More photographs from the series can be viewed here.
The following are details of the sessions held together with links, where possible, to the relevant resources and recordings:
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Monday, 8th January 2018 |
The Importance of Mental Health Policies and Processes for students and staff in CIT : A Seminar Sponsored by Dr Barry O’Connor, President, CIT
Presented By: Margaret Gorman, Partner and Head of Education Law at Eversheds Sutherland
This seminar was aimed at all staff, both academic and administrative, and attempted to:
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Tuesday, 9th January 2018 |
How to Increase Resilience
Presented By: Maeve Lankford, Director at Kaleidoscope Coaching and Facilitation
A common myth is that the way to deal with pressure is to work harder. We like to think that extending work hours and multitasking are ways to be more effective at work. The truth is, this thinking is flawed.
Too much pressure or stress creates narrowed thinking and increases the likelihood of flawed reasoning. It also turns on the stress response in the body, releasing a tsunami of chemicals and hormones.
Being able to increase your resilience is necessary in today’s uncertain and volatile workforce.
This workshop was targeted at all staff, both academic and administrative, and, based on research from the Centre for Creative Leadership, and aimed to introduce participants to a variety of ways to improve resilience, such as:
The workshop included an introduction to some simple Tai Chi practices and hand mudras that are very effective ways of managing one’s stress and energy.
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Tuesday, 9th January 2018 |
Spotlight on Providing Instruction around the Literature Review
Presented By; Professor Jim O’Mahony, Teaching & Learning Unit
The literature review is a core component of many, if not all, final year programmes at third level. Despite the importance of this, many undergraduate students are not given the instructional tools to complete the onerous tasks of organising and planning a literature review.
This seminar presented results of a pilot study initiated by the Department of Biological Sciences with over 100 final year undergraduate life science students. These students attended a 1-hour weekly instructional lecture as part of the literature review module.
The seminar was targeted at academic staff and focused on:
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Wednesday, 10th January 2018 |
CIT Governance Framework Workshop: Data Management & Protection in CIT
Presented By:
This workshop was targeted at all staff, both academic and administrative and aimed to ensure participants:
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Thursday, 11th January 2018 |
Building Capacity through Professional Development: A Seminar Funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Presented By: Professor Sally Brown, Emerita Professor of Higher Education Diversity in Teaching and Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University, Visiting Professor at University of Plymouth, Adjunct Professor at University of the Sunshine Coast, and James Cook University
The seminar consisted of two components – presentations and a collaborative workshop.
Presentations focused on some key theoretical perspectives and were delivered by Professor Sally Brown and drew on her rich experience in this area as well as ideas from the text she has recently co-authored with Kay Sambell and Linda Graham – Professionalism in Practice. The presentation considered aspects such as drivers for change in higher education and outlined the impact that the professional development framework has had in the UK and the increasingly professionalised nature of higher education in the UK. Change management and the role that Heads of Department and Heads of Schools have in leading change within their disciplines were explored as well as the processes that are available to encourage all staff to engage in professional development – especially in the context of educational development as opposed to developing disciplinary-specific knowledge and skills.
In the workshop, participants explored the Irish National Professional Development Framework and identified the likely opportunities that would arise from staff engaging with this Framework as well as the challenges and barriers they are likely to face. The workshop concluded by exploring ways in which the opportunities can be maximised and barriers minimised. The aim of this seminar and the accompanying workshop, was to ensure participants:
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Thursday, 11th January 2018 |
Recent Developments in Assessment & Feedback Methodologies
Professor Sally Brown, Emerita Professor of Higher Education Diversity in Teaching and Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University, Visiting Professor at University of Plymouth, Adjunct Professor at University of the Sunshine Coast, and James Cook University
If we want to improve students’ engagement with learning, a key focus of enhancement can be refreshing our approaches to assessment. Sometimes we need to take a fresh look at our current practice to ensure assessment is for rather than just of learning.
In addition, we as educators in higher education understand the importance of giving good feedback to students, both to maximize achievement and to support retention. Research in the field suggests that good feedback has a significant impact on student achievement, enabling students to become adept at judging the quality of their own work during its production.
In this workshop, the following aspects of assessment were considered:
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