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March 2019
Fostering a partnership between students and clinicians in the assessment of practice education
Learning Outcomes: The attendees will: Understand approaches and techniques that facilitate better partnership between students and clinicians in the assessment of practice education Appreciate how collaborative assessment contributes to the development of desired graduate attributes (i.e. to act responsibly, think independently, communicate effectively, and develop continuously) Be able to implement approaches and techniques that facilitate collaborative assessment The hosts will: Understand what supporting resources are needed to improve assessment literacy among students and clinicians over the course of practice education…
Find out more »Students as partners in assessment and feedback
Learning Outcomes: Explore the role of the responsibility sharing in the giving and receiving of feedback in the learning process for both the assessor and the student Examine the importance of including the student in the feedback process as a means of increasing the learning experience Define some principles that should underpin a culture of including the students as partners in the feedback process Discuss the practicalities of incorporating this approach within the programmes of study
Find out more »A practice exchange of innovation using technology in professional education: Sharing experiences of nurse, solicitor and teacher education
Learning Outcomes: Understand how technology is being used innovatively in professional educational domains, to include nurse, solicitor and teacher education Recognise the rewards and associated challenges in using technology innovatively in these professional domains Critically evaluate the technologies presented Apply the use of these technologies to one’s own professional education context
Find out more »Harnessing student engagement data for a holistic personalised feedback
Learning Outcomes: Explore what student engagement information is available within the VLE (Moodle) and how it may be accessed Use algorithms to transform numerical student data into meaningful descriptors Create personalised feedback suitable for delivery to students
Find out more »Documenting Erasmus student experiences through ePortfolio
Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to design and implement an eportfolio task to support students studying abroad Participants will have designed a draft eportfolio task aimed at supporting study abroad students Participants will be able to demonstrate an awareness of eportfolio pedagogy Evenbrite registration link will be available soon, in the interim please contact the organiser directly for further information.
Find out more »NStEP Conference
To mark the completion of the three year NStEP Work Plan a conference will be held in the Departments of Education on Tuesday, March 12th 2019. The conference will share the out puts of the 5 National Projects and present the work of the Class Rep Training Programme.
Find out more »Ahead Conference 2019 – Journey to Oz -Travelling Together Towards Inclusive Education
In the classic story The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy leads her charges through the Land of Oz to the Emerald City seeking a hearing from the all-powerful wizard. They hope to convince the wizard to use his powers to grant them all something they believe they are missing – the scarecrow, a brain; the lion, courage; and the tin man, a heart. When the wizard turns out to be a charlatan, all seems to be lost but with Dorothy’s encouragement…
Find out more »Arena blended connected learning design (ABC to VLE)
Learning Outcomes: Worked with colleagues in teams to review the curriculum design of their programmes Reviewed the design of their face-to-face programmes and apply a new design for blended delivery in a VLE Applied the ABC to VLE design method to their programme and modules to enhance student learning Identified new activities and collaborations to include into the blended design to improve the student engagement and learning Eventbrite registration link will be available soon, in the interim please contact the…
Find out more »Using small scale digital initiatives to support large scale digital policies
Learning Outcomes: Outline how small scale initiatives, such as the ABC curriculum design, can be used to support large scale institutional policies on digital learning Describe how to implement the ABC Curriculum design process Create a visual storyboard of a module using the ABC Curriculum design toolkit Define activities and assessments that will help students achieve the module learning outcomes based on Laurillard’s (2009) six learning types Apply this curriculum design process at a programme level Eventbrite registration link will…
Find out more »Effectively supporting study transitions – Student success through outduction
Learning Outcomes: Consider the benefits of outduction, a concept and strategy of adequately preparing students to leave higher education and make a smooth and effective transition after graduation Recognise the benefits of supporting and enhancing the student experience throughout the student lifecycle for student success and to aid retention Eventbrite registration link will be available soon, in the interim please contact the organiser directly for further information.
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