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Drawing on our successful, existing programmes supporting and funding Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Student Engagement (TLASE) enhancement projects, SATLE 2020 enabled MTU to capitalise on the collaborative opportunities presented from a recently established Technological University with 20 innovative enhancement projects. The Teaching and Learning Unit launched the Transforming Teaching and Learning for Student Success Projects strand of the SATLE Funding 2020 Call in February 2021.
44 proposals (individual/team-based) were submitted and following international peer-review, 20 projects were funded (€6,000-€16,000) spanning a range of departments and functions: Business, Computing, Creative Arts, Engineering, Health and Social Care, Mathematics, and Sciences, as well as International provision, Student Engagement and Partnership, and UDL.
Core project teams encompass 36 departments, over 130 staff and more than 60 students.
Projects have already added significant value to MTU, contributing to the continued development of a TLASE culture that sees all members of the institutional community (academics, professional staff, students) and wider stakeholders working and learning together.
Hear more about the fantastic projects directly from those involved in a summary clip produced at the end of the SATLE 2020 as part of MTU’s report to the National Forum:
What core themes have emerged as a result of SATLE 2020 projects?
Whilst individual projects are naturally collaborative based on the composition of each core team, the TLU has supported networking across all projects as core themes have emerged including:
- Establishing interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial learning opportunities
- Enabling growth of professional and transversal skills
- Exploring practices to support the whole/holistic student journey through well-being and self-motivation
- Empowering a diverse range of student influencers
- Encouraging the translation of international and national practices to local module and programme activity.
What type of projects were funded in 2020?
Projects spanned the full range of discipline areas in MTU and had engagement from students, staff and external partners.
More detailed individual project summaries and outputs can be found on the project pages
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Project Title |
Project Lead |
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Andrea Bickerdike, Sport Leisure & Childhood Studies, MTU Cork campuses |
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| COIL - Collaborative Online International Learning |
Eddie Scully, Research Development External Engagement, MTU Kerry campuses |
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Jessica Carson Marbe, Arts In Health & Education, MTU Cork campuses |
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| Development of a framework to support interdisciplinary teaching and learning |
Ted McKenna, Civil Structural & Environmental Engineering, MTU Cork campuses |
| Drawbridge - MTU Department Specific Resources on approaches to Drawing Methods and Techniques within STEM courses - The production of a series of 4 Drawbridge Information and Instruction Videos. |
Dr Helen Farrell & Dr Lucy Dawe-Lane, Fine Art, CCAD |
| ECAAP - Embedding Content Across Academic Programmes Toolkit |
Mary Beades Health & Leisure Studies Department, MTU Kerry campuses |
| EMPOWERED FOR SUCCESS– a 4 Year Personal, Educational & Professional Development Programme for Nutrition & Health Science Students | Dr Janette Walton
Biological Sciences, MTU Cork campuses |
| Feasibility study for the design of a pre-Higher Education pedagogical model/programme to build core skills of scholarship in a range of disciplines |
Úna Moynihan, Health & Leisure Studies, MTU Kerry campuses |
| Foireann Aistrithe : A student-staff partnership approach to transitions projects |
Dr Aoife McCarthy, Biological Sciences, MTU Cork campuses |
| GVV - Giving Voice to Values: Professional ethics at MTU in an Irish context |
Dr Anna-Marie Greaney, Nursing & Healthcare Sciences, MTU Kerry campuses |
| Insights into Industry Placement: a student perspective |
Colm Barry-Murphy, Accounting & Info Systems, MTU Cork campuses |
| Pathways to PBL |
Pádraig Herbert, Mechanical & Biomedical Manufacturing Engineering, MTU Cork campuses |
| Queering the STEM Mathematics Curriculum |
Anne Marie Courtney, Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths, MTU Kerry campuses |
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Oonagh O'Brien, Computer Science, MTU Cork campuses |
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| SPIRIT Maths Extra - Students’ Perceptions Informing and Redefining Innovative Teaching of Mathematics in Higher Education - EXtending Targeted Resources aimed at University wide Adoption |
Dr Violeta Morari, Mathematics, MTU Cork campuses |
| SUCCEED - Standardising the Use, Communication and Capability of studEntsurvEy.ie Data |
Dr Seán Lacey, Mathematics, MTU Cork campuses |
| Supporting Authentic Assessment in Marketing (SAAM) |
Michele McManus, Marketing & International Business, MTU Cork campuses |
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Dr. Hugh O’Donnell, Mechanical & Biomedical Manufacturing Engineering, MTU Cork campuses |
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Thomas Broderick, Sport Leisure & Childhood Studies, MTU Cork campuses |
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UDL@MTU – Towards Embedding UDL practice and principles at MTU |
Dr Marian Hurley, AnSEO – The Student Engagement Office, MTU Cork campuses |
