The European Universities initiative offers joint curricula across multiple university campuses using an innovative, challenge based, and student-centered approach. Teaching and learning practices for these universities of the future need to be aligned with a technology enhanced, transdisciplinary approach across multiple European locations. A major challenge is how to deliver inter-institutional modules across locations at…

This special VITAL event will celebrate the launch of the DigitalEd Case Study Collection. The DigitalEd Case Study publication will showcase exemplars of online and blended course design outputs produced in GMIT, IT Sligo and LYIT including; reflections from the digital champion experience; Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the digital world; the DigitalEd transformation journey and…

This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Mark Kelly (Head of Centre for Sustainability), Declan Feeney (IT Sligo) and Fiona Britton (Sustainability Officer, IT Sligo) who will moderate a series of breakout sessions for staff and students to explore the opportunities inherent within the Climate Action University concept. The workshops on the 11th and 16th are…

Dublin City University (DCU) is committed to a transformative student learning experience, specifically cultivating an environment that values and recognises the importance of teaching. Accordingly, DCU is a member of Advance HE and in 2021 launched the first supported (online) journey to Fellowship which recognises excellence in teaching and learning. DCU now has over 50…

ELEVATE was a national forum SATLE funded project focused on the creation of bespoke, spatially immersive, Virtual Reality, 3D environments where students could physically and conceptually interact with cellular and molecular biology components to enhance their understanding of same. In the panel session members of the interdisciplinary ELEVATE team will discuss the influence of pedagogical…

Doctoral candidate Cliona Flood (lecturer in Applied Psychology) will share her research and practice regarding the use of imagery in lectures to inspire and engage students. Cliona teaches Organisational Psychology, Abnormal Psychology and is a key member of the Cyber Psychology team. Registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/using-images-in-teaching-to-engage-student-learning-tickets-201737390967

Clíodhna O’Callaghan hosts an online roundtable discussion with staff and students to demonstrate the ways in which the student voice can inform, underpin and shape staff digital education training initiatives. Focus of event: Discussion with staff on students as partners in learning Registration https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/enabling-student-success-by-enhancing-digital-teaching-learning-tickets-200912965087?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Challenges exist in engaging external/practitioner tutors to teach in HEIs, i.e. those experienced industry or professional services experts who are contracted by the HEI, to deliver modules, particularly on professional education programmes. The BLASST framework (Harvey, 2014) is a set of national (Australian) benchmarking standards to systematise good practice for learning and teaching with part-time…

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,…