Learning Outcomes: Participants will explore working definitions for ‘Student Success’ for their unit/department/office/campus Participants will be familiar with the research and theory of Student Transitions throughout higher education Participants will be able to identify key transitions, both anticipated and unanticipated, their students may experience and potential strategies to empower Eventbrite registration link will be available…
Learning Outcomes: Explore the role of the responsibility sharing in the giving and receiving of feedback in the learning process for both the assessor and the student Examine the importance of including the student in the feedback process as a means of increasing the learning experience Define some principles that should underpin a culture of…
The National Forum will participate in a 24-Hour Web-a-thon on 5-6 March 2019 for Open Education Week, an annual convening of the global open education movement to share ideas, new projects and to raise awareness about open education and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. The National Forum’s Dr Terry Maguire and Dr Catherine…
Learning Outcomes: Describe the learning context with regards to discipline, audience and delivery mode Map the various elements that inform the development of online resources using the "matter, method and manner" frame of the workshop Identify barriers to learning that students may encounter with different online delivery styles (“Manner”) Review and revise content and delivery…
Learning Outcomes: Understand how technology is being used innovatively in professional educational domains, to include nurse, solicitor and teacher education Recognise the rewards and associated challenges in using technology innovatively in these professional domains Critically evaluate the technologies presented Apply the use of these technologies to one’s own professional education context
Learning Outcomes: Explore what student engagement information is available within the VLE (Moodle) and how it may be accessed Use algorithms to transform numerical student data into meaningful descriptors Create personalised feedback suitable for delivery to students
Learning Outcomes: To explore the potential of the student placement for supporting assessment for, of and as learning – with a particular regard for teaching qualification programmes for the further education sector To examine good practice in lesson observation including the communication of post-observation feedback To share good practice in achieving consistency and fairness in…
Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to design and implement an eportfolio task to support students studying abroad Participants will have designed a draft eportfolio task aimed at supporting study abroad students Participants will be able to demonstrate an awareness of eportfolio pedagogy Evenbrite registration link will be available soon, in the interim please contact…
To mark the completion of the three year NStEP Work Plan a conference will be held in the Departments of Education on Tuesday, March 12th 2019. The conference will share the out puts of the 5 National Projects and present the work of the Class Rep Training Programme.
Aligning Teaching and Learning Across the Technological Sector (ATLAS): sharing outpus from mapping accredited professional development to the National Professional Development Framework.
Learning Outcomes: Discuss the National Professional Development Framework Identify opportunities for engagement with the PDF when planning/facilitating formal and informal development activities Use the "ATLAS Consultation Pack" to explore professional development for the technological sector with colleagues Engage collaboratively to advance professional development opportunities in the technological sector
Learning Outcomes: Identified key features/tools in virtual educational spaces that are important for students, academics and other stakeholder Explored reasons for changing an institution’s VLE (virtual learning environment) Identified important considerations when reviewing VLE options Discussed the organisational and technological opportunities and challenges involved
Learning Outcomes: The attendees will: Understand approaches and techniques that facilitate better partnership between students and clinicians in the assessment of practice education Appreciate how collaborative assessment contributes to the development of desired graduate attributes (i.e. to act responsibly, think independently, communicate effectively, and develop continuously) Be able to implement approaches and techniques that facilitate…
In the classic story The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy leads her charges through the Land of Oz to the Emerald City seeking a hearing from the all-powerful wizard. They hope to convince the wizard to use his powers to grant them all something they believe they are missing – the scarecrow, a brain; the lion,…
Learning Outcomes: Worked with colleagues in teams to review the curriculum design of their programmes Reviewed the design of their face-to-face programmes and apply a new design for blended delivery in a VLE Applied the ABC to VLE design method to their programme and modules to enhance student learning Identified new activities and collaborations to…
Learning Outcomes: Outline how small scale initiatives, such as the ABC curriculum design, can be used to support large scale institutional policies on digital learning Describe how to implement the ABC Curriculum design process Create a visual storyboard of a module using the ABC Curriculum design toolkit Define activities and assessments that will help students…
The Steering Group of the National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP) is currently developing a strategy for the future and would like to hear from all those studying or working in Irish higher education. The new strategy will determine how resources are directed and policies are shaped in the area of student engagement over the coming…
Launch of Online Open-Access Professional Development Short Course for All Those Who Teach The National Forum’s open-access professional development short course ‘Getting Started with Professional Development – PACT’ is an exciting new opportunity for anyone who teaches in Irish higher education to receive recognition, in the form of a digital badge, for their commitment to…
Learning Outcomes: Participants will have a deeper awareness and understanding of the challenges facing international students and all learners studying through a language other than their mother tongue Participants will have strategies which they can implement in designing and delivering courses which will support learning through a language other than the mother tongue Participants will…