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Centre for Academic Practice and eLearning

Centre for Academic Practice and eLearning. An Introductory Overview Dr Ciara O’Farrell CAPSL September2011. established 2003 to assist the College in developing a strong and integrated framework for supporting best academic practice and the highest quality of student learning. C A P S

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Centre for Academic Practice and eLearning

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  1. Centre for Academic Practice and eLearning An Introductory Overview Dr Ciara O’Farrell CAPSL September2011

  2. established 2003 to assist the College in developing a strong and integrated framework for supporting best academic practice and the highest quality of student learning

  3. C A P S L Academic Practice Enable academic development for teaching, research, and academic management eLearning Assist academic staff in the design and development of e-learning

  4. Academic Practice • Assist College in developing and delivering strategic policy in teaching & learning • Provide professional development support to academic staff in teaching & learning, research, and academic management • Support postgraduates and part-time tutors in their diverse teaching roles across the College • M.ed in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (with School of Education)

  5. Presentation Skills • (13th October) for example. Services Workshops and short courses Lunchtime seminars External speakers Educational research and development National and international projects and collaborations

  6. Teaching & Supporting Learning Module for Postgraduates who Teach Two-part development programme for postgraduate teaching assistants.

  7. Part I: Introduction to Teaching & Supporting Learning This is a one day foundation course designed for postgraduates new to teaching or considering taking on a teaching role. Some Schools expect all their teaching assistants to attend this course if they are going to be tutoring, demonstrating or running tutorials for the first time. 26th, 29th and 30th September: fully booked Next sessions: January 2012 (contact Jade Barrett at CAPSL)

  8. Part II: Teaching & Supporting LearningThis is a short, structured credit-bearing module aimed at postgraduate teaching assistants that want to further develop their teaching practice and understanding of student learning. Sessions are held throughout the term and participants are expected to create a portfolio of evidence of their teaching practices. Supervisor support + 2 hours concurrent teaching needed For any queries please contact Jade.Barrett@tcd.ie or phone 896 3601 (next available module: Hilary term, 2012)

  9. Module Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: • Design, deliver and evaluate a small or large group session to enable student learning e.g. a tutorial, demonstration, field trip, seminar or lecture; • Engage with and reflect on various sources of evidence and scholarship to evaluate and improve their teaching practice; • Demonstrate critical reflection on personal teaching practice within their disciplinary contexts; • Complete a personal teaching portfolio which may assist them in future teaching and employment opportunities; • Devise appropriate strategies for further professional development of their teaching practice.

  10. M.Ed Learning and Teaching in Higher Education This strand of the Masters in Education is designed for academics teaching in higher education in order to develop a critical understanding of the theory and practice of pedagogy and the scholarship of learning and teaching in higher education. Students will be involved in practice focused workshops and seminars that address both critical and theoretical studies of pedagogy and practice in higher education.Components Include: • Traditions, contexts and pedagogy • Designing curriculum, assessing and supervising in higher education • Reflecting on practice in learning and teaching • Linking teaching and research within and beyond the disciplines The course has a taught component and a dissertation. The duration will be three years part-time, with an exit point at the end of the second year leading to the award of a Postgraduate Diploma.

  11. eLearning Founded in 1999: empowering academic and college staff in research, instigation, and development of educational innovations in student learning and university teaching with new media and technology.

  12. eLearning Planning eLearning Content Design Learning Technologies eAssessment Blended Learning Simulations for Learning Enterprise Ireland- funded ADAPT Project National Digital Learning Repository Online collaboration & Research environments Student Learning Environments WebCT/Blackboard (limited pilot of Moodle) CLT Activities

  13. http://www.tcd.ie/CAPSL/

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