Challenges for Learning Design & Teaching Practice Beyond the Pandemic
2022-01-26 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Virtual
The earlier embedding of student-centred approaches to learning and teaching, digital innovation, co-creation and institutional capacity building were key to the transition to emergency remote teaching across the global HE sector in March 2020. Many institutions wedded to traditional teaching methods encountered barriers as they moved from campus-based provision to online learning at scale and at very short notice. In this session, Ale will reflect on how pedagogic transformation normalised before Covid-19 influenced the way institutions and their students operated during the pandemic. Drawing from his work at the University of Northampton between 2012 and 2020, he will explore what this preparedness involves, including creative and sometimes radical ways of tackling challenges. He will review recent research into student and staff engagement in blended learning settings, as well as implications and challenges for learning design, teaching practice and “emergency professional development” beyond the pandemic.

Using Creative Methodologies to Explore Issues in Educational Practice
2022-01-26 16:00 - 18:30 | Virtual
This online seminar offers theoretical and methodological insights on a range of creative and pedagogic approaches to data gathering and analysis. It also focuses on issues of interpretation and its role in narrative research through offering alternative forms of ‘giving voice’. It is envisaged that the session will include practical tasks where attendees will experiment with such methods – with a particular focus on participant voice, and how creative approaches can access and embolden same.

Ally - Accessible Content Is Better Content
2022-01-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Blackboard Ally helps institutions build a more inclusive learning environment and improve the student experience by helping them take clear control of course content with usability, accessibility and quality in mind. Ally helps to provide alternative formats for all learners which will help to improve the overall student experience with alternative formats that provide students with the choice and added flexibility that comes with a more personalised approach.

Mayo Campus Workshop: Implementing the Programmatic Review Transformation Framework (PRTF) - Assessment, Employability & Sustainability
2022-01-31 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
GMIT Mayo Campus staff are invited to learn how to embed the three themes into their programme and module review process.

In the Spotlight Webinar Series: Systematic Review MOOC
2022-02-02 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Project highlights focused on digital capacity and flexible learning delivery from IT Sligo, LYIT and GMIT.

Transforming a website of resources to a learning suite (lessons learned!)
2022-02-16 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Join Ian Miller (IACLE) as he shares his reflections on transforming a website of resources into a learning suite

Coaching and coaching approaches in higher education settings
2022-02-16 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
This seminar will provide participants with an opportunity to hear from a thought leader in the area of coaching in educational settings and to discuss coaching as it is can be applied in their own contexts. Through it, attendees will gain insights into how coaching can contribute to student success through the structured development of learner agency and self-efficacy.

In the Spotlight Webinar Series: Engineering Supports & Dymanics/Power Electronics Module
2022-02-23 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual

In the Spotlight Webinar Series: Full-Time Online a New Model of learning on the Irish Central Applications Office System (CAO)
2022-03-02 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual

RCSI SIM National Seminar Series - Day 1
2022-03-04 09:30 - 15:30
National Seminar Series RCSI SIM is holding a two-day teaching and learning workshop. Sessions include: Maximizing the Impact of Learning Conversations in Experiential Education, Enhancing Effectiveness of Teaching Teams Through Team Inclusiveness, and Using Design-Based Research to Promote Cross-Sector Communication Training.

In the Spotlight Webinar Series: English Language Programme to Support International Learners
2022-03-09 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual

National Forum Seminar: A Practice Exchange of Innovations in EBP Education
2022-03-10 10:30 - 13:30
This seminar will explore the embedding of evidence based practice (EBP) teaching and learning within and across healthcare professional curricula. EBP is fundamental for safe, high-quality healthcare and therefore an essential component of all healthcare programmes. However, designing and integrating EBP learning opportunities which explicitly and progressively drive student learning is a known curriculum design challenge. A recent Irish HEI review found that EBP was infrequently embedded within curricula (Lehane 2018). In response a UCC-led team recently defined EBP core competencies for health professionals (Lehane 2020). Building on this work, UCD formed an EBP Education Collaborative (EVIBEC) and built on this work, developing a vertical interdisciplinary framework, co-designed with students, that mapped learning outcomes to these competencies and suggested learning activities to achieve these.

Back in the Classroom: Using technology to enhance students learning
2022-03-10 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
This session will demonstrate how lecturers can continue to use technology to enhance the teaching and assessment experience of their students. Topics will include TEL tools for engagement, Use of technology for assessment (Flipgrid, Notepad, E-portfolio, Blog, podcast), and using TEAMS to create an online discussion space/learning community for a student group.

RCSI SIM National Seminar Series - Day 2
2022-03-11 09:30 - 15:30
National Seminar Series RCSI SIM is holding a two-day teaching and learning workshop. Sessions include: Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) and Feedback Literacy, Promoting a Team Approach to Patient Safety, and Preparing Simulated Participants for Feedback Practices in Communication Skills.

In the Spotlight Webinar Series: Research Writing Supports
2022-03-16 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual

AHEAD Conference 2022: Safe Haven or Stormy Port? Exploring how tertiary education design impacts our health
2022-03-21 - 2022-03-25 | Virtual
The conference will focus on a number of key themes and areas highlighting the variety of elements involved in creating a positive and student centric tertiary education experience for all students. These themes have been influenced by outcomes of the ongoing work and discussions of the AHEAD/USI Students with Disabilities Advisory Group 2020/21. Group members have frequently cited over-assessment, assessment bunching, the lack of flexibility afforded to them and inaccessibility of learning materials/practices as significant causes of anxiety and stress.

Building a Community of Inquiry Online: Deepening Student Experiential Learning
2022-03-22 09:30 - 12:00
This interactive workshop introduces participants to the process of creating meaningful collaborative online student learning experience through targeted teaching presence, underpinned by the educational Community of Inquiry (ECoI) framework (Garrison et al., 2000). ECoI will be used to first address course design and then course implementation (Swan et al., 2014). Tools including guided reflection and questioning instructional methods will be used to consider how a balance of direct instruction and facilitation (Nasir et al., 2018) can help guide learners’ written or audio-recorded reflections based on assigned readings and personal experience. Discipline specific questioning methods will be used to consider how learner reflections can be challenged through the inquiry lens, thereby moving away from superficial discussion responses to more meaningful dialogue and engagement with tutor and peers, ultimately leading to greater learning outcomes (Hambacher et al., 2018). Examples of both individual and group inquiry activities will help participants consider the optimum level of online teacher presence and influence. This approach can help build a community of inquiry, where learners reply to the teacher and/or peer questions through dialogue, modelling and facilitation (Liu, 2018). This thinking-encouraging approach is effective in engaging and challenging online learners, reinforced by an iterative peer feedback loop as a scalable intervention (Fillusa et al., 2018). Considerations include scaffolding, instructional design, and understanding students’ comfort level with collaborative online work (Robinson et al., 2017). Examples of how rubrics can be built to map learner inquiry skill development to programme assignments will form part of the workshop.

GMIT's Virtual Graduation Ceremony
2022-03-23 | Virtual
Tune in to watch GMIT’s live, virtual Graduation Ceremony to celebrate the success of our most recent graduates. This ceremony includes graduates from the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning. The ceremony will be broadcast on the GMIT Official Facebook Page and on the GMIT YouTube Channel.
Time to be confirmed.

In the Spotlight Webinar Series: Inclusive Recruitment Toolkit
2022-03-23 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual

In the Spotlight Webinar Series: The Autism Friendly Initiative
2022-03-30 13:00 - 13:30 | Virtual

Hello H5P! Day 1 Knowledge Check
2022-04-25 11:00 - 11:40 | Virtual
This session is part of the 1 week Hello H5P! miniseries consisting of 5 independent 40 minute sessions. You will be introduced to one H5P content type that falls into the particular days category. I will show you a variety of exemplars followed by a quick how-to demonstration and conclude with a Q&A.

Hello H5P! Day 2 Structure
2022-04-26 15:00 - 15:40 | Virtual

Hello H5P! Day 3 Presentation
2022-04-27 10:00 - 10:40 | Virtual

Hello H5P! Day 4 Student Generated
2022-04-28 15:00 - 15:40 | Virtual

Hello H5P! Day 5 Meet Lumi
2022-04-29 11:00 - 11:40 | Virtual
This session is part of the 1 week Hello H5P! miniseries consisting of 5 independent 40 minute sessions and it’s the final day of the series so to set you on your way I will introduce you to Lumi – your next level editor. This is a standalone free desktop application which is also now available to all staff through the company portal in ATU Galway.

ATU iNOTE Symposium
2022-05-03 10:00 - 17:00
The iNOTE Symposium 2022 is a showcase of the innovative, agile and impactful outcomes of the iNOTE project. Tuesday 3rd May 2022 will see ATU Donegal-Letterkenny host the iNOTE Symposium 2022, a showcase of the innovative, agile and impactful outcomes of the iNOTE project and their applications to teaching and learning.
Featuring a keynote address from Dr. Alec Couros, Professor, Educational Technology & Media Director, Centre for Teaching & Learning University of Regina, Canada.

ATU DigitalEd Conference 2022: Digital Transformation in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
2022-05-04 - 2022-05-06
This year we’ll see the 2nd annual DigitalEd Conference hosted by the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and organised by ATU Teaching and Learning Office (Galway City).
The DigitalEd Conference will take place from May 4th-6th and includes a series of keynote addresses exploring various hot topics such as the impact of change to teaching and learning over recent years due to the pandemic, teaching in a digital age, learning as a partnership, academic integrity, and assessment security. Colleagues who are dedicated to the development of teaching and learning in Irish higher education will deliver workshops, information sessions, and showcases focusing on a variety of teaching and learning themes including:
Technology Enhanced Learning
Online & Flexible Learning Course Design
Microsoft Digital Education Tools
ePortfolios for Learning and Assessment
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Student Supports
Student Engagement

Designing Learning Outcomes for Labs
2022-05-04 10:00 - 12:00
Prof Andrew Garrard & Dr Adam Funnell will outline their experiences of refocusing the labs within the University of Sheffield.

Curricular Approaches to Wellbeing in Higher Education
2022-05-20 09:40 - 13:00 | Virtual
This seminar will showcase a range of innovative curricular wellbeing initiatives in UCC and MTU

Initial Access to Validation Briefing
2022-05-27 10:30 - 12:30 | Virtual
The initial access to validation briefing by QQI will provide information on the process used by QQI to assess the institutional capacity and evaluate the quality assurance procedures of applicants to offer education and training programmes leading to QQI awards. You will find all the relevant information and documentation on our initial access to validation webpage which you must read in advance of registering for the briefing.
