Head of Schools Strategy Day
May 17th Terry Maguire PhD
National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Professional Development
A National Approach to
Professional Development for
those who teach in Higher
Education
• 5 Domains
–Personal Development (The Self)
–Professional Identify
–Professional Communication
–Professional Knowledge and Skills
–Professional and Personal Digital
Capacity
• 4 Learning Phases
– New Learning
– Developing through
Practice
– Mentoring
– Leading
Teaching Heroes (2014, 2016)
Teaching Experts (2015, 2017)
TRACE+ Award
(The Recognition of an Active Commitment to Enhancement)
• Recognises and awards ‘academic’ units that
are committed to teaching and learning
enhancement
• Shares good practice
• Promotes continuous improvement
• Digital Roadmap – A resource
• Scoped National Projects
• Ongoing funded sectoral collaborative
initiatives for National Impact
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TEACHING FOR TRANSITIONS
TRANSITION FROM SECOND LEVEL TO THIRD LEVEL
STUDENT RETENTION
ICT RETENTION
RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)
SCHOLARSHIP IN IRISH HIGHER EDUCATION
TEACHING AND LEARNING
7. DIGITAL LEARNING RESOURCES AND OPEN ACCESS
• Building on what we
learnt
• Setting priorities for
enhancement
• Supporting Institutions
• Reaching Out (USI)
• Transition of FET Students to HE (FET)
Creativity in assessment
Integration of assessment methods
Integration of technology for assessment
Greater involvement by students in
assessment
• Emphasis on assessment for learning and
manageable assessment workloads
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• Profiling Assessment Practice Across
Disciplines
• Assessment and Technology
Partnership and Collaboration
• Networks of Networks
• National Initiatives (e.g., ISSE and
Student Engagement)
• Student Unions, Second Level, FET, QQI
• International (EFFECT)
The technical and the practical
aspects of the range of tools
and technologies available and
useful in the support of learning,
teaching, research, managing
and thriving in the digital age.
How to get the most
out of technologies and
materials to encourage
engaged learning and
make sense of new
knowledge.
Understanding the nature of
your online self, data and
information, privacy and
protection, and taking care of
yourself, others and
information, in ways that are
ethical and respectful
Connecting with each other and
sharing ideas, regardless of
distance or time.
Being confident and
empowered over the
use of technologies to
make new resources,
express yourself, and
take opportunities to
develop new
approaches and ways
of interpreting ideas
and the world around
us.
The skills and literacies needed
to find relevant information and
data and how to apply such
information in an effective way
and subject it to scrutiny,
whether for effective learning or
for research, scholarship and
professional purposes.
• My HOD sent me. He says we have to do
this…
• ‘Nothing changes unless the HOD pushes
it’.
• Professional Development- How do you actively
promote professional development within your
school? How do you invest in your own professional
development?
• Student Engagement - Are you really committed?
• Digital Capacity – Is it developing in a systematic way
within your school?
• Learning Analytics & (ISSE) – How much are you
learning from Data?
• We hold in excess of 15,000 individual pieces
of data on each student. Over 7,000 of these
refer to online activity (Lee O’Farrell, HEAnet
Paper, 2014)
IAN (Integrated Assistance Nexus)
www.teachingandlearning.ie
Terry.Maguire@teachingandlearning.ie