Teaching & Learning Approaches to EDI and Sustainable Development Goal 5 – Gender Equality

Dr Gemma Irvine, Vice-President for Equality and Diversity at Maynooth University will share her experiences and insights on practices to date in integrating gender, EDI and Sustainable Development Goal 5 - Gender Equality in the curriculum in HE sector. The session will be followed by audience Q&A. Please register for the online session in advance…

A strategic collaboration on digitally enhanced learning in higher education

Hibernia College

Hibernia College invite individuals who teach and learn within higher education in Ireland, to participate in a collaborative discussion focused on shared experiences of digitally enhanced learning. This professional dialogue between those who deliver, and experience professional education will be framed by Hibernia College’s Teaching, Learning and Assessment Strategy that is developed in the context…

Creating visually engaging, dynamic, and interactive content for a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LyIT) , Ireland

The Flexible Online Learning team at LYIT will deliver a workshop that takes users through: A showcase of examples that have been created and implemented at LYIT. How to create your own visually engaging, dynamic, and interactive content. Through the course of this workshop the team will explore several methods for creating and embedding this…

Reflecting on How We can Collectively Enhance T&L in Business Disciplines in TU Dublin

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…

Embedding Global Citizenship Education into TU Dublin Programmes: Starting a Conversation

Technological University Dublin Dublin, Ireland

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…

Nurturing Wellness within Teaching and Learning

Munster Technological University

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 Week Event 1 – Developing a Transformative Education Framework for Higher Education

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…

Building cross University CoP connections to enhance teaching & learning

Technological University Dublin Dublin, Ireland

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 in HEI’s: Passing Craze or Best Practice?

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…

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…