The Learning Innovation Network will host the LIN-SLL Symposium 2016:
When: Thursday, 27th October 2016
From: 9:30 – 16:45
Where: Aisling Hotel, Dublin
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Symposium Theme: The impact of accredited professional development on assessment of, for and as, learning.
Please join us for stimulating presentations and discussion in three different break-out session bands:
- Student-led Learning, where different approaches to assessment using e-portfolios, collaboration and other methods will be examined.
- Effective Assessment, with talks on effective continuous assessment, CPD for lecturers new to higher education and the use of images in assessment.
- AISHE (All Ireland Society for Higher Education) sessions will cover some of the contents of the soon-to-be published e-book.
Keynote Speakers are:
- Prof. Tom Collins, Chair of the Governing Bodies of both DIT and IT Blanchardstown, Interim CEO of Technological Higher Education Association (THEA)
Talk Title: Assessment: The Tail that Wags the Teaching & Learning Dog - Professor Pete Boyd, Professor of Professional Learning, University of Cumbria, U.K.
Talk Title: Assessment of, for and as, Learning: An International Perspective - Dr. Ciara O’Farrell, Director, Special Purpose Certificate Academic Practice, Senior Academic Developer, Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Talk Title: Creating an Institutional Framework for Assessment of, for and as, Learning
Cost
This is a free event, but registration is required.
Registration
Please register by 12pm Friday, 21st October 2016
Register at: http://lin-sll2016.eventbrite.ie
Contact
cathy.fennelly@itcarlow.ie with any questions.
