Emerging Issues II

EDIN - Educational Developers in Ireland Network

The Changing Roles and Identities of Teachers and Learners in Ireland

Edited by Bettie Higgs Marian McCarthy

TABLE OF CONTENTS (click here to download PDF version)

Biographical notes

1. The Changing Roles and Identities of Teachers and Learners in Higher Education in Ireland: Introduction
Bettie Higgs and Marian McCarthy

2. Writing Identity through the Educational Developers in Ireland Network (EDIN)
Ciara O’Farrell

3. Mature Cynics and Fledgling Eclectics: Elaborating Instructional Design for the Net Generation
David Jennings and Diane Cashman

4. Promoting Integrative Learning in First-year Science
Bettie Higgs

5. The Journey to High Level Performance: Using Knowledge on the Novice-Expert Trajectory to Enhance Higher Education Teaching
Sarah Moore, Geraldine O’Neill and Terry Barrett

6. Integrating Concepts of Integrative Learning
Bettie Higgs and Brendan Hall

7. Strategies for Implementing Group Work in Large Classes: Lessons from Enquiry-Based Learning
Geraldine O’Neill and Ivan Moore

8. Supporting Graduate Teaching Assistants at Trinity College Dublin
Jacqueline Potter and Orla Hanratty

9. Teaching for Understanding for Lecturers: Towards a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Marian McCarthy

10. Encouraging Student Creativity in Higher Education
Terry Barrett and Roisin Donnelly

11. Reflections on Conversations as a Catalyst for Change 2003-2007
Marion Palmer and Conor Heagney

12. The Changing Role of the Academic Library in Learning and Teaching
Helen Fallon and Ellen Breen

13. The Role of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in the Teaching of an Accredited Module in Information Literacy Skills
Claire McAvinia, Helen Fallon and Mairéad McQuaid