The concept of open scholarship has radically altered the way in which academic research operates in Europe, providing as it does both opportunities and challenges for researchers. In addition, funders are increasingly demanding that researchers, must, as a pre-requisite to securing grant funding, have undertaken training in research ethics. Finally, there are increasing pressures on researchers to be aware of and comply with obligations under intellectual property and data protection law, and to ensure the proper management of their research data. This course seeks to provide researchers and research support staff with the tools necessary to navigate these issues.
This OER investigates the role of digital technology in the acquisition of practical skills in health sciences. While it is commonly accepted that theoretical knowledge can be imparted using technology, how best to use technology to support practical skill acquisition is a growing area which presents many opportunities.
This Forum Insight summarises the background and preliminary findings from the research undertaken by Brett Becker of University College Dublin as part of his National Forum Teaching and Learning Research…
This online event held on 7 May 2020 takes place at a time of unprecedented global challenge in which the importance of confident, supported engagement with digital technology has become clear to all.
This infographic contains findings from 29,929 students and staff who teach across the five themes of the Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey.
This infographic contains findings from 29,929 students and staff who teach across the five themes of the Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey.
This infographic contains findings from 29,929 students and staff who teach across the five themes of the recent Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey. For more information on the INDEx Survey, including the full findings report, see here.
This infographic contains findings from 29,929 students and staff who teach across the five themes of the recent Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey.
The intention of the work is to help academic staff connect and learn from each other, as well as providing insights into what people are doing in digital teaching and learning spaces, and what support in terms of technology, space, and professional development will facilitate excellent and engaged teaching and learning experiences, for staff and students alike.
A webinar which addresses the following questions: During the session, we will also discuss the questions: What is learning design in 2021 and post-pandemic? How does learning design differ from instructional design? What is next for the learning designer? What is the future of the learning designer’s role? Where does the learner designer fit in the new digital learning ecology? What barriers do learning designers face? How can reflective learning design improve student experience?
Digilanguages is a project funded by Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning, which aims to offer flexible support for language learners during various transition periods.
DigitalEd.ie is a Digital Teaching and Learning education platform, providing access to the digital learning pathways and a suite of resources available to all staff. The site provides a gateway to help CUA staff build digital capabilities and pedagogic expertise, in order to design, deliver and support flexible and online learning programmes.
The Irish Universities Association has launched a three-year project to mainstream digital in teaching, learning and assessment through an ambitious professional development programme. The aim is to move away from individual champions, towards effective engagement of all staff with digital technologies. This includes attempts to diversify the assessment methods utilised across the university.
This resource is intended to prompt reflection on the breadth of potential assessment activity that can be used across the disciplines. Consider how your assessment strategy enables students to demonstrate their achievement of one or more learning outcomes and whether assessment activity is adequately aligned with workload.
A resource developed to support the Irish higher education community in the initial weeks of the move to online/remote teaching and learning in March 2020
This OER provides an overview of Collaborate ultra for live online teaching. Collaborate Ultra allows you to share audio, video, files and applications, use a virtual whiteboard and run polls. There is also a ‘breakout room’ feature which you can use to support small group interaction within your classes.
This OER presents the benefits and challenges from both asynchronous and synchronous teaching ; while the OER also presents some practice implications for educators to consider.
A detailed overview and support around four key elements of teaching online: Social presence; facilitating discussion, supporting students, live teaching online.
