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.
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?
This resource provides a 10 step guide to making your courses and learning materials more accessible in accordance with Universal Design for Learning principles.
To help staff in designing an effective blended approach, LEaD have developed an online resource to support staff in planning, designing, teaching and evaluating blended learning programmes, modules and activities.
Several micro courses focused on learning in a digital age, digital literacies for online learning, digital citizenship, open education, copyright, open licensing, media literacies, digital skills.
Remote teaching: a practical guide with tools, tips, and techniques. Through each of the chapters that follow, this online pressbook walks you through the steps of converting to a remote courses.
An online blog from various members of the DigitalEd community helping to highlight and share reflections on important aspects to online teaching and learning.
In this video, Niall presents how he has used an educational mobile app for taking attendance and the impact this has had on the engagement of his students as a result.
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.
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 resource outlines four potential pathways that academics and those supporting teaching and learning at Trinity College Dublin might use as they adapt lectures and large-group teaching for online and hybrid learning environments.
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.
Student feedback is any information, formal or informal, that students provide about their university experiences. This guide discusses feedback that students communicate to university staff about their experiences of teaching and learning.
A detailed overview and support around four key elements of teaching online: Social presence; facilitating discussion, supporting students, live teaching online.
