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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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...