Date: April 10th

Time:14:00 – 18:00

Venue: O’Rahilly Building Room ORB 2.55, University College, Cork  Рmaximum capacity 50 (places to be allocated on a first come based)

Presenter(s):

Mr. Daniel Blackshields, School of Economics, UCC

(Chair of seminar)

Mr. James Cronin, School of History, UCC

Dr, Bettie Higgs,Vice-President for Teaching & Learning (Interim); co-director Ionad Bairre; Department of Geology, UCC

Ms. Aishinn Joy, School of Medicine, UCC

Dr. Ella Kavanagh, School of Economics, UCC

Prof. Shane Kilcommins, School of Law, UL

Dr. Marian McCarthy, Co-director Ionad Bairre, UCC

Dr. Assumpta O’Kane, Chartered Occupational Psychologist

Dr. Eleanor O’Sullivan, Dental School, UCC

Prof. Tony Ryan, Department of Pediatrics, UCC

Ms. Aileen Waterman, Careers Services, UCC

Event Details:

In an increasingly interconnected world, the transition from college to work (and life itself) requires students to form a capacity for lifelong learning and habits of mind to make meaningful connections in their learning. The development of this capacity must not be left to the assumption that students will pull the pieces of their education together if all students are to meet such challenges. Through case studies and a panel discussion, this seminar supports the capacity of educators to make the transition to curriculum design that places integrative learning at the core of third level education.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. To act as a primer to integrative learning and its relevance to Higher Education;
  2. To provide a practical resource to help Higher Education staff to effectively research pedagogies to counter the potential fragmentation of the teaching and learning experience;
  3. To provide a showcase of discipline-specific interventions designed to foster student capacities to integrate their learning in a variety of situations;
  4. To provide practical guidance on how to assess that student integration of knowledge has occurred;
  5. To stimulate discussion on the design, enactment and assessment of curricula and their fit with the demands of a complex, interconnected and uncertain world.

Contact: Daniel Blackshields,

University College, Cork

tel (021) 4903515

d.blackshields@ucc.ie

Twitter: @hdecbus