The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning are delighted to announce that Dr Terry Maguire has been appointed as Director for a second term. Dr Maguire led the Forum from its inception in 2013, establishing the body to drive a collaborative strategy for enhancing teaching and learning across Ireland’s higher education sector.…
The National Forum today launched a comprehensive ‘Guide to Developing Enabling Policies for Digital Teaching and Learning’, compiled by Tony Murphy in collaboration with the National Forum team. The guide provides a stepped approach to developing an enabling policy for digital teaching and learning. Following the format of most National Forum initiatives and reports, the…
Learner Data is instrumental for higher education institutions to ensure student success and retention. However, with the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR from May 2018, the principles in the regulation must be applied to all personal data, including learner data. The latest Insight, published by the National Forum gives a brief…
The latest review of National Forum T&L Enhancement Fund projects (2016 Project Type 001, 002 & 003) are being held today, 29 March. The reviews are facilitated by an international review panel. LIVE STREAM *Live feed will intermittently breaks before and after each presentation Project Type 01,02 & 03 Project Title Partners (* Lead Partner) 29th March 2018 Presentation Schedule…
Press Release INAUGURAL DELTA AWARDEES ANNOUNCED Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment Awards 2018 Eleven projects from seven higher level institutions were announced as Awardees at the inaugural DELTA (Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment) awards in Dublin this evening (Wednesday 21st March). The awards were presented by the Minister for Higher Education,…
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Learning Outcomes To support and generate evidence based approaches to teaching and learning in teacher education that are a) informed by feedback, participation and involvement from various stakeholders, b) implemented using a “students as partners” approach and c) facilitated through peer led discussions of self study methodologies with a focus on data sources To provide…
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Learning Outcomes Discuss the impact of research on your professional development Explore the concept of collaborative professionalism and build networks Build a shared expertise of educational research to support your professional growth Source evidence of the impact of educational research and utilise it in your practice Identify and explore with colleagues the synergies between your…
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This webinar will explore how to share resources which you have developed as open educational resources (OER) in order to facilitate sharing and reuse by others. Key topics will include choosing an open licence, creating an open licence, and considerations for sharing and reuse. The webinar will use the National Forum Open Licensing Toolkit as a reference…
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Learning Outcomes Discuss participant's provision of undergraduate psychology as they are challenged to evaluate and develop their current systems in a rapidly evolving environment (e.g. changes to learner profile, mode and timing of engagement, market and progression route drivers) while maintaining alignment to professional body requirements Reflect on best practice in teaching and learning with…
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Learning outcomes: Understand the role of Occupational Therapists in higher education settings Understand the Healthy Campus Charter Understand the tiered public health Occupational Therapy approach to supporting student participation, health, well being and success
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Learning Outcomes Discuss what HEIs can do to facilitate research in teaching and learning Explore the motivations of lecturers to engage in research in teaching and learning Compare and contrast viable initiatives that HEIs can offer to lecturers to encourage engagement in research in teaching and learning Evaluate how structures and processes can be developed…
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Learning Outcomes Identify opportunities to enhance the learning process through blended learning Assess and critique various approaches to digital learning Learn key strategies to engage effectively with distance students Develop an understanding of the skills required to best embrace teaching and learning in a digital world Apply the skills learned to teaching, thus enriching the…
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Learning Outcomes Operate a lightboard studio and basic video recording equipment Demonstrate best practice for creating short videos for optimal student engagement Create a reusable online learning object using video technology for use in their own teaching practice
Find out more »Learning Outcomes Explore what student engagement information is available within the VLE (Moodle) and how it may be accessed Become aware of the requirements for effective data collection to allow real time dashboarding of student data Transform student engagement data into descriptive statistics to explore student behaviour for optimisation of course design Provide feedback mechanisms…
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Learning Outcomes: Identify key issues that impact upon teaching, learning and assessment in Higher Education when engaging with contested events and narratives in the fields of Modern Languages Applied Linguistics (MLAL) and Journalism Explore strategies used within and across disciplines towards the pursuit of best practice in the teaching, learning and assessment of contested events…
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The role of the Forum is to enhance the teaching and learning for all students in higher education. Engaging with leaders, managers, teachers and students, the Forum will mobilise expertise and inputs from across the entire sector to extend and shape best practice in all institutes of higher education in Ireland.
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