This Forum Insight summarises the background and preliminary findings from the research undertaken by Geraldine O’Neill of UCD Teaching & Learning as part of her National Forum Teaching and Learning…
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Since March 2020 higher education has experienced one of the most disruptive phases in its recent history. In a sector typified by considered, researched and incremental change, overnight everyone began emergency remote teaching, learning and assessing. The dramatic shift resulted in positives and negatives, and posed a series of questions for students, staff and other stakeholders. Though still living through the pandemic, in March 2021 fifteen partners from a range of stakeholders across the sector agreed to work together to answer one shared persistent and urgent question: In the context of Covid-19, what have we learnt and what does it mean for the future of teaching and learning in Irish higher education?
The National Forum, in partnership with Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), host an online webinar entitled ‘Competencies, Expectations and Learning Contracts in Work-Based Assessment: How are they related?’ Assessment of…
The Fledgling Project reviewed assessment and feedback strategies of a final year early childhood studies professional practice placement in which students create and run a community-based parent and toddler group. A student practical guide was developed which includes feedback/guidance from past students, graduates, parents and employers.
In this webinar, we present summary analysis of the contributions of speakers and participants at the first event in April 2021. Next, we hear from four of the HCI Pillar…
Students can learn through many different but equitable assessment methods. An alternative online assessment is not a lesser form of assessment, but a different assessment to achieve the same aim.…
While some assessment components do not need significant adjustment in the move to online (including at-distance) learning, others require some additional thought and may need to be replaced/significantly adjusted. In…
Reflecting on the response by the higher education community to the challenges involved in the sudden relocation of teaching and learning away from their on-campus contexts in March 2020
32 projects were funded across 25 Irish higher education institutions through the National Forum’s Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund from 2014 to 2018. These projects involved over 400 members of…
The INDEx Survey was undertaken in autumn 2019 to explore the digital experiences of students and staff who teach in Irish higher education. Data was collected from 25,484 students and 4,445 staff who teach at 32 higher education institutions.