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    • 4S (Significant, Same, Specific, Simultaneous) Application Exercise –Alternatives to Multiple Choice 

      O'Hanlon, David (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 

      O'Dwyer, Christopher P. (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 = ...
    • Best practice identification in a relevant industry and its application to the workplace. 

      Gilchrist, Jim; Doran, Declan (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 

      Russell, Michael (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 

      O'Connell, Catherine Ann; Ryan, Michael F. (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. 

      O'Brien, Anne Marie (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 

      O'Leary, Sinéad; Dillane, Michael (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 

      Ryan, Michael F. (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. 

      Ryan, Michael F. (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 ...
    • Conversations on an emergent professional network: a personal reflection on the background, development and sustainability of the Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN). 

      Harding, Nuala (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 

      Ryan, Seamus (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 

      Connolly, Emer (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 

      Lucey, Sharon (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 ...
    • Discussion Forums: Using The PHdd Strategy 

      Ryan, Michael F. (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 ...
    • Emerging Insights from an Evaluative Study: exploring the impact of active Learning on academic practice in blended and online learning 

      O'Toole, Sarah (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 (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 ...
    • An evaluation of the Academic Writing Centre in Athlone Institute of Technology. 

      Kelly, Eimear; Harding, Nuala (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 ...
    • Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: application exercises 

      Athlone Institute of Technology (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 ...
    • Facilitating TBL - tools to succeed: pre class preparation 

      Athlone Institute of Technology (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: readiness assurance tests 

      Athlone Institute of Technology (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). ...