AIT Showcase

Learning & Teaching

AIT Learning & Teaching Showcase, Friday 17th June 2011

10.00 - 10.30      Learning Objects Exhibition &  Poster Display in the Coffee Dock

10.30 - 12.30      Business Lecture Theatre B1029

Opening by the Academic Registrar, Dr Joseph Ryan

  • ‘Using online tutorials to increase understanding of threshold concepts in mathematics’ Frank Doheny, School of Engineering click here to access presentation.
  • ‘Learning to Learn - lessons learned’, Geraldine McDermott, School of Humanities and Learning and Teaching Unit  
  • ‘Designing presentations for students with dyslexia - An online resource’   Michael McMahon, School of Engineering   Impact of Professional Development
  • Students as Partners - 'Peer Assisted Student Support' Aisling Keenan, Learning and Teaching Unit  
  • ‘Programme Assessment Strategy: An evaluation of  fit for purpose assessment in HTL’ Sean Connell, School of Humanities, Click here to access Sean presentation.
  • ‘What our students are saying about Moodle: VLE Usage Survey 2010-2011’, Nuala Harding, Learning and Teaching Unit 
  • Certificate in Technology Enhanced Learning, Seamus Ryan, School of Business and Learning and Teaching Unit  
  • “Classroom Assessment Techniques”, Niall Burke, School of Engineering Classroom Assessment Techniques

 12.30 - 1.00       Presentations by Professor Ciarán O'Catháin

           - PASS Leadership Module Certificates

           - Student Moodle Usage Survey - iTouch winners

           - NDLR Technology Enhanced Learning Research Awards

AIT  Instructional Technologies Showcase 2010

AIT  Instructional Technologies Showcase Wednesday 16th June 2010

The exhibition featured demonstrations of reusable learning objects created by research award recipients from the AIT Community of Practice in IT (CoPIT) and participants on the AIT Certificate in Learning and Teaching Programme.

AIT showcase of learning resources
Showcase of learning objects created by staff involved in NDLR funded activity in the AIT CoPIT, in addition to objects created by participants on the Certificate in Learning and Teaching programme which commenced in AIT in September 2009. Seamus Ryan, School of Business and Engineering, AIT CoPIT Leader 

Science Routes of Drug Administration
Learning Outcome: Identify key routes of drug administration. Screen cast produced by participant on the Certificate in Learning and Teaching programme. Target Audience: Higher Certificate in Pharmacy Technician Year One Dr. Colin Conway, Department of Life and Physical Sciences Pharmacology

Short screen recordings as a means of instruction in a practical computer module
Microsoft Word Tutorial 1; Microsoft Word Tutorial 2; Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial; Microsoft Access Tutorial; Microsoft Excel Tutorial; IIF VBA Function Tutorial; DateDiff VBA Function Tutorial, Len VBA Function Tutorial, Left and Right VBA Function Tutorial, Weekday & Choose VBA Function Tutorial, Target Audience: Undergraduates MS Word. MS Access, MS PowerPoint students. Apply theory to critically compare the different routes of administrations
Barry O’Loughlin, School of Business Computer Applications and MS VBA

German Language Teaching
Learning resources created to aid learners of German 1. Wechselpräpositionen. 2. The impact of conjunctions on word order. Target audience: Beginners(learners) and teachers of German
Eimear Kelly, School of Humanities German

Web Design and Development
Learning Outcome: Create a moving object in Macromedia Flash. Screen cast produced by a participant on the Certificate in Learning and Teaching programme. Target Audience Adult Learners Aisling Keenan, Department of Adult and Continuing Education.

Control and Automation systems
Learning resources: The use of Win CCFlexible SCADA system in conjunction with Step7 PLC software running with a simulator. Target Audience Year 4 Mechanical Engineering Lev3el 8
Padraig Cooke Department of Mechanical Engineering. School of Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Evaluation of the Cytotoxicity of the Spermicide Nonoxynol-9 using Bovine Sperm as a toxicology Model
Learning outcome Calculate % of control values in order to standardise data and use Microsoft excel to produce graphs to represent 5 different endpoints of cytotoxicity. Screen cast produced by a participant on the certificate in Learning and Teaching Programme. Target audience Learners on the BSDc and MSc in Toxicology programmes.
Dr. Antoinette Sweeney, Department of Life and Physical Sciences, School of Science

Horizontal collector ground source heat pump installation and ground temperature resource evaluation.
Learning outcome: Difference between the two main types of ground source collector configurations and explain and illustrate how a ground source heat pump horizontal collector is installed. Screen cast produced by a participant of the certificate in learning and teaching programme. Target audience Civil and mechanical engineering students as part of introduction to renewable energy systems Niall Burke, Department of Civil, Construction and Mineral Engineering 

Isolation of Pure cultures
Learning outcome: Define the term “Streaking for isolation” and describe and demonstrate how this technique is preformed. Screen cast produced by a participant in the certificate in Learning and Teaching programme. Target audience First year microbiology undergraduate students.
Dr. Carmel Kealey, Department of Life and Physical Science

Creative art is for everyone
Learning outcome describe principles for participation and engagement in create are class. Screen cast produced by a participant in the certificate in Learning and Teaching programme Target audience 1st year social care undergraduates
Denise Burke- Mac Giollarí, Department of Social Care, School of Humanities

Mixing with Pro Tools software
Learning outcome: Explain panning and auxiliary effects channels. Screen cast produced by a participant in the certificate in Learning and Teaching programme. Target audience: First year students in the second semester of Music and Instrument Technology
Ruth Kennington, School of Business Business

Introduction to Climate Change
Learning outcome: Describe the climatic system and the cyclic effect of the weather. Screen cast produced by a participant in the certificate in Learning and Teaching programme Target audience: Year 1 Environmental studies undergraduates
Sile O’Flaherty, Department of Life and Physical Sciences, School of Science 

Knife Skills
Learning outcomes: Demonstrate the proper techniques involved in the use, cleaning and correct care of knives. Screen cast produced by a participant in the certificate in Learning and Teaching programme Target audience, first year culinary arts students
Sadie Davoren, Culinary Arts, Hotel School GMIT

Selection of learning go objects to support the teaching of Matlab
Topics. 1. Introduction to Matlab 2. Matlab: if, else...construct 3. Matlab: for Loops 4. Matlab: While loops. 5. Matlab: Graph drawing
Frank Doheny, Department of Electronic and Software Engineering

Selection of Learning objects to support the teaching of financial Accounting
Topics: Double entry book keeping – contains 8 tutorials lessons ( 5 min movie clips) Illustrating the following areas. Lesson 1 – recording capital and asses, lesson 2 recording capital and liabilities, lesson 3 – sales and debt transactions, lesson 4 purchases and creditor transactions, lesson 5 – recording expenses and gains, lesson 6 – recording drawings by the owner – lesson 7 – balancing off accounts – lesson 8 reparation of trail balance
Luke Fannon and Orlaith Kelly, Department of School of Business Accountancy

Using Moodle for eAssessment
Michael O’Rourke, Department of Electronic and Software Engineering, School of Engineering

Creating Learning Objects using Articulate Engage and Articulate Quiz maker Anatomy and Physiology
1. Lobes of the Brain 2. Anatomy of the Heart
Dr. Sheila Flaherty, Department of Nursing and Health Sciences Science

 

 

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