AILTA2018: ALL IRELAND CONFERENCE ON LEARNING, TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT IN FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
PROGRAM
Tuesday, October 30th

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10:45-11:30 Session 4A: Parallel Session: Stream A
Location: Room 5
10:45
The Factors Affecting the Adoption of Technology Enhanced Assessment in Further Education (abstract)
11:00
Teaching History in 21st Century Ireland: How Have Traditional Pedagogies Changed in Response to the Digital Age? (abstract)
11:15
Building Supports That Help Learning in Further & Higher Education (abstract)
10:45-11:30 Session 4B: Parallel Session: Stream B
Location: Room 7
10:45
Here’s My Story: Mature Students’ Narratives of Further Education (abstract)
11:00
An Investigation of the Impact of a Work-Based Learning Programme on Personal and Professional Development from the Perspective of the Learner: a Case Study from an Irish Higher Education Institute (abstract)
11:15
Enough Is Enough! What Should Professional Assessment of Dyslexia for Students in FE & HE Look Like? (abstract)
10:45-11:30 Session 4C: Parallel Session: Stream C
Chair:
Location: Room 12
10:45
Online MCQ Quizzes - Do They Enable Student Engagement and Learning or Are We Just Fooling Ourselves? (abstract)
11:00
What’s Wrong with This Picture? Visualising the Reality of Student and Staff Assessment Workloads (abstract)
11:15
The Nature of Teaching and Learning in a PLC College (abstract)
11:30-12:00Coffee Break
12:40-13:25 Session 8A: Parallel Session: Stream A
Location: Room 5
12:40
“I Knew, Because They Told Us”: Further Education and Training as a Facilitator (abstract)
12:55
The Research-Teaching Nexus as a Curriculum Development Tool in a Graduate Taught Programme (abstract)
13:10
Adult Basic Education Literacy Practices Outside of Class – a Phenomenographical Study (abstract)
12:40-13:25 Session 8B: Parallel Session: Stream B
Location: Room 7
12:40
Using Technology to Enhance Assessment in Science and Health Practicals: Findings from a Multi-Institution Collaboration (abstract)
12:55
An Investigation into the Use of Rubric-Based Self-Assessment and Written Feedback as an Effective Teaching Tool for the Enhancement of Student Learning in the Practical Element of a Food Science Degree Module (abstract)
13:10
An Investigation into the Use of an Undergraduate Journal Club as an Engagement Tool to Encourage Students’ Interaction with Scientific Literature (abstract)
12:40-13:25 Session 8C: Parallel Session: Stream C
Location: Room 12
12:40
Using in-Class and Online Group Work to Enhance Learning: Views from University Students of Second Languages (abstract)
12:55
Reciprocal Risk: Designing Group Assessments to Facilitate Social Learning for Online Apprenticeship Students (abstract)
13:10
Putting the 'E' in Portfolio Design: an Intervention Research Project Investigating How Design Students and Faculty Might Jointly Reimagine the Design Portfolio Activity (abstract)
12:40-13:25 Session 8D: Parallel Session: Stream D
Location: Edmund Hall
12:40
‘The Vital Triangle’: the Inter-Related Roles of Author, Reviewer and Editor in Strengthening Academic Scholarship and Evidence (abstract)
12:55
Phronetic Learning: Letting Aristotle Loose in the Classroom (abstract)
13:10
Progressing Culturally Responsive Assessment in Higher Education Institutions: a Strategic Response at DCU Institute of Education (abstract)
13:30-14:15Lunch Break
14:15-15:15 Session 9A: Parallel Papers: Stream A
Location: Room 5
14:15
ATLAS - A Model for Mapping to the Professional Development Framework (abstract)
14:30
MAPpd – Benchmarking Accredited Teaching and Learning Programmes against the National Professional Development Framework (abstract)
14:45
Can Library Staff Use the Professional Development Framework Developed by the National Forum? (abstract)
15:00
Using Professional Recognition as a Focus for Practice Enhancement (abstract)
14:15-15:15 Session 9B: Parallel Papers: Stream B
Location: Room 7
14:15
Irish Medical Science Education: An Exploration of Students' Attitudes to and Experiences of Assessment (abstract)
14:30
Developing a Traditional Music Learning Community (TMLC) within Higher Education. (abstract)
14:45
Designing Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Modules: an Evidence Based Approach (abstract)
15:00
An Investigation into the Pre-Enrolment Characteristics of Students to Identify Factors Influencing Academic Performance Within First Year Computing and Engineering Programmes of Study in a Higher Educational Institution (abstract)
14:15-15:15 Session 9C: Parallel Papers: Stream C
Chair:
Location: Room 12
14:15
Supporting the Transition from New Graduate Nurse to Professional Practitioner (abstract)
14:30
Peer Support in Midwifery Education: a Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Midwifery Peer Assisted Learning and Support (My PALS) Project. (abstract)
14:45
Reading Habits and Preferences of Millennial Undergraduate Business Students (abstract)
15:00
Students as Partners in Assessment: Employing Self and Peer Assessment in Enquiry Based Learning with Student Midwives (abstract)
15:15-16:00 Session 10A: Lightening Talks Stream A
Location: Room 5
15:15
Exploring the Experiences of International Foundation Programme Students (abstract)
15:20
Implementing Universal Design for Learning for Final Year Assessment (abstract)
15:25
Information Literacy to Support Transition: The Development of a Digital Badge for Schools (abstract)
15:30
Developing Effective Badging Practices to Motivate and Recognise Undergraduate Student Achievement (abstract)
15:35
Assistive Technology in IT Sligo (abstract)
15:15-16:00 Session 10B: Lightening Talks Stream B
Location: Room 7
15:15
Innovative Learning: Theoretical Analysis of the Effect of Assessment on Students’ Understanding of Microeconomics in a Large Class Context (abstract)
15:20
Practical Skills Assessments Made Easy Using Online Video Submission (abstract)
15:25
Evidencing Professional Development in Learning and Teaching Using an efolio Tool - A Beginner’s Guide (by a Beginner) (abstract)
15:30
Creating Virtual Space for Language Learning (abstract)
15:35
Innovative Intervention: Use of Technology to Improve First Year Student Understanding of Microeconomics (abstract)
15:15-16:00 Session 10C: Lightening Talks Stream C
Location: Room 12
15:15
The Transposition Project – an Overview (abstract)
15:20
Two Evaluations of Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programmes in Inner City Dublin and Wicklow 2015-2017 (abstract)
15:25
The Use of Videos in Microbiology Labs (abstract)
15:30
Problem Based Learning (PBL) Pilot in Immunology (abstract)
15:35
Learning Analytics and the Possibilities to Enhance Learning (abstract)
15:40
Using Video to Blend Chemistry Practical Classes (abstract)