Thinking with Things: harnessing Creativity for Teaching and Learning

University College Cork , United States

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,…

Valuing and enhancing the teaching of external practitioner tutors in HEIs (online event)

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…

Launch of the Digital Badge in Autism Awareness for Staff

University College Cork , United States

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…

Virtual Laboratories in Higher Education

University College Cork , United States

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 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-virtual-laboratories-tickets-200928993027?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Launch of Brainpower Digital Badge

University College Cork , United States

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,…

Scholarship Hour No. 5 (Final Stage of the Gasta Marathon and Poster Showcase 2)

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…

MU Celebration & Cultivation of Community Engaged & Work Related Learning

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.…

Launch of IADT’s VITAL Programme. Opening of ‘What makes a Great Educator/Learner?’ Installations in the Student Canteen. Live Event.

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…

Local Enhancement Projects Showcase

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 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lep-projects-showcase-tickets-202022062427

Tree Tour

University College Cork , United States

Dr. Eoin Lettice gives a walking tour of the UCC Arboretum. Focus of event: Walking tour Registration https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-tree-tour-tickets-200827248707?aff=ebdsoporgprofile