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This Pressbook features an interactive tool that helps you plan and structure your essay step by step. The book provides a clear starting point to reduce stress, prevent overwhelm, and support different learning preferences through examples, , quick guides, and PowerPoint videos with voiceover. This resource is a living document.
Purpose of the MTU Student Guidelines
Supports Academic Integrity Principles and MTU’s Academic Integrity Policy by:
1. Explaining what academic integrity is.
2. Helping students avoid bad decisions during assessments.
3. Outlines and signposts supports available across MTU
Conference presentation outlining findings regarding trends in first-year student engagement.
Conference presentation – European Access Network, University of Galway, June 2025.
Opening address to one-day national symposium arising from SATLE project.
This guideline document seeks to support the implementation of MTU policies and procedures which underpin Academic Integrity and help to address the implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence on assessment practices.
Short-form video interviews with MTU Business Information Systems graduates showcasing diverse career paths, designed to support professional identity development. These TikTok-style exemplars help students connect personal values with authentic career journeys, achieving 62,539+ views across social media platforms.
A foundational resource covering essential Microsoft 365 applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, OneDrive) used throughout academic and professional contexts. Covers basic functionality, collaboration features, and cloud storage management. The primary intended audience is university students.
A self-study resource addressing healthy relationships with digital technology, addressing digital addiction, privacy concerns, work-life balance, and digital identity management. Includes scenarios exploring real wellbeing challenges. Emphasises positive and negative impacts of digital participation. The primary audience is university students.
An interactive resource on effective digital communication across synchronous and asynchronous platforms, netiquette principles, formal vs. informal contexts, and platform-specific communication norms. The primary intended audience is university students.
A self-paced resource teaching video planning (pre-production), recording (production), editing (post-production), and ethical considerations for academic video use. Covers accessibility in video (captions, descriptions), equipment options, and practical workflows suited to diverse contexts. The primary intended audience is students.
A 45-minute comprehensive foundational lesson on digital accessibility principles, inclusive content creation, and available assistive technologies at university level. Collaboration with Educational Assistive Technology Centre, UL, launched for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The primary intended audience is students.
A foundational, interactive guide to spreadsheet essentials covering data entry, formatting, basic formulas, functions, and chart creation. Features keyboard navigation, accessibility options, and read-aloud functionality for inclusive learning. Designed for beginners and those seeking a refresher. The primary intended audience is students.
Practical self-paced lesson introducing effective prompt writing techniques for students new to genAI tools. Covers prompt structure, iteration, critical evaluation of output, and ethical considerations. Teaches effective genAI communication techniques. Primary intended audience is university students.
This discussion paper explores how student success in higher education is understood, defined and supported in contemporary Irish and international contexts. It brings together international research, national policy and insights from student focus groups conducted in Ireland in 2025 to examine success beyond traditional metrics such as retention, progression and completion.
The paper presents a holistic and relational view of student success, foregrounding belonging, mattering, agency and wellbeing alongside academic and outcomes-based measures. It situates student success as simultaneously student-defined, institution-enabled and outcomes-oriented, and considers the implications of this framing for teaching, learning, policy and system-level practice.
This report presents findings from the HEA Student Success Survey 2025, capturing how students across Ireland define, experience and achieve success in higher education. Based on responses from over 3,400 students across publicly funded higher education institutions, it provides a national, student-centred perspective on success.
The report explores students’ definitions of success, the supports and enablers that help them thrive, and the barriers that can hinder progress. It highlights the relational and holistic nature of student success, encompassing academic achievement alongside well-being, belonging, personal growth and future readiness.
This poster offers educators an overview of designing a syllabus on the Canvas learning management system that supports personalised learning pathways. It highlights (1) a gamified pedagogy grounded in gaming principles and (2) adaptive learning strategies using MasteryPaths.
In 2018, the Glucksman Library at the University of Limerick launched Leganto, a reading list management tool designed to streamline access to academic resources for students. Leganto ensures equitable access to academic content, helping students engage with reliable sources and easing their transition into university-level study.
This toolkit draws on our experiences facilitating a SATLE-funded community-engaged learning project that brought students of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (UCC) together with people in Cork seeking international protection for a series of three wellbeing and creativity workshops.
The HEA Education for Sustainable Development Spotlight Series 2025: Case Studies Compendium brings together 115 case studies from higher education institutions across Ireland. It showcases how universities and colleges are integrating sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into teaching, research, curriculum design, assessment practices and community engagement. It offers a comprehensive picture of national ESD activity and provides an accessible resource for educators and policymakers seeking examples of practice-based innovation.
