Conceptualising UDL with the Student Voice
To date, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) initiatives within IT Sligo have aimed to improve the student learning experience through streams of CPD programmes developed for educators. It is now…
Local Enhancement Projects
The Teaching and Learning Committee in IADT comprises of academic and professional support staff who endeavour to provide a learning and teaching ecosystem to ensure students thrive in their learning…
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Quality be Framed? Designing a Quality Framework for Work-integrated Learning
Work-integrated learning (WIL) refers to the integration of disciplinary knowledge and skills (Boud and Solomon, 2001), between theoretical, practical and general life experience (Cooper, Orrell and Bowden 2010). It has…
Digital Futures – Embedding TEL at NCAD
This initiative builds upon and extends valuable learning and investment through SATLE 2019. The abrupt and intense necessity to embrace TEL due to the pandemic has brought significant change to…
VIRAL – Virtual Reality for the Acquisition of Language
Second-language learning (L2) in adulthood can pose significant challenges to learners (Legault et al., 2019). Though evidence has shown that those learning a second language whilst studying abroad have improved…
Re-imagining Assessment and Feedback for Student Success
This CUA initiative is titled Re-imagining Assessment and Feedback for Student Success and involves GMIT, IT Sligo and LYIT. Total CUA budget €90,000 (includes €30,000 from LYIT). Each institute is…
Designing an Implementation Strategy for the Internationalisation of the Home Curriculum
The fundamental principle underpinning Internationalisation at Home is that all students should be offered global perspectives within their programme of study, regardless of whether they spend time abroad. This Learning…
Your Brainpower –Harnessing the Power and Potential of Brain and Behaviour for Enhanced Learning, Wellbeing, and Student Success.
It is now accepted that adolescence extends from 10-24 years, and so the majority (88%, 2017/2018) of undergraduate students in higher education (HE) are therefore considered adolescents, with cognitive, social,…
4S (Smart Student Support Scheme)
This initiative is designed specifically in response to student feedback. It utilises the feedback themes outlined below from Waterford Institute of Technology survey data (studentsurvey.ie 2013-2020, QA3 2017-20) to target…
Placing the Learner at the Centre of the Assessment Feedback Process
Assessment of learning is a communicative process. Learners create materials that are viewed, read or experienced by educators, who, in response, exercise judgement, provide advice and offer guidance. Ideally, learners…