As the deadline for the submission of proposals for the Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement Funding in Higher Education 2019 is next Tuesday, 8 October, we have been receiving a number of queries from institutional leads regarding the submission process. To ensure all questions are answered and our responses shared with all institutions, the Director…
We are delighted to announce that AHEAD and UCD Access & Lifelong Learning are teaming up in partnership with the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education to facilitate the Digital Badge for Universal Design in Teaching and Learning in a fully online format this Autumn/Winter. This course was developed by AHEAD and…
Learning Outcomes Explore innovative methods of community engagement for transiting towards a low carbon climate resilient future including: citizen juries; technical scenario analysis and modelling; community visioning; living labs; and participatory mapping Inform the design and development of a democratic sustainability methodology to identify and embed education for sustainability initiatives across all programmes in GMIT…
Learning Outcomes Explain the fundamentals of comparative judgement methodology as a component of student assessment Discuss and critically reflect on participant's own current assessment practices Use appropriate digital tools to use comparative judgement in assessment with students
Learning Outcomes Add to the conversation around predictive analytics by moving the focus solely from academic engagement to academic, emotional and social engagement Add to the conversation around student success; it's not just about the academic, and propose our own definition of 'leading your own race' Further information is available via the Eventbrite registration link…
The Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey will be launched on Monday 14 October 2019 in the Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin, at 10-30-12.00. This national event will mark the start of the INDEx Survey, Ireland's first ever survey of the digital experience, expectations and engagement of two key groups - students and all staff who teach…
Learning Outcomes To understand the principles, functions and purposes of supervision To understand the components of, and be able to negotiate, a viable supervision contract To understand and be able to apply the Morrison and Clare’s reflective practice cycle as a problem solving model in supervision To review and develop supervisory core competencies
The National Forum will facilitate a workshop on Wednesday 23 October to support those in Irish higher education who are engaged in institutional policy development, or who would like to contribute to institutional policies, in the areas of digital and/or open teaching and learning. This is the second in a series National Forum regional workshops, following a…
The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, in partnership with the Higher Education Authority (HEA), is organising a Student Success Symposium in the Morrison Hotel, Dublin, on the morning of 24 October 2019. The purpose of the symposium is to provide participants with the opportunity to contribute to the…
On Friday, 25 October you have the opportunity to watch a live-stream of the second set of 2018 National Forum Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund projects. The live-stream will be available for all 8 project review presentations starting at 9.00 until 14.40. These projects were selected for funding as new initiatives with the potential to…
Learning Outcomes Examine evidence of strategies to support staff in teaching international students Develop strategies for student success Explore best practice across the sector
Learning Outcomes Explore the relationship between critical thinking, reflective practice and writing Share experiences of critical thinking in action across business disciplines Develop ideas for infusing critical thinking into the undergraduate Business curriculum and learn how to integrate it into classroom and online teaching Apply critical thinking in the process of programme level assessment Appraise the…
Learning Outcomes Identify key concepts underpinning Programme Focused Assessment (PFA) that draw upon key findings/recommendations from the UK TESTA project www.testa.ac.uk and the TU Dublin LEAF Teaching Fellowship (Leading Enhancement of Assessment & Feedback) Review and rethink programme based assessment and Feedback strategies at institutional, programme and module level, taking into account current research findings…
The 28th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning in Dublin, Ireland is now less than a year away and the team in National Institute for Digital Learning (NIDL) at Dublin City University (DCU) has been busy over recent weeks preparing for the conference. They promise a truly unique Irish experience along with an exciting and engaging…