NAIRTL Grants Initiative - Successful applicants 2009
The 2009 Grants Initiative was launched February 25th and attracted a great response with more than 126 applications for consideration from 25 Higher Education Institutes.
Funding was available at either of two levels:
A selection committee met in June to assess the applications and unanimously agreed that the following proposals should be funded. Congratulations to all those listed below. NAIRTL looks forward to the commencement of these very worthy projects, the outcomes of which will be widely disseminated.
| Team Leader | Institution | Department | Team Members | Project Title | Award |
| Ms Frances Boylan | Dublin Institute of Technology | Learning, Teaching & Technolgy Centre | Pauline Rooney, DIT Alice Luby, DIT Tony Kiely, DIT Daniel King, DIT Dan Shanahan, DIT Rebecca Maughan, DIT Jennifer McConnell, DIT | Untying the Accountancy Knot: the design, development and implementation of interactive animations and simulations to support underperforming 1st year accountancy students, including those with dyslexia. | Small grant |
| Dr John Garvey | University of Limerick | Department of Accounting & Finance; | Patrick Buckley, UL Dr Fergal McGrath, UL | Promoting information literacy using prediction markets. | Small grant |
| Dr Dylan Evans | University College Cork | School of Medicine | An online tool for helping students improve the accuracy of probability estimates. | Small grant | |
| Dr Lisa Pursell | NUI Galway | Health Promotion | Barbara Griffin, NUIG Verna McKenna, NUIG | A blended learning enquiry based module for best practice of evaluation skills in health promotion. | Small grant |
| Mr Michael O'Rourke | Athlone Institute of Technology | Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering | The development of online assessment in the Moodle virtual learning environment (VLE) as a replacement for traditional written assessment. | Small grant | |
| Dr Catherine Forde | University College Cork | Department of Applied Social Studies | Dr Deborah Lynch, UCC | Social work within a community discourse. | Small grant |
| Dr Aislinn Joy | University College Cork | School of Medicine | Dr Laura Sahm, UCC | Focus on patient safety: How lifelong learning starts between pharmacy and medical students at UCC. | Small grant |
| Ms Janice Crausaz | University College Cork | Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy | Supporting therapists' engagement in evidence based practice (EBP) through a post-qualification Masters' degree module. | Small grant | |
| Dr Carmel Halton | University College Cork | Applied Social Studies Department | An evaluation of the contribution of the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Fieldwork Practice and Supervision to improving the quality of practice teaching on fieldwork placements. | Small grant | |
| Dr Andrew Flaus | NUI Galway | Biochemistry | Dr Michael Carty, NUIG | "So what do I do now?" Equipping students for independent bioscience research. | Small grant |
| Dr Dorothy Ni Uigin | NUI Galway | Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge | Ms Pilar Alderete, Trent University, Canada & NUIG | AIPLIS - Audiovisual Intercultural Portal for Learning Irish and Spanish | Small grant |
| Dr Rossana Salerno-Kennedy | University College Cork | School of Medicine | Dr Pat Henn, UCC Dr Siun O'Flynn, UCC | Education for Health Symposium. | Small grant |
| Ms Jennifer Johnston | University of Limerick | NCE-MSTL | None | The implementation and evaluation of a peer learning programme utilising undergraduate peer leaders in first year undergraduate science modules. | Small grant |
| Professor Gerry McElvaney | Royal College of Surgeons Ireland | Department of Medicine | Dr Muirne Spooner, RCSI | Developing an online problem-based prescribing module for undergraduate Medicine and Pharmacy students. | Small grant |
| Dr John Bradley | University College Cork | Department of Education | Dr Tom Hill, UCC Dr Mark Tangney, UCC Dr Sabin Tabirca, UCC | The Sports Nutrition Game for sport and exercise. | Small grant |
| Professor James Knowles | University College Cork | School of English | Texts, Editing and the World Wide Web seminar. | Small grant | |
| Ms Fiona Buckley | University College Cork | Government Department | Dr Theresa Reidy, UCC | Journal of Undergraduate research in political science. | Small grant |
| Professor Steve Hedley | University College Cork | Faculty of Law | Dr Shane Kilcommins, UCC Dr Ursula Kilkelly, UCC | Establishment of an Irish online law journal. | Small grant |
| Dr Ursula Kilkelly | University College Cork | Faculty of Law | Dorothy Appelbe, UCC Alan Lerner, Pennsylvania Law School | Development of a model for a Child Law Clinic. | Small grant |
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| University College Cork | Faculty of Science | Ms Teresa Dwan | Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) altered to Peer Assisted Tutoring Sessions (PATS). | Small grant |
| Dr Michael Cronin | University College Cork | Statistics Department | Ms Helena Guiney | Learning by Doing: Integrating research into a statistics course using a student-designed research project. | Small grant |
| Dr Patricia Kieran | University College Dublin | School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering | Dr Dermot Malone, UCD Dr Geraldine O'Neill, UCD | Development and evaluation of peer-assisted learning in the undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum. | Small grant |
| Professor Peter Cantillon | NUI Galway | Department of General Practice | Dr Yvonne Steinert, McGill University Dr Peter McLeod, McGill University Dr Linda Snell, McGill University | What are the key factors that influence the development of clinical teachers' implicit theories about teaching and learning? A Canadian - Irish collaborative study. | Small grant |
| Dr Dolores Corcoran | St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra | Education Department | Dr Sinead Breen, St. Pat's Therese Dooley, St. Pat's Dr Madeeha Khalid, St. Pat's Dr Maurice O Reilly, St. Pat's Ronan Ward, St. Pat's | Situated learning about Mathematics Teaching: mutual engagement of colleagues in a series of lesson study cycles applied to Academic and Curriculum Mathematics courses in one college of education. | Small grant |
| Dr Claire McDonnell | Dublin Institute of Technology | Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr Christine O'Connor, DIT Dr Sarah Rawe, DIT Dr Michael Seery, DIT | Research Awareness and Readiness Evaluation (RARE) of Undergraduate Chemistry Students. | Small grant |
| Ms Olive Gowan | University of Limerick | Physiotherapy Department | Maire O Donnell, UL Alison Warren, UL Mairead Cahill, UL Dr Ann Taylor, UL | Enhancing student learning on placement through the implementation of a case based interprofessional model of education. | Small grant |
| Ms Elaine Drummond | University College Cork | School of Nursing & Midwifery | Ms Lynne Marsh, UCC Dr Richard Windle, University of Nottingham, School of Nursing Ms Helen Laverty, University of Nottingham, School of Nursing | Who Knows Best? An investigation of the potential of student-generated content within vocational degree courses. | Small grant |
| Dr Maeve Conrick | University College Cork | French Department | Dr Fiona Cox, UCC | Postgraduates sharing experiences in research and teaching and learning: an innovative pathway. | Small grant |
| Dr Seamus O'Tuama | University College Cork | Department of Government | Dr Clodagh Harris, UCC Lyndsey Power, UCC Natasha Underhill, UCC | Preparing for academic success: A study of how targeted skills-based workshops can effectively aid first year students to bridge the gap between second and third level learning. | Large grant |
| Professor Michael Gilchrist | University College Dublin | School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering | Innovative methods for teaching foundation level engineering mechanics to large cohorts of undergraduate students, through research-led assignments for small student groups with postgraduate students. | Large grant | |
| Dr Declan Kennedy | University College Cork | Department of Education | Mr Noel Brett UCC Mr Sean Finn UCC Mr Matthias Jauch, UCC | To investigate the effectiveness of using datalogging technology to integrate research and teaching and learning in science education. | Large grant |
| Dr Yuliya Sememova | Dublin Institute of Technology | School of electronic and communications engineering | Dr Ginu Rajan, DIT Prof Gerald Farrell, DIT | Integration of Research and Learning in Optical Fiber Sensing Technology. | Large grant |
| Dr Cliona Murphy | St Patrick's College, Drumcondra | Education Department | Dr Janet Varley, St. Pat's Dr Paula Kilfeather, St. Pat's | Building Expertise in Science Teaching (BEST). | Large grant |
| Dr William Fitzgerald | IT Sligo | Department of Environmental Science | Noel Connaughton, IT Sligo Paul Hamilton, IT Sligo | Inquiry Based Simulated Learning Environments for Undergraduate Science Researchers. | Large grant |
| Dr Ann O'Shea | NUI Maynooth | Department of Mathematics | An investigation of the effectiveness of mathematics support initiatives. | Large grant | |
| Professor Tom Collins | NUI Maynooth | Centre for Teaching and Learning, and Education Department | Dr Alison Farrell, NUIM Claire McAvinia, NUIM | "Making the Bigger, Better" - tackling the challenges of large group teaching and learning. | Large grant |
| Professor Patrick Prendergast | Trinity College Dublin | Vice-Provost/ Chief Academic Officer | Dr Aileen Douglas, TCD Prof. Carol O Sullivan, TCD Dr David Lloyd, TCD | An International Symposium entitled "Innovation: the third pillar of the Irish Higher Education". | Large grant |
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