About

 

The Digital Education Futures Collective at TU Dublin is an interdisciplinary initiative with a forward-thinking agenda. It’s not about the tech, it’s about reimaging education itself.   

The Digital Education Futures Collective is a cross-faculty cross-function initiative, established to provide practical hands-on and financial support for staff exploring and trialling education technology trends that impact how we teach and learn. Its ultimate aim is to help position our university as a leader in the digital education futures space in the higher education sector in Ireland. Part funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (HEA) under the SATLE initiative, the Collective's focus for the coming three years is on furthering eXtended reality (VR, AR, MR) in education at TU Dublin. The Collective will also serve as an incubation hub during this time for other future trends, the first of which is AI Virtual Assistants. 

Mission: To advance inclusive, innovative, and future-ready teaching by: 

• Funding, driving and supporting individual and collaborative projects in technology-driven education trends across the disciplines 

• Providing a space where members can avail of training  

• Enhancing the digital capabilities of members in these areas 

 

Vision: To help create a digitally-enabled academic environment that: 

• Responds to the evolving needs of students in a rapidly changing world 

• Embraces creativity, flexibility and inclusivity in education 

• Positions TU Dublin as a leader in the digital education futures space 

 

Short-Term Objectives: In this academic year, our members will be:

• Implementing a new “Immersive Technology for Digital Tourism” module with technology at the core of the learning experience...
  • to create sustainable, engaging, and innovative digital tourism experiences that bridge the physical and XR
  • to improve students’ skills in designing and producing 360° Virtual Reality tourism experiences that tell a compelling story of place and people, by blending creativity with digital marketing
  • to enhance student collaboration skills to develop and present cohesive multimedia outputs - XR content, interactive websites, and AI-driven elements - demonstrating professional design, planning, and marketing integration
• Creating a number of bespoke XR applications and introducing those into active classroom/laboratory environments
• Developing a Marketing AI Assistant (MAIA) which will provide a set of curated, focused & reliable information that can be used by Marketing students to navigate their journey through third level education.
• Giving all academic staff at TU Dublin the opportunity to try out VR technology in a safe and supported environment

 

Alignment:

The Digital Education Futures Collective is aligned with the following TU Dublin strategic objective: 

Strategic Plan 2024-2028 | People Pillar 

Focus Area: Transformative Education 

KPI: Student satisfaction measure  

Target: Enhance the student experience so that 85% of students are satisfied with their TU Dublin university experience according to the National Student Survey 

 

The Collective is also expected to reach targets aligned to the following SDGs: 

• SDG 4: Quality Education 

• SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth 

• SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure 

• SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals