National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Enabling Student Success by Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning
2021-11-11 13:30 - 15:00 UTC | University College Cork
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
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Using Images in Teaching to Engage Student Learning
2021-11-11 13:00 - 14:00 | IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland
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
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Scholarship Hour No. 4 (Stage 4 of the Gasta Marathon)
2021-11-11 12:30 - 13:30
Chaired by National Forum board member, Professor Jacqueline McCormack (Vice President of Online Development at IT Sligo), the fourth Scholarship Hour will open with National Forum Teaching and Learning Research Fellow, Professor Chris Lynch (UCC), sharing his initial research findings on findings from his research into Working with Higher Education Institutions and Professional and Regulatory Bodies to Enhance the Competencies of Future Professionals.
This presentation will be followed by the fourth stage of our Gasta Marathon led by Gasta Master, Dr Tom Farrelly (MTU). Gasta speakers for the fourth scholarship hour are:

Scholarship Hour Chaired by Professor Jaqueline McCormack

12:30 – 12:50
Prof. Chris Lynch (UCC)
National Forum Teaching and Learning Research Fellow
Working with Higher Education Institutions and Professional and Regulatory Bodies to Enhance the Competencies of Future Professionals

Gasta Marathon Stage 4 begins facilitated by Gasta Master Dr. Tom Farrelly

Time
Speaker
Title of Talk
Institution

12:51-12:56
Fionnuala Darby
Building MultiStories
TU Dublin

12:57-13:02
Conor McKevitt
Facilitating Academic Judgement among First year students
Dundalk Institute of Technology

13:03-13:08
Caitríona Ní Shé
TeRMEd Classification Framework
Trinity College Dublin

13:09-13:14
Lucia Cloonan
Engaging & Assessing Students Online using the ABC Learning Design Framework
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

13.15-13:20
Yuhui Gao
Building Meaningful Connections in Large Online Classes
Dublin City University

13:20-13.30

General Q&A
Chair provides a brief summary of key insights from presentations

Registration
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ELEVATE, SATLE 2019
2021-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | University College Cork
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 frameworks, SOTL research and technical innovation on the outputs of the project.
The critical role of interdisciplinary collaboration and student contribution to optimising teaching resource design will also be discussed together with an outline of the path from ELEVATE to a successful National Forum DELTA award for teaching excellence. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit demonstration workstations highlighting the range of digital resources employed by the school of microbiology as well as future planned developments for real time, collaborative VR interactions for student learning.
Focus of event:

Discuss pedagogy and research in the ELEVATE project

Registration
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A celebration of excellence in Teaching & Learning
2021-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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 Fellows across all faculties, with some applicants funded through a National Forum SATLE project.
This event seeks to celebrate these Fellows’ international recognition of a commitment to professionalism in teaching and learning. All DCU staff will be invited to attend and hear Fellows reflections on the journey. These experiences will be captured in a ‘vox pop’ style video outlining how best to document and share the impact of teaching and learning initiatives. Additionally, a Word Cloud graphic will be created from successful Fellow applications to promote and support attainment of this teaching excellence recognition.
Focus of the event

Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued

Registration
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Reimagining a Climate Action University in 2030
2021-11-11 11:30 - 12:30 | GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Galway, Ireland
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 the same workshop to provide two opportunities for staff and students to engage in the discussion.
Event Open to GMIT, IT Sligo and LKIT

Celebration and launch of the CUA DigitalEd Case Study Collection Publication
2021-11-11 11:00 - 12:30
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 how it has supported the development of a culture of digital transformation across the CUA.
Established in January 2020, the CUA Digital Champion network supports colleagues to develop their digital teaching and learning skills and engagement with a suite of DigitalEd.ie resources and professional development pathways. The impact of the champion mentoring network is wide ranging, from a local and institutional perspective, and it is provided an opportunity for digital transformation, as we move forward in becoming a new Technological University in the West and North-West of Ireland.
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 can be strengthened
Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Considering how the relational, structural, practical or policy aspects of teaching and learning can be valued, supported and recognised
Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued
Considering the place of teaching and learning in evolving institutional contexts, e.g., in the context of institutional mergers
Leveraging partnerships between those who teach and their students, as well as the wider educational community, to foster collective advocacy in strengthening the value placed on teaching and learning

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Inter-Institutional Hybrid Classrooms: A CHARM European University Perspective
2021-11-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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 the same time. A hybrid classroom solves this challenge by offering a space for students to learn both locally and remotely, and is an ideal model for teaching across an inter-institutional programme.
Trinity College Dublin is a partner of the CHARM European University, and is delivering a Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability with the University of Montpellier, Utrecht University, Eötvös Loránd University, and University of Barcelona in 2021 – 2023. CHARM-EU hybrid classrooms are designed to support inter-institutional teaching, including one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many scenarios.
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to module design, development and implementation across an inter-institutional postgraduate Master’s programme, and how this design was supported by a hybrid classroom approach. A focus will be on the structures used to support inter-institutional module design with transdisciplinary stakeholders where the hybrid classroom is used as a teaching environment across five European Universities.
Sharing our experiences of the inter-institutional and hybrid teaching modality of CHARM-EU module development will be of interest to any higher education administrative, teaching, and management staff working in inter-institutional teaching environments. It will also be of interest to educational technologists and instructional designers seeking novel means of teaching innovation in their own universities.
Focus of the event

Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Considering the place of teaching and learning in evolving institutional contexts, e.g., in the context of institutional mergers

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Valuing Teaching and Learning about sacred artefacts from the World’s major religions in Higher Education
2021-11-11 10:00 - 13:30
This innovative and collaborative National Forum one day seminar proposes a dialogical framework involving educational, cultural and religious experts as they explore the role of religious artefacts in creative teaching and learning environments. For this event Mary Immaculate College would partner with the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin City Interfaith Forum and the MidWest Interfaith Network to ensure that educators could explore the opportunities and challenges of using religious artefacts in HEIs and in a range of educational contexts. With input from the NCCA, religious thinkers and leaders, academics and museum educators, this one day seminar would encourage educators to explore the relevance and potency of pedagogies using sacred artefacts for creative and effective teaching and learning in diverse educational contexts (from primary to third level). To enable as many educators and members of faith communities as possible to access this event, keynote presentations will be live-streamed and recorded. A resource of on-line pedagogies drawing on sacred artefacts in the Chester Beatty Collection will be made freely available for educators on the CB website after this event.
Focus of the event

To explore learner-centred methodologies for active learning (in HEIs and primary/post-primary ITE programmes) through handling sacred objects
To understand the importance of sacred objects in the lives of believers from the major world’s religions through first-hand testimonies
To dialogue with educators about the opportunities and challenges involved in creatively exploring sacred objects in learning environments
To inform professional practice on ways the Chester Beatty on-line and in-house collections can scaffold learners’ understandings of belief diverse communities
To foster open, respectful critical engagement with sacred traditions in contemporary Ireland
To generate innovative materials to enhance pedagogies for teaching and learning about religions and beliefs.
To build a network of faith members and educators for on-going collaboration and educational debate about sacred traditions and museum-based collections in Ireland.

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Advancing Digital Pedagogy at Maynooth University: Reflecting on the Move Online
2021-11-10 14:00 - 16:00
This seminar will draw on the experiences of academic and teaching-support staff to identify what has been learnt from the period of emergency online teaching and learning and how Maynooth as an institution can capitalise on this. Utilising a World Café event, we will problematise questions of what worked well and what didn’t, by reflecting on the plurality of experiences, as well as the potential benefits and challenges of digital teaching and learning. The seminar will not only aid in knowledge exchange and the development of an institutional approach to the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning but also, and importantly, provide an opportunity for reflection upon areas of future research and collaboration to fully realise the potential of digital technologies to enhance pedagogy at Maynooth. This will be further enabled by the production of a report based on the data generated by the World Café discussion.
Focus of the event

Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued

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Cork Prison Education Unit
2021-11-10 14:00 - 15:00 | University College Cork
Launch of education booklet following collaboration between UCC and Cork Prison Education Unit.
Focus of event:

Launch booklet

Registration
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Academic Integrity with Megan O’Connor, USI Vice President for Education and others
2021-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 | IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland
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 and Learning) will also be on the panel. Information from the Registrar’s office will be shared.
Registration
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Scholarship Hour No. 3 (Stage 3 of the Gasta Marathon and Poster Showcase 1)
2021-11-10 12:30 - 13:30
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 Stage 3 begins facilitated by Gasta Master Dr. Tom Farrelly

Time
Speaker
Title of Talk
Institution

12:30-12:35
Dearbhla Cullinane
Reviving The Anatomic Past: Breathing New Life into Historic Anatomical Teaching Tools
Trinity College Dublin

12:36-12:41
Sandra Nicholson
Authentic teaching on interpreting animal emotions
University College Dublin

12:42-12:47
Eileen O’Leary
The Be ACTIVE Framework for Active Learning
Munster Technological University

12:48-12:53
Ciaran O’Leary
SUREbyts: Introducing Research to First-Year Students
SURE Network

12:54-13:06
Poster Showcase No. 1

13:07-13:12
Niall Fahy
Compliance is Key
Munster Technological University

13:13-13:18
Dr. Ciara Duignan
Siobhán Creedon
Geraldine Doyle
Dr. Violeta Morari
Student partnership in wellbeing research and scholarship
University College Dublin

13:19-13.24
Cróna O’Donoghue
U_N_I_Q_U_E Creative Process
Letterkenny Institute of Technology

13:25 -13:30
Maria P. Morgan
Rapid implementation of a hybrid converged-teaching model with a large class size; impact on student performance & satisfaction ratings
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

Registration
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Preparing our Students for a Sustainable Future: Launch of the SDG Toolkit
2021-11-10 12:00 - 13:00 | University College Cork
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 teaching staff to integrate the SDGs into teaching and learning. It includes teaching and learning strategies, videos, databases, case studies and interactive tools. The toolkit also includes mapping tools to help staff realise connections between specific SDGs and their modules, programmes or research while offering self-reflective exercises to guide further SDG integration.
The overarching goal of this SDG Toolkit is to guide students to develop a deep transformative understanding of disciplinary knowledge and values aligned with sustainable development, so they are enabled with a mindset to become innovative agents of change and to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world in both their professional and personal lives.
Focus of event:

Launch of SDG toolkit

Registration
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Inclusive UCC Project
2021-11-10 11:00 - 12:00 | University College Cork
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 Empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more. This workshop will focus on a broad overview of accessibility and how staff at UCC can take small steps to empower all students. Hector will give you some tips and key takeaways. We’ll also take the time to answer your questions.
Focus of event:

Introduction to Inclusive UCC project
Demonstration of Microsoft tools

Registration
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-inclusive-ucc-project-tickets-200958742007?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

National VIT&L Event: Next Steps for Teaching and Learning in Irish Higher Education
2021-11-10 11:00 - 12:00
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 aim of the ‘Next Steps’ project was to address the question, in the context of COVID-19, ‘What have we learnt and what does it mean for the future of teaching and learning in Irish higher education?’
The launch will be the centre-piece of VIT&L Week events and activities. This event will share the findings from the project. These findings will be discussed by a panel which includes student, staff, senior management, sector, system and international representatives. This Ministerial launch event will be chaired and presented by Irish print and broadcast journalist Matt Cooper and will be live streamed.
Registration (Online Stream)
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/national-vitl-event-next-steps-for-teaching-and-learning-in-irish-he-tickets-203242893967
(In-person event in the RDS, by invitation only)

Operationalising SDGs, Education for Sustainable Development and human rights
2021-11-10 | Munster Technological University
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 Sustainable Development unit. It will showcase the potential for transformative change offered by the HE sector adopting an integrated and coherent response to the linked policy agendas of ESD, the Sustainable Development Goals, the equality diversity and inclusion agenda, and human rights. In doing so, we can produce graduates equipped to integrate development, rights and inclusion into their work throughout their career trajectory, bringing societal change. It will also highlight how public sector human rights and equality duty relates to the HE sector, strengthening the value of teaching and learning in line with HE priorities.
Focus of 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 can be strengthened
Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Leveraging partnerships between those who teach and their students, as well as the wider educational community, to foster collective advocacy in strengthening the value placed on teaching and learning

Virtual Games – Interactive Troubleshooting Industry Challenges in Bioanalytical Chemistry
2021-11-09 15:00 - 17:00
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
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ePortfolios for experiential learning: Guided by theory, cultivated by Students
2021-11-09 14:00 - 17:00
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 symposium will then hear from students Laine Abria (TCD) and Alex McKibben (RCSI), mid-way through a 16-week experiential placement in ‘role emerging education’ (Preceptor Dr Cicely Roche) as part of their fourth- year studies. Laine and Alex are exploring the concept of ePortfolios, in the context of experiential learning and from the student’s perspective, and will share their findings and observations with speakers and attendees.

Focus of the Event
Leveraging partnerships between those who teach and their students, as well as the wider educational community, to foster collective advocacy in strengthening the value placed on teaching and learning

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IPE @ SAH: Looking Back to Step Forward
2021-11-09 14:00 - 15:00 | University of Limerick, Ireland
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 development of a community of practice across health sciences faculty.
By the end of the interactive workshop participants will:

develop a plan and the materials for mixed group facilitation training;
exchange knowledge, experiences and ideas about the sustainability of quality interprofessional experiences;
develop an awareness of the qualities and traits of confident facilitators.

This keynote event will be supported by a number of sessions offered by SAH staff and students.
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 can be strengthened
Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Considering how the relational, structural, practical or policy aspects of teaching and learning can be valued, supported and recognised

Student Success is What You Make It
2021-11-09 13:30 - 14:30 | University College Cork
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 about the meaning of Student Success.
Focus of event:

Presentation on Student Success Strategy

Registration
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-student-success-satle-2020-project-tickets-201003495867?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

IPE @ SAH - LOOKING BACK TO STEP FORWARD
2021-11-09 13:00 - 14:00
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 scholarship of fostering IPE and share student experiences of IPE learning activities undertaken by SAH.
This work provides evidence to enhance the delivery of high-quality collaborative education and practice among healthcare professionals.
We invite academic and practice staff, clinicians, clinical and therapy management past graduates and current students to join us on Tuesday 9th November, 1-2pm in sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work.
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Specific Learning Difficulties - What a Difference Supports Make
2021-11-09 13:00 - 14:00 | IADT, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin, Ireland
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 and what difference it made to their undergraduate journey.
Registration
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Scholarship Hour No. 2 (Stage 2 of the Gasta Marathon)
2021-11-09 12:30 - 13:30
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 presentation will be followed by the second stage of our Gasta Marathon led by Gasta Master, Dr Tom Farrelly (MTU). Gasta speakers for the second scholarship hour are:

Scholarship Hour No 2 Chaired by: Leo Casey

12:30-12:50
Dr. Brett Becker (UCD)
National Forum Teaching and Learning Research Fellow
Teaching and Learning for the Next Era of Digital Innovation

Gasta Marathon begins facilitated by Gasta Master Dr. Tom Farrelly

Time
Speaker
Title of Talk
Institution

12:51 -12:56
Angelica Risquez
Towards a Devolved Model of Management of OER? The Case of the Irish Higher Education Sector
University of Limerick

12:57-13:02
Dr. Trevor Clohessy
Fostering Transformational Learning in Higher Education: The Importance of Identifying Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

13:03 – 13:08
Sviatlana Anishchuk
Can a virtual educational learning cultivate empathy in undergraduate teaching?
Trinity College Dublin

13:09-13:14
Jerry Reen
Student partnered design of Immersive Virtual Reality Simulations
University College Cork

13.15-13:20
Dr. Cormac Quigley
Developing Data Analytics Processes to Inform and Enhance Learning
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

13:20-13.30

General Q&A
Chair provides a brief summary of key insights from presentations

Registration
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/valuing-irelands-teaching-and-learning-vitl-week-scholarship-hour-tickets-203232904087

TRANSforming the Curriculum
2021-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | University College Cork
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 social, familial, community, educational and healthcare challenges in Ireland. This session focuses on university-wide initiatives which can TRANSform the higher education landscape for students, staff, academics, and researchers.
Focus of event:

Dr Fiachra Ó Suilléabháin & Vanessa Lacey will highlight HE initiatives to ensure inclusion of sexual and gender minority students

Registration
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/transforming-the-curriculum-tickets-204041572837?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Virtual Tour of the ASSERT Centre
2021-11-09 11:30 - 12:30 | University College Cork
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
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Leading the Transition towards a Climate Action University
2021-11-09 11:00 - 12:30 | GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Galway, Ireland
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, TUD), David Minton (Director, Northern and Western Regional Assembly), Tomás Ó Síocháin (CEO, Western Development Commission), Dr. Mark Kelly (Head of Centre for Sustainability), Declan Feeney (Dept. of Environmental Sciences, IT Sligo) and Fiona Britton (Sustainability Officer, IT Sligo).
Event Open to GMIT, IT Sligo and LKIT

Principles and Practices of Open Research: The PaPOR TRaIL Project and Course
2021-11-09 10:00 - 11:30 | University College Cork
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 research OER in Ireland and is designed to be applicable in all disciplines in which research is conducted.
This seminar will be led by Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar, School of Public Health, UCC. It will include an overview of the PaPOR TRaIL project and course and panel discussions with students and research supervisors.
Focus of event:

Overview of the PaPOR TRaIL Open Education Resources (OER)

Registration
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/vital-week-principles-and-practices-of-open-research-tickets-200949313807?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Review of a recent report on Students' perception of excellent teaching in Higher Education
2021-11-09 | Technological University of the Shannon, Tipperary, Ireland
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 can be strengthened
Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Considering the place of teaching and learning in evolving institutional contexts, e.g., in the context of institutional mergers

Registration
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/students-perception-of-excellent-teaching-in-he-tickets-195172966597

VIT&L Week Virtual International Winter School (November 8th - 12th)
2021-11-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Marino Institute, Griffith Ave, Dublin 9, Ireland
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 professional identity, being a reflective practitioner, being a collaborative professional and being a research informed professional. The Winter School will be open to Irish and international educators and students of education, and will combine both Student Connect and Staff Connect sessions. Participants will also be invited to join an international professional learning network for sharing ideas, resources and research related to teaching and learning.
Focus of the event

Sharing and valuing ongoing teaching and learning enhancement work
Gathering views and experiences from those who learn, teach and/or lead on the shift to online/remote learning and considering what has been learned for the future about how teaching and learning can/should be valued
Leveraging partnerships between those who teach and their students, as well as the wider educational community, to foster collective advocacy in strengthening the value placed on teaching and learning

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