Show And Tell

BLU’s Show and Tell sessions are an opportunity for academic staff to share their experiences of using digital technologies to support and enhance their teaching and learning.

These sessions are less formal than presentations and active dialogue between presenters and participants is encouraged. 

The objective of Show and Tell is to provide an opportunity for academic staff to meet, share blended teaching and learning experiences that have worked well or, that may not have worked as well as anticipated, and learn new approaches to using digital technologies in teaching and learning. Sessions aim to foster inspiration in others to try something similar in their teaching practice.

Members of MIC’s academic staff lead each session and outline their experience of using a particular educational technology in their teaching. The outline should take fifteen to twenty minutes and no formal presentation is required. Speakers can choose to use the monitor to provide a quick demonstration of the technology they are using. Attendees will then have the opportunity to ask questions and have a discussion.

Show and Tell sessions usually take place on Thursdays in T1.11 from 11 – 11.30 am. There is no need to book a place, if you wish to participate just just come along and exchange some ideas with colleagues. Any updates to the time, location or schedule are disseminated to staff by email.

Below is the schedule for the Show and Tell talks for Spring semester 2017.

Academic Week 3:

Joan O’Sullivan and Anne O’Keeffe – Using MindMeister Mind-Mapping Tool as an Assessment Instrument in an Online Linguistics Module

Academic Week 4:

Gwen Moore – Team-Grading using Turnitin QuickMark Comments

Academic Week 5:

Kerry Greer – Flipping the Classroom (Social Psychology Modules)

Academic Week 6:

Miriam Hamilton – Using Moodle Live Chat to Flip the Classroom

Academic Week 7:

Patricia Daly – Moderation of Graduate Student Responses to Moodle Lecture Materials

Academic Week 8:

Rory McGann – LEGO Education Assessment and the Use of Adaptive Comparative Judgement

Academic Week 9:

Britta Jung – Using Kahoot to engage Students in Language Learning

Academic Week 10:

Brighid Golden – Using Turnitin Rubrics to Grade and Communicate Feedback on Students’ Assignments

Academic Week 11:

T.J. O’Ceallaigh – Building Community: Cultivating Teacher Knowledge through Twitter (Run in conjunction with digital skills week All Aboard 2017)