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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. ... -
One size does not fit all - a holistic approach to helping a diverse student population make the successful transition to academic life in an Irish Institute of Higher Education.
(2014)AIT Engage: Collaboration between the Student Resource Centre and the AIT Students’ Union clubs and societies. Aimed at promoting student engagement -
Technology-enabled feedback in the first year: a synthesis of the literature
(2016)Improving student transition into Higher Education (HE) has been identified as a key priority for Irish Universities and Institutes of Technology (IoT) (DES 2011, Denny 2015, HEA 2015). Effective feedback can play a critical ... -
An evaluation of the Academic Writing Centre in Athlone Institute of Technology.
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2016)The Academic Writing Centre (AWC) was established in Athlone Institute of Technology in November 2015. The aim of the study which formed the basis of this report was to evaluate this new initiative which sought to promote ... -
Feedback in first year: a landscape snapshot.
(2016)The Y1Feedback project is funded by the Irish National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning under the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund 2014. At its core, the Y1Feedback project aims to enhance ... -
Teachers as learners: exploring the impact of accredited professional development on learning and assessment in Irish higher education.
(All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE), 2017)The works presented in this volume exemplify the practice of assessment explored through accredited professional development (APD) across Ireland and the impact this has had on individual lecturers, students, modules and ... -
A strategic and collaborative approach to internationalisation at Athlone Institute of Technology
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2017)The intentional process of integrating an international, intercultural or global dimension into the purpose, functions and delivery of post-secondary education, in order to enhance the quality of education and research for ... -
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 ... -
An overview of placement practices in Athlone Institute of Technology.
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2017-06-06)There is strong evidence to suggest that placements and work experience are extremely valuable to students, both in terms of their academic performance and their employability skills. Research conducted with higher education ... -
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Technology for TBL tools
(Athlone Institute of Technology., 2020)Screencast-O-Matic is an easy to use video creation program that allow users to record video from a web cam, capture their computer screen, and record their voice. Screencast-O-Matic record video can be uploaded directly ... -
Technology for team-based learning: peer evaluation
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020)In TBL the self-management of the team is a guiding principle and this is very much centred around peer review (Sibley, 2018). We must aim to give the students the tools to be able to do this. There are a number of resources ... -
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 ... -
Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: readiness assurance tests
(Athlone Institute of Technology (2020) Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: readiness assurance tests, 2020-04)The traditional approach to the roll out of the Individual Readiness Assurance test is a "paper and pen" approach. This can result in reams of paper being used (question sheets and answer forms all need to be printed). ... -
Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: pre class preparation
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-04)Traditionally, the pre-class preparation phase of TBL involved students covering readings prior to a session (Michaelsen, 2002). Pre-class readings may have included chapters/excerpts from textbooks and articles or ... -
Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: application exercises
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-04)In the physical classroom, the guidelines for the completion of application exercises can be printed off and distributed to each team (e.g. Franklin et al., 2016), or projected on a screen for a class to view. Teams ... -
Guidelines for creating a UDL Virtual Learning Environment
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2021)Explore the accessibility tools which give limited changes to font and background colour. Add alt text for images at the point of image upload to the virtual media library. Make text transcripts for audio content available ... -
UDL Guidelines for PowerPoints
(2021)Universal Design for Learning is a way of making material more easily accessible. Follow these guidelines to create accessible PowerPoint presentations -
Guidelines for creating UDL PowerPoint
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2021)Background. Font. Electronic accessibility. Organisation. Emphasis. Spacing. Images. -
UDL active participation strategies: multiple means of action and expression
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2021)Allow students to demonstrate learning and knowledge in different formats – oral and written. Show students how they can control videos to control speed and sound, and documents to change font and background.
