Thursday June 11^th 2009

Time

Session

Venue

08.30 – 09.15

Registration & Tea/Coffee

Foyer, Áras Moyola Building

09.15 – 09.30

Symposium Welcome and Opening Address, President NUI Galway

Theatre – MY001

09.30 – 10.15

Keynote I

Dr Kelly Coate

Curriculum: a space and a time

Theatre – MY001

10:15 – 11:00

Keynote II

Prof Katherine Isaacs

From Project to Process: an Update on Tuning and “Bologna” in a World Perspective

Theatre – MY001

11.00 – 11.15

Poster Exhibition and Tea/Coffee

Foyer, Áras Moyola Building

11.15 – 12.45

Parallel Session (A)
(see Parallel Session A details below)

Various

12.45 – 14.00

Lunch

Friar’s Restaurant

Poster Exhibition

Foyer, Áras Moyola Building

14.00 – 14.45

Keynote III

Prof Liz McDowell

Why isn’t assessment always for learning – and what can we do about it?

Theatre – MY001

14.45 – 16.15

Parallel Session (B)
(see Parallel Session B details below)

Various

16.15 – 16.45

Poster Exhibition and Tea/Coffee

Foyer, Áras Moyola Building

16.45 – 17.30

Keynote IV

Dr Jan Parker

Disciplinarity – What are we offering our students?

Theatre – MY001

19.30

Symposium Dinner

Radisson Hotel, Galway

Friday June 12^th 2009

Time

Session

Venue

09.00 – 09.30

Poster Exhibition and Tea/Coffee

Foyer, Áras Moyola Building

09.30 – 10.15

Keynote V

Prof Phil Race

Towards Assessment as Learning

Theatre – MY001

10.15 – 11.45

Parallel Session (C)
(see Parallel Session C details below)

Various

11.45 – 12.00

Tea/Coffee & NAIRTL Book Launch

Foyer, Áras Moyola Building

12.00 – 12.45

Keynote VI

Prof Ferdinand Von Prondzynski

Higher Education – Equipping the country for what?

Theatre– MY001

12.45

Lunch and Symposium Close

College Bar

Keynote discussion I

Open discussion and questions on keynote presentations

Kelly Coate & Katherine Isaacs more detail

Theatre – MY001

Open Distance and Blended Learning I

Open Educational Resources

Catherine Bruen & Fiona Concannon

(National Digital Learning Repository & NUI Galway) more detail

MY 123

Peer Assisted Learning

Supporting the First Year Experience

Carina Ginty & Nuala Harding

(GMIT & AIT) more detail

MY 124

Generic Competencies I

Knowledge Transfer - Tuning into Generic Competencies

Chair: Dr. Mary Holden

(NAIRTL Bologna Working Group) more detail

MY 125

Open, Distance and Blended Learning II

A practitioner’s approach

Facilitator: Nuala McGuinn

Chair: Sinead Hahessy more detail

MY 127

Keynote discussion II

Assessing Students

Liz McDowell

Chair: Frances McCormack more detail

Theatre – MY001

Open, Distance and Blended Learning III

ODL in Practice

Mary Byrne, Adeline Cooney, Catherine Cronin, Úna FitzGerald, Éilis O’Regan

Chair: Dr. Sharon Flynn more detail

MY 123

The National Framework – What does it mean for universities?

Learning Outcomes, Assessment, Levels – What does it mean for you?

Prof. John Scattergood, Trish O’Brien, Alex Anderson, Nuala Hunt

(The University Sector Framework Implementation Network) more detail

MY 126

Generic Competencies Workshop II

Integrating Generic Competencies into your Curriculum  

(NAIRTL Bologna Working Group)

Chair: Dr. Stephen Cassidy more detail

MY 124

Space & Time to think

Decluttering the Curriculum

Chair: Dr. Iain Mac Labhrainn more detail

MY 125

Keynote discussion III

Disciplinarity – What are we offering our students?

Chair: Frances McCormack more detail

Theatre – MY001

Open Distance and Blended Learning IV

Instructional Design – Experiences and Reflections

Anne Keane more detail

MY 123

Peer Assisted Learning (PAL)

Supporting the First Year Experience

Carina Ginty & Nuala Harding

(GMIT & AIT) more detail

MY 124

Assessment

Getting better formative feedback to more students in less time

Phil Race more detail

MY 127

Generic Competencies Workshop III

Building Ireland’s Smart Graduate (Stakeholder Perspectives: policy and practice)

Paul Barry  (NAIRTL Bologna Working Group) more detail

MY 125

National Review of Higher Education

Your Three Wishes

Chair: tbc more detail

MY 126