Following on from the success of the inaugural MIE Virtual International Winter School in 2020, the VIT&L Week Virtual International Winter School will celebrate teaching and learning in Ireland and around the globe. Contributions from Irish and international guest speakers during the five day Winter School will afford participants an opportunity to engage with topics such as…
Dr. Michael Francis Ryan, - TUS Department of Quality, Teaching and Learning will provide a summary of a recent report on Students' perception of excellent teaching in HE 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…
The PaPOR TRaIL project aimed to develop an open education resource (OER) on Open Research for undergraduate and Masters level students. The project involved engaging with students and supervisors to develop the openly accessible PaPOR TRaIL course, which covers both what open research is and how to do it. PaPOR TRaIL is the first open…
This workshop will feature the following panel members who will field questions related to the role of higher education in supporting and leading the transit towards a more ‘sustainable’ society: Dr. Orla Flynn (GMIT President), Dr. Brendan McCormack (IT Sligo President), Paul Hannigan (LKIT President), Professor John O’Halloran (UCC President), Jennifer Boyer (VP for Sustainability,…
Dr Pat Henn of the ASSERT Centre, UCC offers attendees an opportunity to review a surgical and clinical skills training centre. Focus of event: tour of ASSERT centre Registration https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-virtual-tour-of-the-assert-center-university-college-cork-tickets-200610510437?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Despite the socio-legal changes that have signalled greater acceptance of sexual diversity and gender expansive identities in the 21st century, worldwide studies highlight the enduring targeting of those with a sexual and/or gender minority status. Even with the constitutional and legislative changes since 2015 (marriage equality and gender recognition), LGBT+ youth face a myriad of…
Chaired by National Forum board member, Dr Leo Casey (Director of Learning & Teaching and Education Programmes at NCI), the second Scholarship Hour will open with National Forum Teaching and Learning Research Fellow, Dr Brett Becker(UCD), sharing his initial findings from his research into Teaching and Learning for the Next Era of Digital Innovation. This…
Lunchtime event led by Loreto Meagher, Student Support Staff in IADT. Loreto will be discussing the results from the 'Do-It Profiler' tool and outlining how academic staff can best support their students in their lectures and in the preparation of briefs. Past alumni will be joining to share their stories of how they were supported…
The School of Allied Health (SAH) at the University of Limerick are accoladed for Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment approach to Interprofessional Education (IPE). This online event will showcase scholarship and shared experience of staff and students as part of The National Forum’s VIT&L week taking place November 8-12th, 2021. We will present…
This collaborative session will feature a presentation from Julie O’Donoghue about the Student Success Strategy, along with data insights from the Student Success Survey which closes on Monday, 1 November. Following this, Dr. Briony Supple from CIRTL will engage attendees through a hands-on Lego Serious Play session, encouraging staff and students to think more deeply…
