National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Scholarship Hour No. 3 (Stage 3 of the Gasta Marathon and Poster Showcase 1)
2021-11-10 12:30 - 13:30 UTC
Chaired by National Forum board member, Karena Maguire (Head of Stakeholder Engagement and Communications, QQI, who will introduce the third stage of our Gasta Marathon led by Gasta Master, Dr Tom Farrelly (MTU), and our first Poster showcase.
Gasta speakers for the third scholarship hour are:

Scholarship Hour 3 Chaired by Karena Maguire
Gasta Marathon Stage 3 begins facilitated by Gasta Master Dr. Tom Farrelly

Time
Speaker
Title of Talk
Institution

12:30-12:35
Dearbhla Cullinane
Reviving The Anatomic Past: Breathing New Life into Historic Anatomical Teaching Tools
Trinity College Dublin

12:36-12:41
Sandra Nicholson
Authentic teaching on interpreting animal emotions
University College Dublin

12:42-12:47
Eileen O’Leary
The Be ACTIVE Framework for Active Learning
Munster Technological University

12:48-12:53
Ciaran O’Leary
SUREbyts: Introducing Research to First-Year Students
SURE Network

12:54-13:06
Poster Showcase No. 1

13:07-13:12
Niall Fahy
Compliance is Key
Munster Technological University

13:13-13:18
Dr. Ciara Duignan
Siobhán Creedon
Geraldine Doyle
Dr. Violeta Morari
Student partnership in wellbeing research and scholarship
University College Dublin

13:19-13.24
Cróna O’Donoghue
U_N_I_Q_U_E Creative Process
Letterkenny Institute of Technology

13:25 -13:30
Maria P. Morgan
Rapid implementation of a hybrid converged-teaching model with a large class size; impact on student performance & satisfaction ratings
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

Registration
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Academic Integrity with Megan O’Connor, USI Vice President for Education and others
2021-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 | IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland
Essay mills are on the increase and the temptation to engage with these when students are under pressure is real. Megan O’Connor, USI Vice President for Education will be presenting the dark side of these businesses from real student experience. Rachel Sarsfield Ryan (IADT SU Vice President for Education) and Rebecca Roper (Head of Teaching and Learning) will also be on the panel. Information from the Registrar’s office will be shared.
Registration
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Cork Prison Education Unit
2021-11-10 14:00 - 15:00 | University College Cork
Launch of education booklet following collaboration between UCC and Cork Prison Education Unit.
Focus of event:

Launch booklet

Registration
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Advancing Digital Pedagogy at Maynooth University: Reflecting on the Move Online
2021-11-10 14:00 - 16:00
This seminar will draw on the experiences of academic and teaching-support staff to identify what has been learnt from the period of emergency online teaching and learning and how Maynooth as an institution can capitalise on this. Utilising a World Café event, we will problematise questions of what worked well and what didn’t, by reflecting on the plurality of experiences, as well as the potential benefits and challenges of digital teaching and learning. The seminar will not only aid in knowledge exchange and the development of an institutional approach to the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning but also, and importantly, provide an opportunity for reflection upon areas of future research and collaboration to fully realise the potential of digital technologies to enhance pedagogy at Maynooth. This will be further enabled by the production of a report based on the data generated by the World Café discussion.
Focus of the event

Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued

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Valuing Teaching and Learning about sacred artefacts from the World’s major religions in Higher Education
2021-11-11 10:00 - 13:30
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 and learning environments. For this event Mary Immaculate College would partner with the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin City Interfaith Forum and the MidWest Interfaith Network to ensure that educators could explore the opportunities and challenges of using religious artefacts in HEIs and in a range of educational contexts. With input from the NCCA, religious thinkers and leaders, academics and museum educators, this one day seminar would encourage educators to explore the relevance and potency of pedagogies using sacred artefacts for creative and effective teaching and learning in diverse educational contexts (from primary to third level). To enable as many educators and members of faith communities as possible to access this event, keynote presentations will be live-streamed and recorded. A resource of on-line pedagogies drawing on sacred artefacts in the Chester Beatty Collection will be made freely available for educators on the CB website after this event.
Focus of the event

To explore learner-centred methodologies for active learning (in HEIs and primary/post-primary ITE programmes) through handling sacred objects
To understand the importance of sacred objects in the lives of believers from the major world’s religions through first-hand testimonies
To dialogue with educators about the opportunities and challenges involved in creatively exploring sacred objects in learning environments
To inform professional practice on ways the Chester Beatty on-line and in-house collections can scaffold learners’ understandings of belief diverse communities
To foster open, respectful critical engagement with sacred traditions in contemporary Ireland
To generate innovative materials to enhance pedagogies for teaching and learning about religions and beliefs.
To build a network of faith members and educators for on-going collaboration and educational debate about sacred traditions and museum-based collections in Ireland.

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Inter-Institutional Hybrid Classrooms: A CHARM European University Perspective
2021-11-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
The 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 to be aligned with a technology enhanced, transdisciplinary approach across multiple European locations. A major challenge is how to deliver inter-institutional modules across locations at the same time. A hybrid classroom solves this challenge by offering a space for students to learn both locally and remotely, and is an ideal model for teaching across an inter-institutional programme.
Trinity College Dublin is a partner of the CHARM European University, and is delivering a Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability with the University of Montpellier, Utrecht University, Eötvös Loránd University, and University of Barcelona in 2021 – 2023. CHARM-EU hybrid classrooms are designed to support inter-institutional teaching, including one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many scenarios.
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to module design, development and implementation across an inter-institutional postgraduate Master’s programme, and how this design was supported by a hybrid classroom approach. A focus will be on the structures used to support inter-institutional module design with transdisciplinary stakeholders where the hybrid classroom is used as a teaching environment across five European Universities.
Sharing our experiences of the inter-institutional and hybrid teaching modality of CHARM-EU module development will be of interest to any higher education administrative, teaching, and management staff working in inter-institutional teaching environments. It will also be of interest to educational technologists and instructional designers seeking novel means of teaching innovation in their own universities.
Focus of the event

Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Considering the place of teaching and learning in evolving institutional contexts, e.g., in the context of institutional mergers

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Celebration and launch of the CUA DigitalEd Case Study Collection Publication
2021-11-11 11:00 - 12:30
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, IT Sligo and LYIT including; reflections from the digital champion experience; Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the digital world; the DigitalEd transformation journey and how it has supported the development of a culture of digital transformation across the CUA.
Established in January 2020, the CUA Digital Champion network supports colleagues to develop their digital teaching and learning skills and engagement with a suite of DigitalEd.ie resources and professional development pathways. The impact of the champion mentoring network is wide ranging, from a local and institutional perspective, and it is provided an opportunity for digital transformation, as we move forward in becoming a new Technological University in the West and North-West of Ireland.
Focus of the event

Strategic institutional discussions about the place of teaching and learning within local policy and decision-making and how the value of teaching and learning can be strengthened
Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Considering how the relational, structural, practical or policy aspects of teaching and learning can be valued, supported and recognised
Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued
Considering the place of teaching and learning in evolving institutional contexts, e.g., in the context of institutional mergers
Leveraging partnerships between those who teach and their students, as well as the wider educational community, to foster collective advocacy in strengthening the value placed on teaching and learning

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Reimagining a Climate Action University in 2030
2021-11-11 11:30 - 12:30 | GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Galway, Ireland
This 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 of breakout sessions for staff and students to explore the opportunities inherent within the Climate Action University concept.
The workshops on the 11th and 16th are the same workshop to provide two opportunities for staff and students to engage in the discussion.
Event Open to GMIT, IT Sligo and LKIT

A celebration of excellence in Teaching & Learning
2021-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
Dublin 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 Advance HE and in 2021 launched the first supported (online) journey to Fellowship which recognises excellence in teaching and learning. DCU now has over 50 Fellows across all faculties, with some applicants funded through a National Forum SATLE project.
This event seeks to celebrate these Fellows’ international recognition of a commitment to professionalism in teaching and learning. All DCU staff will be invited to attend and hear Fellows reflections on the journey. These experiences will be captured in a ‘vox pop’ style video outlining how best to document and share the impact of teaching and learning initiatives. Additionally, a Word Cloud graphic will be created from successful Fellow applications to promote and support attainment of this teaching excellence recognition.
Focus of the event

Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued

Registration
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ELEVATE, SATLE 2019
2021-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | University College Cork
ELEVATE 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 molecular biology components to enhance their understanding of same. In the panel session members of the interdisciplinary ELEVATE team will discuss the influence of pedagogical frameworks, SOTL research and technical innovation on the outputs of the project.
The critical role of interdisciplinary collaboration and student contribution to optimising teaching resource design will also be discussed together with an outline of the path from ELEVATE to a successful National Forum DELTA award for teaching excellence. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit demonstration workstations highlighting the range of digital resources employed by the school of microbiology as well as future planned developments for real time, collaborative VR interactions for student learning.
Focus of event:

Discuss pedagogy and research in the ELEVATE project

Registration
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Scholarship Hour No. 4 (Stage 4 of the Gasta Marathon)
2021-11-11 12:30 - 13:30
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 Fellow, Professor Chris Lynch (UCC), sharing his initial research findings on findings from his research into Working with Higher Education Institutions and Professional and Regulatory Bodies to Enhance the Competencies of Future Professionals.
This presentation will be followed by the fourth stage of our Gasta Marathon led by Gasta Master, Dr Tom Farrelly (MTU). Gasta speakers for the fourth scholarship hour are:

Scholarship Hour Chaired by Professor Jaqueline McCormack

12:30 – 12:50
Prof. Chris Lynch (UCC)
National Forum Teaching and Learning Research Fellow
Working with Higher Education Institutions and Professional and Regulatory Bodies to Enhance the Competencies of Future Professionals

Gasta Marathon Stage 4 begins facilitated by Gasta Master Dr. Tom Farrelly

Time
Speaker
Title of Talk
Institution

12:51-12:56
Fionnuala Darby
Building MultiStories
TU Dublin

12:57-13:02
Conor McKevitt
Facilitating Academic Judgement among First year students
Dundalk Institute of Technology

13:03-13:08
Caitríona Ní Shé
TeRMEd Classification Framework
Trinity College Dublin

13:09-13:14
Lucia Cloonan
Engaging & Assessing Students Online using the ABC Learning Design Framework
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

13.15-13:20
Yuhui Gao
Building Meaningful Connections in Large Online Classes
Dublin City University

13:20-13.30

General Q&A
Chair provides a brief summary of key insights from presentations

Registration
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Using Images in Teaching to Engage Student Learning
2021-11-11 13:00 - 14:00 | IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland
Doctoral 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, Abnormal Psychology and is a key member of the Cyber Psychology team.
Registration
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Enabling Student Success by Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning
2021-11-11 13:30 - 15:00 | University College Cork
Clíodhna 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.
Focus of event:

Discussion with staff on students as partners in learning

Registration
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Developing a Best Practice Framework for Engaging External Practitioners and Tutors (online event)
2021-11-11 14:00 - 15:00 | University of Limerick, Ireland
Challenges 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 education programmes.
The BLASST framework (Harvey, 2014) is a set of national (Australian) benchmarking standards to systematise good practice for learning and teaching with part-time or sessional staff. The framework presents broad criteria and standards for evaluating current practices affecting these staff.
This online presentation will discuss the REAP project’s experience of evaluating, adapting and applying the BLASST framework to a local Irish context as a tool for evaluation of current practice and guiding plans to work towards best practice in the engagement of external/practitioner tutors.
The REAP project is a collaboration between UL, MIC & LIT funded by the HEA Innovation and Transformation 2018 call, to develop a best practice framework for engaging practitioner/external tutors.
Focus of the event

Considering how the relational, structural, practical or policy aspects of teaching and learning can be valued, supported and recognised

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Thinking with Things: harnessing Creativity for Teaching and Learning
2021-11-11 14:00 - 16:00 | University College Cork
This 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 Education, in collaboration with a number of artists, faculty members and students from the PG Diploma in Innovation through Design Thinking program at UCC.
Hands-on, tactile and creative practices will be used as a tool for participants to harness as a way of reflecting on themselves as educators and the experiences of their students. Participants will be introduced to the concept of ‘artistic thinking’ and examples of good practice in integrating creative mindsets into teaching and learning will be showcased. Participants will actively engage via a series of hands-on exercises and discussion/reflective prompts to contextualise teaching and learning challenges and opportunities.
Focus of event:

Introduction to concept of ‘artistic thinking’
Reflection on role as educations and experiences of students

Registration
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Valuing and enhancing the teaching of external practitioner tutors in HEIs (online event)
2021-11-11 15:00 - 16:00 | University of Limerick, Ireland
Specific 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 or professional positions and are contracted by the HEI, to develop and deliver modules, particularly on professional education programmes. This presentation discusses the discusses the development process of two short online courses to address these challenges and to meet the needs of the practitioner tutors.
The presentation is an online event with an opportunity for discussion.
The course development work is part of the HEA-funded REAP project to develop a best practice framework for engaging practitioner/external tutors in the development and delivery of modules on flexible/online professional education programmes. The REAP project is a collaboration between UL, MIC & LIT funded by the HEA Innovation and Transformation 2018 call.
Focus of the event

Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work

Registration
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Launch of the Digital Badge in Autism Awareness for Staff
2021-11-11 15:00 - 16:00 | University College Cork
Join 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 Badge in Autism Awareness for Staff (UCC), developed as part of the Autism Friendly University Initiative at University College Cork. Attendees will hear perspectives on third level education and the university experience from five autistic current and former students and staff of UCC, and can then join the speakers for a Q&A session.
Speaking at the event will be:
Kirsten Hurley, School of Education (Former Project Coordinator of the UCC Autism Friendly University Initiative), University College Cork
Lisa Dalton (she/her) – UCC graduate and HDip Arts student at UCC
Laura Murray (she/her) – UCC graduate (Diploma in Autism Studies)
Rhona J. Flynn (she/her) – UCC graduate and PhD researcher at the Messerli Institute, University of Vienna
Maeve Richardson (she/her) – UCC student and UCC Student Union Communications & Engagement Officer
The event will start at 3pm sharp, with 40 minutes of speaker contribution, followed by 20 minutes of Q&A.
This event will have live captioning (CART).
Focus of event:

Launch the Autism Aareness digital badge
Panel discussion on ‘An Autism Friendly University’

Registration
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Virtual Laboratories in Higher Education
2021-11-11 16:00 - 18:00 | University College Cork
Eric 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 and to teach enterprise relevant transversal skills.
Focus of event:

Virtual laboratories as a pedagogical tool

Registration
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Launch of Brainpower Digital Badge
2021-11-12 10:00 - 11:15 | University College Cork
Dr Eithne Hunt hosts the Brainpower showcase and launch of the Brainpower digital badge.
Bookended by puberty and culturally defined adult roles, scientists and researchers now agree that adolescence extends from age 10-24 years. To realise student success, higher education institutions must take into account that the majority of their undergraduate students are still adolescents, without fully developed cognitive, social, emotional and self-regulatory capacities, living and learning in a socio-cultural environment that offers less external regulation than ever before. Created by a team of academics and scientists from occupational science and occupational therapy, applied psychology and neuroscience, with contributions from students and higher education staff, Brainpower is a free, online, self-paced course, focusing on harnessing the power and potential of adolescent brain and behaviour for enhanced learning, wellbeing and student success in higher education.
Although targeted mainly at academic and academic support staff in higher education, Brainpower is likely to be of interest to staff across further and higher education, nationally and internationally, as well as parents, school teachers, coaches and all those who contribute to the lives of young people. It is publicly available to all under Creative Commons License via Canvas Public. This event will be hosted by Presented by Dr. Eithne Hunt (UCC Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy Graduate Attributes ), Professor Yvonne Nolan (UCC Anatomy & Neuroscience) & Dr. Samantha Dockray (UCC Applied Psychology). All are welcome to attend the launch of the Brainpower Digital Badge during VITAL Week.
Focus of event:

Launch the Brainpower Digital Badge

Registration
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Scholarship Hour No. 5 (Final Stage of the Gasta Marathon and Poster Showcase 2)
2021-11-12 12:30 - 13:30
Chaired by National Forum board member, Professor Paul McSweeney (Vice-president for Learning and Teaching at UCC) who will introduce the fifth and final stage of our Gasta Marathon led by Gasta Master, Dr Tom Farrelly (MTU). The session will also feature our second poster showcase.
The final Scholarship Hour will be followed by the closing session of VIT&L Week where participants will be invited to review they weeks activities through exploring the visual note-taking developed in real-time during each day of VIT&L Week to capture and share ideas discussed and explored by the National Forum and its partners from the Irish higher education sector.
Gasta speakers for the fifth and final scholarship hour are:

Chaired by: Professor Paul McSweeney
Gasta Marathon Final Stage Facilitated by Gasta Master Dr. Tom Farrelly

Time
Speaker
Title of Talk
Institution

12:30-12:35
Claire Gormley
Peer Observation of Teaching: The PERFECT Project
Dublin City University

12.36-12.31
Darragh Coakley
ePortfolios as Tools for Work Placement and Graduate Employability
Munster Technological University

12:42-12:47
Nevan Bermingham
The 4C’s Model for Implementing Peer Assisted Learning (PAL)
TU Dublin

12:48-12:53
Jane O’Kelly
Professional Identity for Teaching in FET
HEI FET Forum

12:54-13:06
Poster Showcase No. 2

13:07-13:12
Catherine Murphy
Reach Academic Mentoring
Munster Technological University

13:13-13:18
Dr Gwen Moore
Flexible Pathways to Professional Development
Mary Immaculate College

13:19-13.24
Dr Aimie Brennan
Student Staff Partnership as Professional Development in HE
Marino Institute of Education

13:24-13:30

Synthesis of key insights by chair

13:00-13:30
Closing session

Registration
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MU Celebration & Cultivation of Community Engaged & Work Related Learning
2021-11-12 12:30 - 14:00 | Maynooth University, Ireland
This event will launch and celebrate a suite of Project Live exemplars that showcase community engaged and work related learning in action, as well as welcome our 2021/22 Project Live partners. Launched by the Maynooth University Experiential Learning Office in 2020, Project Live is an initiative that facilitates collaboration between external stakeholders, academics, and students. Academics are connected with stakeholders from across the community, public and private sectors who have a specific need that they would like Maynooth University students to work on. Academics work with stakeholders to create a student project within a module that addresses the identified need. This engaged learning experience aims to deliver real value to external partners, while enriching the curriculum and enhancing teaching and learning.
*Project Live is funded by the HEA Innovation and Transformation project “Future Ready”.
Focus of the event

Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Leveraging partnerships between those who teach and their students, as well as the wider educational community, to foster collective advocacy in strengthening the value placed on teaching and learning

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Launch of IADT's VITAL Programme. Opening of 'What makes a Great Educator/Learner?' Installations in the Student Canteen. Live Event.
2021-11-12 13:00 - 13:30 | IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland
IADT has a vibrant and creative student body, supported by an excellent academic staff. The prompts: ‘What Makes a Great Educator?’ and ‘What Makes a Great Student?’ will be given in real-time and in an online survey. The real-time prompts will be on the glass walls strategically placed on campus, visible to all students and staff for contributions. The installations are documented.
The project will promote discussion and reflection on the value of T&L by both the students and staff; the public nature of the work will enhance the celebration of the work.
Additionally IADT will be highlighting the LEP projects from 2019 and the new proposed work incoming from this year’s call.
Focus of the event

Strategic institutional discussions about the place of teaching and learning within local policy and decision-making and how the value of teaching and learning can be strengthened
Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued
Leveraging partnerships between those who teach and their students, as well as the wider educational community, to foster collective advocacy in strengthening the value placed on teaching and learning

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Local Enhancement Projects Showcase
2021-11-12 13:00 - 14:00 | IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland
An open ‘fair’ of projects, various participants will be on hand to discuss their work in the LEP projects over the last years. Newly awarded participants will also be present to give a preview of their projects.
Registration
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Tree Tour
2021-11-12 13:00 - 14:00 | University College Cork
Dr. Eoin Lettice gives a walking tour of the UCC Arboretum.
Focus of event:

Walking tour

Registration
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VIT&L Week Closing
2021-11-12 13:30 - 14:30
This session will be opened by Lynn Ramsey, chair of the National Forum board.
Reflection from the Student Assembly
Attendees will have the opportunity to hear directly from the National Forum Student Assembly in a reflection on student perspectives on VIT&L Week.
The Gasta Marathon… some journey!
Gasta Master Dr Tom Farrelly will share his final thoughts on the Gasta marathon in a VIT&L Week where over 26 lightning talks will have been presented to complete the first ever Gasta marathon.
The VIT&L Week Visual Review
Dr Terry Maguire, director of the National Forum, will talk through graphics and images that were captured during each day of VIT&L Week by graphic recorder Esther Bladau. Using Zoom, Esther joined all National Forum-hosted events that took place daily from 8-12 November 2021 and drew the unfolding conversations that took place. The illustrations that emerged as Esther’s response will be shared with participants in a visual review of VIT&L Week.
Closing Remarks
Lynn Ramsey, Chair, National Forum will deliver VIT&L Week closing remarks to the higher education community.

Academic Integrity, SATLE 2020
2021-11-12 13:30 - 14:30 | University College Cork
Kathy Bradley hosts an event on academic integrity including the launch of new resources, videos and materials.
This session uses bingo as a fun, interactive way to engage with and reflect on concepts relating to academic integrity, with a focus on fostering a culture of academic integrity across the University. Similar events will be hosted for students later in the year, and this session is a special preview event designed for staff.
Dr. Loretta Goff will briefly introduce the Academic Integrity Project, led by the Skills Centre and CIRTL, and some of the key developments to-date. Then we will get straight to the game – there will even be some prizes up for grabs!
Focus of event:

Academic integrity Project

Registration
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Celebrating Student Success & Reflecting on the future of Business in a TU
2021-11-12 13:30 - 15:30
A series of strategic conversations to share experience and shape practice as we step beyond our emergency move to Responsive Blended Learning to a ‘new normal’.
This event will comprise a series of strategic conversations to share experience and shape practice as we step beyond our emergency move to Responsive Blended Learning to a ‘new normal’.
Stage One: Celebrate Our Student’s Success (12/11/2021)
A two-hour online event with keynote speaker: Professor Alejandro Armellini, Dean of Digital and Distributed Learning, University of Portsmouth. This online event will be followed by three 30-minute, themed workshops. Staff from across the three campuses of TU Dublin will share ideas and tips on innovative practice relating to:

valuing student engagement online
increasing engagement through extracurricular events
innovative technology use for teaching and assessment.

A Plenary Panel Session will focus on the student T&L experience during and post- pandemic where a selection of cross-faculty students will share their learnings.
Stage Two: How teaching and learning can be collectively enhanced for business disciplines provision in the Technological University Dublin (19/11/2021)
This stage will feature online workshops where staff will propose what to take from this experience into our TLA strategy.
Focus of the event

Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued
Considering the place of teaching and learning in evolving institutional contexts, e.g., in the context of institutional mergers

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Walking as Critical Pedagogy
2021-11-12 14:00 - 15:30 | University College Cork
Maggie O’Neill leads a campus walk and talk on ‘Walking as Critical pedagogy’ with a thematic focus on women and justice
Focus of event:

Walking as critical pedagogy
Woman and justice

Registration
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/walking-as-critical-pedagogy-tickets-203656551227?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Tour of the Calm Zone
2021-11-12 14:30 - 15:30 | University College Cork
Kirsten Hurley hosts a tour of the Calm Zone
Focus of event (in bullet points):

Autism
Inclusive univeristy

Registration
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-tour-of-the-calm-zone-tickets-200936776307?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Nationwide International Students in HE Virtual Coffee and Chat
2021-11-15 13:00 - 14:00 | IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland
This Nationwide meet and greet is open to all international students visiting Ireland and enrolled in full time education. This includes Erasmus students as well as the broader international student population. IADT will host this convivial event, with the help of the USI and International Officers from other HEI’s.
Registration
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nationwide-international-students-in-he-live-and-virtual-coffee-and-chat-tickets-202023847767
