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As part of the DigitalEd development initiatives for the ATU, a monthly webinar and workshop series is coordinated by the ATU Teaching and Learning Centre (Galway-Mayo). Check out upcoming events below.

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Transform EDU Week Event 1 – Developing a Transformative Education Framework for Higher Education

Virtual

Transform-EDU aims to place transformative learning centre-stage in higher education. The project has focused on innovative approaches to learning where elements of structured programmes, co and extra-curricular events are purposefully integrated to create the rich learning environments that are required to foster transformative learning. We present a framework that recognises that, whilst learning outcomes are […]

Transform EDU Week Event 2 – Education for Citizenship and Community Engagement

Virtual

Our key note presentation will focus on the role of Higher Education in developing society though engagement with civic society (third sector). A key function of Technological Universities is to serve the community and public interest by (i) developing strong social and cultural links with the community in the region in which its campuses are […]

Transform EDU Week Event 3 – Mental Wellbeing and Emotional Skills Development for the Workplace

Virtual

Mental health and emotional intelligence are integral to graduate employability and career success. In this webinar, we highlight the importance of social and emotional competencies and showcase Transform EDU’s co-curricular approaches to their development in a series of workshops for final year students. The tailored workshops in Socio-Emotional Skills for Work (SES4Work) aimed at fostering […]

Transform EDU Week Event 4: Contract Cheating – Valuing Teaching, Learning and Education

Virtual

Contract cheating represents a challenge to the academic integrity of the educational system. Although one single solution to contract cheating does not exist, the importance of an educative approach is recognised to ensure that students benefit from the learning opportunities offered to them. This lead presentation for the Transform-EDU Project held during Valuing Ireland’s Teaching […]

Transform EDU Week Event 5: Developing Sustainability Literate Graduates – Adapting the UN Sulitest to Classroom and Aligning the Curriculum to the SDGs

Virtual

Universities have been mandated under SDG 4.7.1 to develop sustainability literature graduates. By sustainability literacy, we refer to the knowledge, skills, and mindsets that help compel an individual to become deeply committed to building a sustainable future (Décamps, 2017). In this webinar we explore the transformative nature of education for sustainability and underpinning reflective pedagogy. […]

Re-imagining Assessment: Assessing Experiential Learning, A Masterclass with Professor Rick Roe

Virtual

This 2-hour online session will provide an introduction to experiential learning methodology and its assessment across the full range of university courses from classroom instruction, practicum projects and clinical educational settings. The session will itself be conducted with interactive, participatory methods and will provide opportunities for participants to customise the principles to their own teaching […]

e-Proctoring in Theory and Practice: A review

Virtual

Remote e-proctoring was an established practice in some specific contexts prior to the COVID pandemic; however, with the onset of the pandemic and the ensuing need to deliver alternative and online assessment procedures, e-proctoring has become a very topical issue and has been discussed, trialled and implemented widely both nationally and internationally. In this webinar, […]

Free

Part 2 – Responding to Unintentional Academic Impropriety: Teaching, Learning and Assessment Approaches

Virtual

Learning Objectives: Empower delegates to understand the difference between unintentional and intentional academic impropriety and some of the newer and more complex challenges to academic integrity in the 21st century such as essay mills and fake news; Provide delegates with an overview of institutional initiatives and pedagogical approaches to preventing unintentional academic impropriety; Provide delegates […]

Free

Practical and Pedagogical Approaches to Online and Blended Learning Design with Dr Orna Farrell, DCU

Virtual

Working within DCU’s National Institute for Digital Learning. Orna's research interests include online pedagogy, online student success and engagement, eportfolio and open educational practice. She has a growing publication record in her fields of interest, including a range of book chapters, journal articles, invited presentations and conference papers. She has published in high ranking journals […]

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