LTTC Celebration of New Thinking!Monday 1st February 2016

LTTC Celebration of New Thinking!Monday 1st February 2016

• Change 1 thing campaign – over FORTY great new ideas!• TU4 Dublin – Twenty First Year Experience prototype projects• TU4 Dublin – Seven TU4D-funded Programmes for the future• Thirteen DIT & ITTD Teaching Fellowships for 2015-16, Teaching

Award• New Teaching & Learning innovation projects in ITB• New seed funded projects in DIT• One new ebook containing Six great research papers in the DIT

Fellowships 2014-15 report• DIT Widening Participation annual fund – Six funded projects• TU4 Dublin - Launch of National Forum-funded ePortfolio project –

four institutions collaborating• And DIT Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre 2016 jam-packed

event schedule and HEIT conference 2016 announcement and more!

Change 1 Thing by SpringThe ‘Change 1 Thing by Spring’ campaign was designed to encourage colleagues to think of, and apply, teaching practice changes that could make a positive difference to student learning.

http://www.dit.ie/lttc/projects/change1thing/citpadlet/

Aidan Carthy,ITB Aisling McGowan, DIT Aoife Prendergast, ITB Avril Behan, DIT Breiffni Fitzgerald, DIT Carmel Rooney, DIT Nita Whelan, DIT Damian Gordon, DIT Dave Kilmartin, DIT David Irwin, TU4 Dublin Fiona O’Sullivan, DIT Furong Tian, DIT

Helen Lambkin, DIT Hugh McAtamney, DIT James Curtin, DIT John Cassidy, DIT Joseph Little, DIT Judy Doyle, DIT Kathleen Hughes, DIT Lloyd Scott, DIT Margaret Fingleton, ITTD Maria Brennan, ITB

Change 1 Thing by SpringThe ‘Change 1 Thing by Spring’ campaign was designed to encourage colleagues to think of, and apply, teaching practice changes that could make a positive difference to student learning.

http://www.dit.ie/lttc/projects/change1thing/citpadlet/

Lucy Bowe, DIT Mary Rogan, DIT Nevan Bermingham, DIT Pat O’Donnell, TU4 Dublin Patricia Ennis, DIT Philip Owende, ITB Siobhan Daly, DIT Thomas Power, DIT Una Beagon, DIT

Vanessa Murphy, DIT Brian Barry, DIT Edel Foley, DIT Colm O’Kane, DIT Maeve O’Connell, DIT Keiron Fletcher, DIT Ruth Casey, DIT

Re-imagining the TU4D first year curriculum: First Year Experience prototype projects

FYE Project Leader

College Project Title

Eric Bates DIT Enhancing the 1st year experience through group work, research & presentation workshops.

Avril Behan DIT Return to Education from Work After a period away (REWARD)

Jennifer Byrne DIT Virtual Learning Community & Environment

John Delap DIT DIT Peer Mentoring Universal Design Pilot

Paul Dervan ITB The Global Classroom – Introducing a cost-effective international dimension to the first year experience

Brendan Devlin

DIT Reading skills for first year student engagement and the development of research proficiency

Elizabeth Downes

ITTD Peer Mentor Programme for Yr 1 Management Students at ITT Dublin

Geraldine Grey

ITB Learner Profiler

John Healey DIT Creative Bootcamp

Ronan Keaskin ITB Student Induction based on a Health and Wellbeing programme

Re-imagining the TU4D first year curriculum: First Year Experience prototype projects

FYE Project Leader College Project Title

Garrett Keenaghan DIT Realisation & implementation of a testable prototype of a web-based stimulating learning system for construction engineering

Sarah Jane Kennedy DIT Digital Library Welcome Pack

Dave Kilmartin DIT Transitioning to Higher Education

Claire McDonnell DIT Kickstarting College Success Certificate – First 5 Weeks

Sylvia Mooney DIT Supporting First year students with Autism

Eoghan O’Grady DIT SEP – Socialise, Engage, Produce

Ciaran O’Leary DIT Assessment Planner

Aoife Prendergast ITB Flipping the Classroom” – Introducing & Integrating Professional Practice in Humanities

Barry Ryan DIT Serious Play: using Lego Serious Play as a first year student orientation, engagement and retention strategy

Gavin Sewell DIT Peer Assisted Learning: students as partners

TU4Dublin -Programmes for the Future TU4D Programmes of the Future Initiative

http://www.dit.ie/lttc/programme/tu4dfutureprogrammes/

Teaching Fellowships: DIT 1 College of Arts and Tourism

Dr Clíona Doris, Conservatory of Music and DramaTeam: Vanbrugh Quartet (Gregory Ellis, Keith Pascoe, Simon Aspell, Christpher Marwood)“Scoring History” through the String Quartet: Developing an Online Teaching Resource

College of BusinessDr. Ruth Casey and Mark Gallagher, Accounting and FinanceCommunications Practice in Technology Companies

Rowena HenniganThe Design of E-Learning Resources for part time Distance Education Students

Teaching Fellowships: DIT 2College of Engineering and the Built Environment

Eric Bates, Construction SkillsEnhancing Graduate Attributes using Digital Learning Resources

College of Science and HealthLuca Longo (School of Computing)Informing instructional design by cognitive load assessment in the classroom

Maria McNeill (School of Physics)The Planning and Development of an Education Framework for Practice Educatorswithin Health and Social Care Professions

Steve Meaney (School of Biological Sciences)Feedbackly – a tool for collecting real-time feedback on the student experience

Teaching Fellowships: ITTDSchool of Business and Humanities

Elizabeth Downes supported by Glenn MehtaThe use of ‘Apps’ in the classroom to enhance the First Year Experience andencourage dialogue with first year students.

Dr. Joe MacDonaghIdentifying student academic success factors in IT Tallaght

• School of EngineeringDr. Eileen GooldPurposeful Peer Assessment as a Pedagogical Strategy

• Administration/ Technical StaffColm DownesStart IT Up: First year student information app.

Ciaran O’Sullivan, Institute of Technology Tallaghtspecial commendation ‘Utilising an Holistic Approach to Students and their Learning’

Teaching Expert Awards 2015

Innovations in Teaching and Learning @ ITB Jennifer Cowman: Building a 'House of Cards' - Teaching Analysis and Academic Writing Paul Dervan: ePortfolio Assessment using Live Binders (a free software product) Dave Carroll: Innovative delivery of Digital Electronics Module to enhance student 1st

year experience Matt Smith: eTeam – online web application to support student team projects Richie Ryan: Using Moodle Workshop module for peer assessment during Qualibuild

Train-The-Trainer programme delivery. Shaun Ferns: QualiBuild Train-The-trainer Programme ‘Flipped Classroom’ Robert Hickey: Using (DATT) Direct Attention Thinking Tools to initiate Group Work

activities fostering Social Constructivism in the Classroom. Aine Lynch: Creation of online tutorials for plagiarism prevention and referencing Colm McGuinness: PHP based, TeX enabled, Mathematics Support Web Pages Fionnula Darby: Compare & Contrast Paper: Collaboration Project Ireland ITB – USA

Lakeshore Technical College, LTC

DIT 2015-6 Seed Funded ProjectsProject Leader School Project Title

Dr. Barry Ryan Food Science and Environmental Health

NearPeer: An evaluative case-- study investigating the use of NearPod to ‐enhance student interaction, engagement and participation in undergraduate programmes.

Daniel J. King Hospitality Management and Tourism

Using Blended Learning and Mobile “Apps” to Enhance the Engagement and Retention of First Year Financial Accounting Students

Dr Gemma Kinsella, Dr Julie Dunne, Dr Barry Ryan

Food Science and Environmental Health

Professional Development e-Portfolio for Pharmacy Technicians

Jennifer Boyer Dublin School of Architecture

Developing a sustainable pedagogical approach to the education of BIM in the Dublin School of Architecture

Dr Geraldine Gorham & Dr Ziene Mottiar

Hospitality Management and Tourism

Turning Assessment Feedback into Action

John Delap Access and Civic Engagement

DIT Peer Mentoring Universal Design Pilot

DIT Teaching Fellowships 2014-15Access the e-book publication on Arrow now!

DIT College Teaching Fellowship Collection

Jennifer HamiltonActing for Opera Singers

Theresa Ryan, Ziene Mottiar, Bernadette Quinn, Catherine Gorman, Kevin Griffin, Ruth Craggs and Deirdre Quinn Students in Action Initiative

Maeve O’Connell, Lorraine Sweeney An Action Plan for Implementing the Principles for Responsible Management Education

Niall Holmes, Una Beagon Introducing PBL into Civil and Structural Engineering

Aidan Meade, Aaron MacRaighne, Elizabether

Gregan, Izabel Naydenova, Fran PedreschiExploring technology enhanced instruction and assessment in the advanced physics laboratory

Catherine Barry-Ryan TrackEngage: Tracking student engagement in learning resources and its correlation to their performance

Sara Boyd DIT International: Development of an International Study Abroad Ireland Public Health Module

Widening Participation Annual Fund• Innovation in widening participation activities within DIT• Changes in academic or non-academic practice or support strategies• Collaborative or comparative activities• Development of a research knowledge base around effective widening

participation practice within Higher Education

Ian Roller, Engaging Connections; Creating Connections; Realising Opportunities

Claire McDonnell, Graduate Mentors Jennifer Boyer, Portfolio Preparation John O'Connor, Idea Camp

Vanessa Murphy, Development and

Piloting of a TU 4 Dublin Junior Scientist Badge with a Youth Service in an Underserved Community

Christine O'Connor, Barry Ryan, Science Bridge: Building virtual bridges

ePortfolios in Ireland: What Now, Where Next?21-23 March 2016, Room 3-067, DIT Aungier St

Dr Helen Barrett, Keynote Speaker confirmed

Electronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong LearningUniversity of Alaska, Anchorage http://electronicportfolios.org

Dr Kevin O’Rourke, National Forum Daniel McSweeney, ITB Margaret Keane, ITB Rosemary Cooper, ITT

Dara Cassidy, Hibernia College Orla O’Loghlen, Hibernia College Dr Roisin Donnelly, LTTC Dr Pauline Rooney, LTTC

ePortfolio strategy to enhance student learning, assessment, & staff professional developmenthttp://www.teachingandlearning.ie/digital-enhancement-funding/2015-successful-proposals/

CALL for ABSTRACTS – Closing February 15th 2016