TEU Update March 27 2025
Date: Thursday, 10th April
Time: 2.00pm- 3.30pm
Place: Glasnevin Campus, DG10, Bea Orpen Building
This hands-on workshop will guide staff step by step in writing a GenAI Teaching Statement for an assessment, module or programme. The statement will provide clear guidance to students on the authorised and unauthorised use of GenAI. Participants will first review the purpose of a given assessment and then determine the extent to which GenAI can (or cannot) be used, based on a GenAI Assessment Scale (Perkins et al., 2024). They will further reflect to justify their choices regarding the allowed (or not allowed) use of GenAI by students, and also learn about different approaches to properly acknowledge the use of GenAI. Participants are expected to leave the session with a draft GenAI teaching statement they can integrate immediately in their assessment/ module/ program. As this is an in-person session, space is limited. Register here.
Should you have any questions, please contact samantha.xu@dcu.ie.
This afternoon at 2 p.m. Professor Sebastian Bakalarczyk, Lodz University of Technology, will pose the problem of how to Effectively design challenges within Blended Intensive Programmes to maximise learning. To attend, please register and a meeting link will be forwarded.
The President's Awards for Excellence in Teaching will take place on Thursday, May 1st in The Gallery, The Helix at 10am, with refreshments from 9.30am. Please respond to the invitation issued from the President's Office to join us at this celebratory event, and thank you to all those who submitted nominations.
Throughout February and March a number of academic and professional staff members participated in the National Forum for Teaching and Learning’s Introduction to Sustainability digital badge. A big congratulations to all of those who have now completed the course.
There are plans to run a second iteration of the course later in 2025. If you’re interested in participating, please contact barry.peak@dcu.ie.
If you require assistance or guidance with teaching and learning or Loop related matters, avail of the below methods.
Support for technical issues
For Loop technical queries, go to help.dcu.ie. You can also attend one of our regular online Loop drop in clinics, details in the TEU calendar. The drop in clinics are particularly useful for more complex queries. The Loop Staff Support Page also provides a comprehensive range of resources on Loop and Zoom. For new users, the enrolment key for this page is ‘staff’.
Advice on using technology for Teaching and Learning
If you are looking for advice on developing your teaching practice, including but not limited to the application of technology, please contact the TEU team teaching.enhancement@dcu.ie. We will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible.
Consultancy request form
Interested in requesting a workshop or more extended consultation on a specific topic? Use this consultancy request form.
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