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…
The School of Allied Health (SAH), UL has received awards for the Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment approach to Interprofessional Education (IPE). As national IPE leaders, we will showcase our teaching and learning through our reflection of developing an interprofessional curriculum. The pivotal event of this showcase will be an expert-led IPE training workshop. It will focus on the development of faculty capacity to sustain and enhance the existing IPE curricular activities and to lead on the…
This online symposium will feature keynote presentations by Prof Kathleen Yancey (FSU, ePortfolio-as-Curriculum: Models and Practices for Developing Students' ePortfolio Literacy) and Prof Penny Light (SGU, ‘Documenting Learning with ePortfolios: A Guide for College Instructors’) and will be interspersed with interactive presentations facilitated by Aisling Reast (Hibernia College, Registrar) and Dr Orna Farrell (DCU). The…
Eric Moore hosts a 2 hour workshop on Virtual Games – Interactive troubleshooting industry challenges in Bioanalytical Chemistry Focus of event: Workshop on virtual games as teaching tools Registration https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-virtual-games-tickets-200922212747?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
The higher education (HE) sector is uniquely positioned to galvanise societal action on human rights, inclusion and sustainable development through the conscious integration of Human Rights Education and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) throughout all teaching and learning. This session will be run by MTU’s UNESCO Chair, with a guest speaker from UNESCO’s Education for…
Ministerial launch of report and findings from the national sectoral partnership project Next Steps: Moving Forward Together Simon Harris TD, Ireland’s Minister for Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science will officially launch the report and findings from the national sectoral partnership project- Next Steps for Teaching and Learning: Moving Forward Together. The overarching…
