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Embedding Udl Across Heca Colleges, Cct College Dublin

Faculty Presentations

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Google Sites For Eportfolio, Marie O' Neill, Tracy Gallagher

Faculty Presentations

This presentation was delivered at Quality and Qualification's Quality in HE: Sectoral Findings and Enhancement Showcase which took place on Oct 17th 2023.

Institutional Repositories:The Heca Experience, Ann Byrne, Tiernan O'Sullivan, Debora Zorzi

Faculty Presentations

This presentation was delivered by the HECA Research Group as part of the first HECA Research Conference that took place in November 2022.

The HECA Research Group is comprised of Ann Byrne from Hibernia College, Tiernan O' Sullivan from Dublin Business School and Debora Zorzi from CCT College in collaboration with Dimphne Ni Bhraonain from Griffith College.

The presentation covers a range of topics related to institutional repositories, including setting up and maintaining a repository, copyright issues and the future of repositories.

Digital Transformation Impacting Programme Delivery At Cct College Dublin, Alan Foran, Tracy Gallagher, Ken Healy, Marie O' Neill

Poster Presentations

Since its foundation in 2005, CCT College Dublin has had a strong focus on digital innovation to enhance the teaching and learning experience. In February of 2019, prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning's Irish National Digital Experience INDEx Survey indicated that 78.3% of students positively rated digital teaching and learning approaches at CCT (31.9% excellent and 3.4% best imaginable). With the emergency online pivot in March 2020 and QQI’s approval of CCT’s blended learning extension of scope application, CCT has subsequently upgraded all of its classrooms for hybrid …

Student-Centred Enhancements To Programme Delivery At Cct College Dublin, Naomi Jackson, Marie O' Neill

Poster Presentations

In February 2020, CCT College Dublin convened the Monitoring and Review Team (MRT), to identify risk and mitigating actions required to ensure the continuity of programme delivery and supports to learners during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the event of potential campus closure. The team investigated good practice in online teaching, learning and assessment, regulatory frameworks and practices, technology supports, and human resources required to proactively support any potential shift to online delivery and supports. A peer consultation was also conducted with online teaching and learning experts across the sector (CCT College Dublin, 2020). Maintenance of academic standards and integrity were …

Promoting Academic Integrity Through Programme Focused Assessment, Graham Glanville Dr

Faculty Presentations

This presentation was delivered as part of a series on unintentional academic impropriety organised by HECA's HAQEF series as part of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning's Seminar Series 2021/22. The recording can be viewed at: https://vimeo.com/653752556. The full series can be viewed at: https://heca.ie/heca-professional-development/the-challenge-of-unintentional-academic-impropriety-in-a-global-he-world/.

Interpretation And Practical Application Of The Qqi Core Statutory Quality Assurance Guidelines Section 2.1 Governance And Management Of Quality.Pdf, Naomi Jackson, Dr Dermot Douglas

Faculty Books

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Making Your Ir Work For Your Context - Cct College Dublin: A Case Study, Marie O'Neill, Justin Smyth

Faculty Presentations

A small team at CCT College Dublin was given a very big goal. A new IR and faculty profiling tool from Digital Commons was provided to enable strategic developments pertaining to institutional scholarly activity. In the span of little more than a year – and in the midst of COVID - Team CCT has made quick strides in using their IR to underpin and showcase teaching and learning activities, student achievement, quality and enhancement projects, research activity (including student research), and sectoral engagement. Although in the relatively early stages of development, the IR is now successfully embedded across many institutional …

Private Third Level Education Teaching: The Challenges And Opportunities When Implementing Student-Centred Learning As A New Lecturer, Gerard Keating

Poster Presentations

This presentation recognises the limitations of a new lecturer, the resources required in an academic portfolio and the ways and means of utilising technology to enhance the student experience in a collaborative environment.

Using Anonymous Student Feedback To Enhance Digital Teaching And Learning Practices In It Modules, John Snel Phd, Greg South

Poster Presentations

This case study outlines the use of four digital tools to enhance student learning across several Information Technology modules (Level 7 and 8 in the Irish National Framework of Qualifications). Survey feedback on the use of these digital tools was positive, particularly towards the use of in-class polling and the supplementary instructor-made videos.

The Irish Library Publishing Landscape: One Year On, Marie O' Neill, Jane Buggle

Faculty Presentations

This presentation gives an overview of developments in the Irish Library Publishing landscape since the inaugural mid-term meeting of the Library Publishing Group of the International Federation of Library Associations in Dublin in March 2019, which Marie and Jane co-chaired with the support of fellow organising Committee members and the SIG Convener Ann Okerson. See: https://www.ifla.org/node/92260?og=92037 for the presentations emanating from the Dublin SIG.

Inspiring And Incentivising Professional Development At Cct College Dublin: A Multi-Pronged Approach, Naomi Jackson, Marie O' Neill

Faculty Presentations

This presentation looks at the attributes of professional development delivery at CCT. it also explores professional development initiatives that CCT contributes at a national level. Coverage of the conference can be accessed on Twitter at #modelsofsuccess. Slides of the conference can be viewed here.

Effective Governance For Independent Fet And Het Providers, Naomi Jackson

Faculty Presentations

This presentation explores academic governance structures and processes in relation to FET and HET education providers. Topics covered include the separation of commercial interests from governance mechanisms and externality.

Cultivating Academic Self-Efficacy Through Supportive Social And Self Regulated Learning Strategies For Students In Higher Education, Graham Glanville

Faculty Presentations

This research set out to enhance engagement in computer programming, a known difficult subject area for 1st year BSc in IT students. Programming lecturing staff had strong reservations about introducing group work in their classes, claiming group work was a counter-productive learning approach. The study was framed on a mixed methods action research approach, and a number of interventions, centred on reflective learning and social learning, were introduced. The findings indicated a strong preference by students to work in groups when tackling computer programming problems, but no strong evidence was found that reflective or social learning activities enhance programming skill …