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The Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Compendium of Embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) showcases the University’s commitment to integrating sustainability across teaching, learning and assessment. It is the first compendium of its kind in an Irish higher education institution.
The Higher Education Authority (HEA) is developing a National Professional Recognition Framework for Teaching and Learning to support the recognition of teaching excellence across the sector. The framework builds on the Professional Development Framework (2016) and aims to provide clear, nationally agreed benchmarks for effective teaching practice. It will help inform career development, support institutional processes, and promote a shared understanding of teaching quality in Irish higher education.
This is an interactive H5P resource developed by a student to assist others in the development of their academic reading skills.
Two modules are available on this page one for educators and one for mentors to learn how to engage in mentoring sessions with students. The page also has access to the Community Mentoring Handbook (for mentors), Mentee Toolkit (for second-level students taking part in sessions) and the Adult Ed Handbook(for adult learners taking part in sessions).
This project website aims to support students and teaching staff in UCD College of Arts and Humanities in navigating teaching, learning and assessment in the context of new developments in generative AI (e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Gemini).
Chair of the National Forum, Lynn Ramsey officially opens VIT&L Week. The keynote speaker is Prof Frank Coton (Senior Vice Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) at University of Glasgow and international advisor to the Board of the National Forum. Prof Coton shares his thoughts on Why Valuing Teaching and Learning is VITAL.
This session leads into VIT&L Week’s first Scholarship Hour.
Mapping Existing Research Output focused on Higher Education Teaching and Learning in Ireland 1990-2015
Learning Resources and Open Access in Higher Education Institutions in Ireland
National Survey on the Use of Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Summary Report of Sectoral Dialogue Sessions in Irish Higher Education
Teaching for Transitions: A Review of Teaching for Transitions Related Teaching and Learning Activity and Research
Report to the European Commission on Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning in Europe’s Higher Education Institutions: Insight for Teachers
Report to the European Commission on New Modes of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Insight for Teachers
Online Learning Task Force, Collaborate to Compete: Insight for Students
Online Learning Task Force, Collaborate to Compete: Insight for Teachers
Online Learning Task Force, Collaborate to Compete: Insight for Managers
Report to the European Commission on Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning in Europe’s Higher Education Institutions: Insight for Managers
Report to the European Commission on Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning in Europe’s Higher Education Institutions: Insight for Students
Teaching Heroes: Accounts of their Personal and Professional Approaches to Teaching
What Does it Take to be a Teaching Hero? Exploring students’ perceptions and experiences of impactful, transformative teaching in Irish Higher Education
Technology Enhanced Learning: Summary Results Arising from the National Forum 20Qs TEL Survey May 2014
Report to the European Commission on New Modes of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Insight for Managers
Report to the European Commission on New Modes of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Insight for Students
The Go Open project is a collaborative project based in Dublin City University (DCU) and comprises team members from DCU Library, Open Education Unit and the Digital Learning Design Unit. The project aims to support the DCU Community to engage with open education practices in their teaching, research and support activities.
This resource provides a 10 step guide to making your courses and learning materials more accessible in accordance with Universal Design for Learning principles.
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 EDTL webinar focusing on Considering Communication & Engagement
An EDTL webinar providing some key points around assessment in an online era.
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 publication aimed at academic staff to support the delivery of courses in flexible digital formats.
A concise guide which details the process of closing the Feedback Loop, presenting strategies for mid-semester.
An infograph guide highlighting the fact that student feedback matters.
Rethinking Assessment – An overview of alternative assessments to end of term exams
In this short guide, the authors aim to give you an introduction to the area of open education, so that you can engage with open education practices in your teaching and support activities and to Go Open!
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.
The foreword of this resource states the author “has put together a comprehensive collection of resources and tied these to tools and connections to open our thinking. Placed at the heart of this resource, is an exercise on the development of one’s own ‘Personal Philosophy of Teaching’”
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.
An infograph guide for students highlighting the fact that feedback on teaching and learning matters.
This guide considers approaches around seeking high quality feedback on online and blended modules and programmes.
This concise guide considers and details important elements and insights around gathering student feedback on laboratory classes, as well as presenting tips to help achieve this.
This concise guide considers and details the importance of embedding student partnership in feedback approaches, as well as presenting tips to help achieve this.
This concise guide considers and details the importance of embedding ongoing feedback approaches, as well as presenting tips to help achieve this.
A detailed overview and support around four key elements of teaching online: Social presence; facilitating discussion, supporting students, live teaching online.
