Enhancing student engagement and success is at the core of planning for a new blended learning environment, and Technological University Dublin is aiming for all stakeholders have a voice in the technology and techniques being implemented including staff, students and professional services. As part of this collaborative process, you are invited to celebrate and recognize…
Building on the work of TU Dublin’s community of practice www.sdglitercy.ie , this one-hour workshop, which will facilitate both in-person and online participation, will provide an opportunity to kick-start conversations among students, staff and between students and staff in TU Dublin. The workshop will focus on exploring how the community of students and staff in…
Recent times have brought our awareness of wellbeing into sharp focus. We acknowledge its importance, but what is it exactlyand how can we practically support it within teaching and learning? Within MTU Crawford we have developed a number of initiatives that we can showcase – The Creativity Tonic website, the 5 Ways to Wellbeing Activities…
Transform-EDU aims to place transformative learning centre-stage in higher education. The project has focused on innovative approaches to learning where elements of structured programmes, co and extra-curricular events are purposefully integrated to create the rich learning environments that are required to foster transformative learning. We present a framework that recognises that, whilst learning outcomes are…
The session aims to exchange strategies and build links between two Universities (University of Adelaide and Technological University Dublin) both currently employing a Community of Practice model to encourage innovation and support change within their professional development strategies. The event will align to National Forum themes. Click here to register
Trauma Informed Education (TIE) has long been encouraged in primary and secondary school settings. How might we apply the precepts of TIE in a third level context? Do 'content warnings' infringe upon academic freedom? What responsibilities reside in the lecture halls when covering possible sensitive/unsettling content? For the Lecturer? For the students? Dr. Catriona O'Toole…
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…
This online event seeks to build upon previous National Forum seminars/webinars in 2019 and 2021, by further exploring the potential offered by new technologies to revitalise language teaching and broaden the skill-set of Irish learners. It will provide an opportunity for higher and second level educators to form synergies and collaborative spaces to share knowledge…
Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace offers a suite of postgraduate certificate courses with a future of work focus. To facilitate real world educational value, our courses engage with a variety of industry and education stakeholders, offering students the opportunity to parse their academic learning with the chance to apply it in business settings. The student’s first…
In the last three years we have established and developed over 30 learning communities whereby over 300 staff members across 40 departments have either initiated or joined a LC. These range from discipline specific to programme specific groups as well as LCs that are focused on cross departmental thematic areas such as active learning or…
