The following are details of the sessions held together with links to the relevant resources:
Monday, 10th May 2021, 10:00-11:00 |
Learning Tools - The Missing Link Facilitated By:
Seminar Description In a typically busy academic semester, lecturers and students are naturally focused on delivering and consuming course material and content. Consequently, neither rarely have the time to stop and consider whether the necessary tools are being utilised to promote long term durable learning. Accessing these learning tools is easier than one might think and simple implementable strategies which are backed by decades of research can dramatically improve learning. This interactive session focused on a simple case study which showed how effective the introduction of simple practices can be in facilitating effective learning. Attendees learned how to apply these tools in their own courses and modules and will also got to see what students felt about adopting these new practices. |
Tuesday, 11th May 2021, 10:00-11:30 |
A Fly on the Wall Insight into the Maths Learning Community in Action Chaired By:
Supported By: MTU Cork Maths Learning Community Members:
Workshop Description This workshop provided an opportunity for colleagues to get together and chat about the previous semester, what worked, what didn’t and to share ideas. It consisted of breakout room discussions as well as a selection of short talks on topics including Maths Online, Canvas Q&A (TEL) and SATLE projects (Spirit Maths, Queering the STEM Mathematics Curriculum and SUCCEED).
Please note, this session was not recorded. |
Wednesday, 12th May 2021, 10:00-11:00 |
BALI: Demystifying Staff/Student Partnerships in Assessment & Feedback Facilitated By:
Workshop Description BALI - Building Assessment Literacy Initiative - is a project to develop a suite of resources to support students and staff in the growth of competencies and capabilities in Assessment Literacy (AL). It aims to bring an interdisciplinary approach to the co-creation of these resources, with student-staff partnership at its core. In this session, participants heard about the most recent outcomes of the BALI project, where 3 teams comprised of a mix of staff and students co-created assessment and feedback resources in a partnership-based approach. We got a peek under the bonnet of the partnership-based approach hearing from both the staff and student’s perspective. |
Wednesday, 12th May 2021, 13:00-16:00 |
Supporting Doctoral Students' Writing Introduced By:
Presented By:
Workshop Description Writing a thesis is a huge undertaking and one that often overwhelms doctoral candidates. Many students struggle at this stage, experience writer’s block, delay writing and in some cases fail to submit at all. Supervisors can play a crucial role in this stage of the PhD. This seminar looks at the strategies supervisors can employ to help their student complete and submit their thesis. In this seminar, Hugh Kearns facilitated a discussion of:
On completion of the workshop, participants can now:
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Tuesday, 18th May 2021, 12:00-13:00 |
Using Coaching Approaches in Higher Education Facilitated By: Academic Success Coaching Team, AnSEO - The Student Engagement Office, MTU Cork
Guest Speaker
Seminar Description The Academic Success Coaching team at MTU hosted a workshop on the value and applications of coaching approaches in Higher Education. Equally of interest to Academic and to Professional, Management and Support staff at MTU, the workshop provided an overview of the uniqueness of coaching approaches and how they can enrich teaching, supervision, and mentoring scenarios. We were joined by Dr Jill Andreanoff, a leading coaching scholar and practitioner, who shared her wealth of experience on the value of using a coaching approach in Higher Education settings. Dr Andreanoff facilitated a short interactive session exploring both mentoring and coaching, giving practical examples of how these approaches can be adopted. |
Wednesday, 19th May 2021, 11:00-12:30 |
Active Learning: The Way Forward for 21st Century Learners Facilitated By:
Seminar Description This workshop briefly described the why and what of Active Learning. Members of the Active Learning Movement shared their experiences and key learnings. This was a great opportunity to learn from others about what active learning practices work in the MTU context. The perils, positives and possibilities of Active Learning were also be discussed and developed in this interactive and engaging workshop. |
Wednesday, 26th May 2021, 10:00-11:30 |
SATLE2020@MTU Project Launch Facilitated By:
Seminar Description On 9th November 2020, the Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, announced a non-competitive funding opportunity for the higher education sector. The Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement (SATLE) 2020 funding call was published by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (NFETLHE), in partnership with the Higher Education Authority and it signalled a significant commitment to the enhancement of teaching and learning in Irish higher education. MTU was allocated a total of €343,000 - with MTU Cork receiving €269000 and MTU Kerry receiving €74000 – allocations were made to each individual institution based on their percentage share of core grant. This seminar was opportunity to hear about the projects funded and their plans for the next 12 months. |
Wednesday, 26th May 2021, 14:00 -14:45 |
Universal Design for Learning: From Zero to Superhero Facilitated By:
Seminar Description In this seminar, we outlined the principles of UDL focusing on the why, how and what of learning. We shared with you our experiences of completing the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education’s (NFETLHE’s) UDL Digital Badge which we completed during the 2020-21 academic year. We provided an insight into what was involved and how it has impacted our thinking and practice in MTU. |
Thursday, 27th May 2021, 10:00 -11:30 |
OurMTU – A University for All: A Student -Staff Consultation Session Sponsored By:
Facilitated By:
Seminar Description This session was a student-staff consultation session facilitated by colleagues from MTU Cork’s AnSEO – The Student Engagement Office as part of their Le Chéile programme. Le Chéile (pronounced Le Kay-La) is an Irish word meaning "together" and is the programme name for MTU Cork's student voice and student/staff partnership activities. The aim of this session was to gain a deeper understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion challenges faced by MTU students and staff. The ultimate goal was to identify a number of key EDI related projects to address these issues that could be pursued in the academic year 2021/22 around the themes of:
Please Note: This session was by invitation only – for more information please contact Siobhan.Kangataran@mtu.ie |