work) aimed at fostering…
25th November 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Transform EDU Week Event 4: Contract Cheating – Valuing Teaching, Learning and Education

Contract cheating represents a challenge to the academic integrity of the educational system. Although one single solution to contract cheating does not exist, the importance of an educative approach is recognised to ensure that students benefit from the learning opportunities offered to them. This lead presentation for the Transform-EDU Project held during Valuing Ireland's Teaching…
26th November 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Transform EDU Week Event 5: Developing Sustainability Literate Graduates – Adapting the UN Sulitest to Classroom and Aligning the Curriculum to the SDGs

Universities have been mandated under SDG 4.7.1 to develop sustainability literature graduates. By sustainability literacy, we refer to the knowledge, skills, and mindsets that help compel an individual to become deeply committed to building a sustainable future (Décamps, 2017). In this webinar we explore the transformative nature of education for sustainability and underpinning reflective pedagogy.…
February 2022
17th February 2022

The SDGs on our Campuses Revisited

Learning Objectives Explain the importance of integrating sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into teaching activities for engineering students Identify challenges and barriers that can undermine the integration of SDGs into teaching activities for engineering students Develop strategies on how to appropriately contextualise the SDGs into overall course content and teaching activities for engineering…
March 2022
15th March 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Developing Anti-racist Practice in Professional Education

Learning Objectives Enhance awareness of students’ experiences of racism in placement settings Provide an overview of the anti-racism training resource developed for Community Development and Youth Work students and learnings from the process Discuss the experiences of staff supporting anti-racist practice in professional education and share best practice examples Click here to register
16th March 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Lego Serious Play: Exploring the Application of Playful Learning in HE

TU Dublin, Blanchardstown Campus , Ireland

Learning Objectives Explore how Lego Serious Play can support playful learning, engagement, team communication and collaboration in Higher Education contexts Evaluate opportunities for the practical implementation of Lego Serious Play within a classroom environment Assess how applicable Lego Serious Play could be within various teaching and learning contexts Explore teaching and learning practices through the…
November 2025
12th November @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Virtual Exchange / Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) – a practical tool for Education for Sustainable Development

This webinar – led by TU Dublin and supported by the National Forum for Teaching and Learning – seeks to share practical insights into the use of Virtual Exchanges (VE), which are also known as Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). Many programmes seek to expand students’ world view and their awareness of global challenges, however…

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