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4S (Significant, Same, Specific, Simultaneous) Application Exercise –Alternatives to Multiple Choice
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)The 4S (significant, same, specific simultaneous) model helps to ensure that educators design TBL application exercises which will facilitate engaging whole-class discussions. The type of application exercise most ... -
Argument Mapping
(2022)An argument map (AM) organizes any prose or text inclusive of an inferential signaller (e.g. but, because, however) into a hierarchical representation, with propositions arranged in coloured boxes (i.e. green = ... -
The benefits of using instructor-developed screencasts to support college students' learning of maths: insights from an Irish case study.
(EdTech, 2013-05)his article reports on a case study undertaken to explore college students’ views of the benefits of screencasts in enhancing their Maths learning experience at an Irish institute of technology. A total of 47 screencasts ... -
Best practice identification in a relevant industry and its application to the workplace.
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)This assessment is used on a number of Postgraduate programmes in the Department of Lifelong Learning in TUS Midlands campus as part of the programme capstone module. The assessment consists of two components and involves ... -
Building Teamwork To Engage Students
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Through action research I inquired into my pedagogical practice, where one of the research questions I asked was: How do I build teamwork within a Software Engineering Curriculum to engage students? (Russell, 2021). I ... -
Care-Centred Pedagogy Through Active Learning And Innovative Assessment
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)The discourse of ‘care centred pedagogy’ has gained significant momentum in recent decades. Authors such as Lynch (2010 & 2015) and Noddings (2013) have highlighted the dangers of ‘care-less’ education environments associated ... -
Clickers in a Flipped Lab; feedback to enhance engagement in first year Science.
(Y1 Feedback, 2017-01-26)Anecdotal evidence from lecturers engaged in teaching practical’s is that there is very little if any interaction from the students with the pre-lab reading resources as posted on Moodle or in the laboratory manuals ... -
Client Consultancy: Team Assessment
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching & Learning Context This integrated assessment for Strategic Management and Marketing Management modules in Year 4 of the BA in Business Studies with Travel & Tourism Management and BA in Business ... -
Compendium of Active Learning & Assessment for Student Engagement. Vol.2
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)This TUS Compendium of Active Learning and Assessment for Student Engagement -Volume 2 follows the successful publication and dissemination of The Compendium of Active Learning: Strategies for Student Engagement (Ryan, ... -
Compendium of Active Learning Strategies for Student Engagement.
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)This Compendium of Active Learning Strategies for Student Engagement, consists of two key sections. Part One provides a theoretical overview of Limerick Institute of Technology’s commitment to Active Learning and ... -
Compendium of Approaches to Internationalisation of the Home Curriculum
(Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, 2024)For decades, universities and higher education institutions in Ireland and abroad have pursued a strategy of internationalisation. Whereas in the past, internationalisation in higher education may have been driven by ... -
Conversations on an emergent professional network: a personal reflection on the background, development and sustainability of the Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN).
(EDIN, 2013)The purpose of this chapter is to capture an oral history of the Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN), which was established in 2002, and to provide a snapshot of the Network as it is currently in 2012-13. ... -
Deploying H5P Interactive Video To Displace F2F Learning In Blended Learning
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Context A Year 1 Business Mathematics module (n = 30-40) is being re-configured for blended learning. Displacing some of the face to face teaching with video resources (such as YouTube clips) or narrated ... -
Developing Writing Skills Through Weblogs
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Many students struggle with writing at one time or another and find academic writing “daunting” (Carlse, 2019, p. 183). One strategy I used previously while lecturing in the media in two universities was to implement ... -
Digital Badge Accreditation
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching & Learning Context This active learning strategy was introduced to all undergraduate programmes within the department: BBus (Hons) in Business Studies (Enterprise & Innovation), BBs (Hons) in ... -
The digital turn: staff perceptions of the virtual learning environment and the implications for educational developers
(Irish Learning Technology Association, 2018-05)Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) have become a critical part of the Higher Education (HE) learning, teaching and assessment environment over the past two d ecades. The study in this paper complements the longitudinal ... -
Discussion Forums: Using The PHdd Strategy
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)‘PHdd’ (Post, Harvest, display & discuss) is an advanced version of the more frequently used ‘forum post’ with two additional layers that embed learning through a summary display of key ideas posted, followed by an ... -
Embracing alternative formats, assessment strategies and digital technologies to revitalise practical sessions in science & health.
(2019-11-05)This report focuses on the practical learningenvironment in science and health curricula, anelement of learning which does not often receiveits deserved attention when it comes to thedesign and assessment strategies employed. ... -
Emerging Insights from an Evaluative Study: exploring the impact of active Learning on academic practice in blended and online learning
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)This reflection is based on the initial key finding from a research study exploring the impact of Active Learning on Academic Practice in Blended and Online Learning. The findings are based on a review of literature in ... -
Enhancing TBL with technology- 5 tips: online TBL
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-04)TBL usually involves students and educators meeting in the same place at the same time. However, as technology has evolved, TBL practitioners have experimented with different ways of facilitating these stages outside ...
