Learning, Teaching and Assessment Showcase
TU Dublin Learning, Teaching and Assessment Showcase 2025
Student Centred Learning: Sharing Practice and Celebrating Success
TU Dublin, East Quad, Room EQ-002
Wednesday 7 May 9:30am-3:00pm
Building upon TU Dublin’s strong reputation for innovation and excellence in learning, teaching, and assessment, the University will host a showcase in the East Quad, Grangegorman on 7 May 2025.
Academic Affairs and Sustainability Education, as the event organisers, invite all staff to join us for this in-person event which is designed to share and celebrate innovations in learning, teaching, and assessment across the university.
Click here to register for this exciting showcase (note that this is an in-person, on-campus event).
The theme of this year’s showcase is: Student Centred Learning: Sharing Practice and Celebrating Success.
Student-centred learning prioritises students and their learning needs as the central focus of the educational experience. It aims to encourage deeper learning and support students in becoming self-driven, lifelong learners. The showcase will offer attendees an invaluable opportunity to develop a student-centred approach to practice, with talks, workshops, poster presentations, and practice sharing sessions on a range of relevant topics.
The schedule for the event, taking place in room EQ-002, is as follows (See here for the full agenda for the LTA Showcase):
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9:30-9:45 |
Opening Address: Dr Ciarán O’Leary Assistant Head of Academic Affairs - Learning, Teaching and Assessment |
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9:45-10:50 |
Roundtable panel discussion on Student-Centred Learning, facilitated by Dr Fionnuala Darby from the University Education Model Team. Panel members:
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10:50-11:15 |
Coffee and Poster Presentations (See below for list of poster presenters) |
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11:15-12:00 |
Student Centred Learning in Practice – Parallel workshops with members of the TU Dublin LTA Team: Rooms: EQ-112, EQ-203, EQ-204 Workshop 1: Planning and Facilitating the Student-Centred Lecture Workshop 2: A Student-Centred Approach to Assessment Workshop 3: Harnessing Technology for Student-Centred Learning |
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12:00 – 12:45 |
Practice-Sharing Sessions – 5 minute Presentations by TU Dublin Staff: Chair: Damian Gordon, School of Computer Science Academic Teamwork - Developing and preserving a coherent ethos and identity for an interdisciplinary undergraduate programme through staff engagement, Colm O'Kane, Programme Chair, BSc in Product Design "And in conclusion,..." What a badly-designed assessment taught me about first year science students use of Generative AI, Darvree Downey, School of Chemical and BioPharmaceutical Sciences Empowering Future Chefs: A Sustainable Food Education Program Led by 3rd-Year Culinary Students for Primary and Secondary Schools, Judith Boyle & Shannon Dickson, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology Introducing Sustainability Development Goal problems in Maths Education, Fiona Faulkner, Tourism and Hospitality Management Huawei Business Sustainability Student Enterprise Challenge, Lesley Murphy & Ciaran O'Carroll (School of Marketing and Entrepreneurship), Niamh O'Hora (Enterprise Academy) Hyflex, Alan McDonnell, School of Mechanical Engineering |
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12:45 – 12:55 |
Sustainability Education Resources |
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12:55 - 1:30 |
Lunch and Poster Viewing (See below for list of poster presenters) |
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1:30-2:15 |
Practice-Sharing Sessions – 5 minute Presentations by TU Dublin Staff: Chair: Damian Gordon, Computer Science Use of MATLAB Grader in Fluid Mechanics Module, Gerard Nagle, School of Mechanical Engineering Reflections on a Semester of Mobile HyFlex: what worked and what didn't, Geraldine Gorham, School of Tourism & Hospitality Management Developing the Skills of Students in Strategic Company Assessments Through the Use of Generative AI, Donal O’Brien, School of Management, People and Organisation Tutorial planning with GenAI - Making the Tools work for you, Fionnuala Darby, Education Model Team Identity Case Study UDL v3.0, Margaret Kinsella, School of Media Implementation of UDL strategies into the BSc in Medical Science Programme, Clare Wynne, School of Biological, Health and Sports Sciences Using Stories of Black Minority Ethnic Social Care Students to Address Racism in Social Care Education, Margaret Fingleton & Bríd Ní Chonaill, School of Social Sciences, Law and Education |
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2:15 - 2:30 |
Overview of the Future Compendium - Fostering Undergraduate Research A Practice-Based Approach: An Interdisciplinary Collection from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities with Tim Kovar, Muireann O’Keefe, Robert Tully, Ruth Harris, Sue Norton, Mary Ann Bolger, Conor McGarrigle |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
Celebration of Delta Award Winners and Advance HE Fellowships. Presentation of CPD Certificates and Digital Badges. Professor Brian Bowe, Head of Academic Affairs, TU Dublin Jennifer Boyer, Vice President for Sustainability, TU Dublin Close |
Poster Presenters
Susan Lynott, "TYDE Transition Year Dual Enrolment"
Geraldine Fay and Louise McAnarney, "Embedding Sustainable Development goals (SDGs) into Social Care Student Placement Interventions"
Lucy Bowe & Ruth O'Leary, "Strategy & Leadership in Accounting & Finance"
Matt Smith & Peter Manifold, "Co-creating with lecturers to enhance and develop digital learning materials to support part-time enterprise learners"
Ruth Harris, "Re-imagining undergraduate research through a student-centred placement-based Research in Practice approach"
Eileen Mageean and Lejla Rovcanin, "SDG focused Engineering Education"
Linda Bennett, Nicholas Herbert, Maeve Kerins, "Library Orientation Tours as a Teaching and Learning Activity"
James Fox, Rachel Freeman, Claire McDonnell, Sarah Rawe, Ciarnad Ryan, "Growth Mindset - Sensory and Medicinal Herb Garden for Education for Sustainable Development"
Catherine Curtin, "Empowering Students in the Digital Age: A Library Services Teaching and Learning Team in Action"
Catherine Bates, Lucia Morales, Claire McDonnell, Edel Gallagher, "Your Invitation to Get into GERE (Greenhouse for Engaged Research in Education)"
Michelle Giltrap, "Assessment of student competences, knowledge skills enhancement and graduate attributes in relation to sustainability during industry placement"