What a year it has been! As we prepare to say goodbye to 2020 and set our sights on a more hopeful 2021, we decided to take a moment to remember some of the teaching and learning highlights of the past 12 months. Highlight 1: Student Learning Supported Through the Pandemic Context Reflecting on the…
A Christmas bumper edition of the National Forum ezine has just been published here, including a blend of regular features and seasonal novelties. The Christmas ezine has mentions of paths, journeys, maps, spaces, shapes, stopping, starting, continuing, past, present, future, daybreak, afternoons, evenings, mornings, endings, beginnings. Especially for the festive season, it has a festive…
A highly engaging networking event for teams funded under the 2019 Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement (SATLE) Fund took place on 01 December. The event, originally planned to take place face-to-face in the Aviva, took place instead online with 88 representatives across 22 institutions attending. The meeting provided an opportunity for teams to…
The National Forum has continued its strong focus on connecting internationally in recent weeks, with a number of high-level engagements focused on teaching and learning in a digital world. The recent Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey and previous National Forum work on open resources, learning analytics, technological infrastructure and digital and open polices constitute…
On 23 November, an exciting new open-access professional development short course was launched by Campus Engage, in partnership with the National Forum, focused on community engaged learning. Campus Engage, based at the Irish Universities Association, promotes and supports civic and community engagement across Irish higher education. This new short course unites the three core roles…
