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, with a strong emphasis on practice-based learning. 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. 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 

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