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…
This interactive session will see James Northridge introduce you to the exciting new Inclusive UCC project. Our guest speaker Hector Minto, Microsoft Accessibility Evangelist, will guide you through some of the accessibility features that make things possible for all and show you how digital accessibility is now everybody's business. At Microsoft, their mission is to…
This event sees the launch of UCC's SDG Toolkit and includes inputs from UCC President, Professor John O'Halloran, UCC staff and students as they share their reflections on the need for and experience of integrating the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the curriculum. The SDG toolkit is a web-based resource developed to assist…
Chaired by National Forum board member, Karena Maguire (Head of Stakeholder Engagement and Communications, QQI, who will introduce the third stage of our Gasta Marathon led by Gasta Master, Dr Tom Farrelly (MTU), and our first Poster showcase. Gasta speakers for the third scholarship hour are: Scholarship Hour 3 Chaired by Karena Maguire Gasta Marathon…
Essay mills are on the increase and the temptation to engage with these when students are under pressure is real. Megan O'Connor, USI Vice President for Education will be presenting the dark side of these businesses from real student experience. Rachel Sarsfield Ryan (IADT SU Vice President for Education) and Rebecca Roper (Head of Teaching…
