All PHELC Special Interest Group Symposia Proceedings can be accessed here - papers published individually and as compiled proceedings for each symposium
Published Symposia Proceedings
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PHELC 2024, Online
Funded by The National Forum for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Dublin City University SATLE funding
Link = Full, collated proceedings
Recordings of presentations and links to individual papers below:
Jaclyn Broadbent (Keynote), Deakin University, Melbourne - Aligning the Summative Purposes of Assessment: Assignment Design, Feedback and Moderation at scale
Link to PAPER
Karen Buckley, Dublin City University (DCU) - Talking the Talk: Interactive Oral Assessment to Promote Academic Integrity in Large Postgraduate Teacher Education Programmes
Link to PAPERConor Hanly, University of Galway - Student Engagement in a Large Flipped Class Link to PAPER
Keith Murphy, Technological University of Dublin - Neurodiverse Students Learning in Large Lecture Theatres: Challenges and Opportunities Link to PAPER
Heather Bennett & Bridget Curren, State University of New York (SUNY) - Ungrading: Using Feedback and Reflection to Address Equity Challenges in Large Classes
Link to PAPERPeter Felten, Elon University, North Carolina & Ann Marie Farrell, Dublin City University - Relationship-Rich Education at Scale Link to PAPER
Michael Murphy, University College Cork - Using an Individual Reflective Journal based on the Belbin Team Roles Framework to Manage Group Projects in Large Classes
Link to PAPER
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PHELC 2023, Online
Funded by The National Forum for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Dublin City University SATLE funding
Link = Full, collated proceedings
Recordings of presentations and links to individual papers below:
Elaine Huber, (Keynote), University of Sydney - Scaling new horizons in higher education: Empowering educators and reimagining the student experience in large classes Link to PAPER
Roisin Lyons, University of Limerick, Orlagh Reynolds & Catherine Faherty, Dublin City University - Student Reflections on the Hackathon Experience Link to PAPER
Kofi Nseibo, Kristin Van Tonder, Chantal Samuels, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Judith McKenzie, University of Cape Town - Enhancing student engagement in large classes by integrating principles of Universal Design for Learning in a Disability Studies in Education short course at the University of Cape Town Link to PAPER
William Golden, University of Galway - ChatGPT: A means to enable student critical thinking in large classes Link to PAPER
Fiona Gallagher, Peter Tiernan, Irene White, Dublin City University - Group video assessment in higher education large classes: Students’ and educators’ perspectives Link to PAPER
Michael Murphy, Marnina Winkler, University College Cork - Managing group project-work in large classes with limited teaching supports; exploring self-directed mechanisms to assist students address group issues and the problem of the ‘free-rider’ Link to PAPER
Lightning Talks 1 (x3) presentation available here - Presenters and papers listed below.
Yalemisew Abgaz, Ciaran Dunne, Dublin City University - Designing Microcurricula-as-a-service: The case of large class, cross programme, and online asynchronous module
Link to PAPER
Uzma Ahmad, University of Sheffield - Does online engagement improve students’ performance in a large classroom: Empirical evidence from a microeconomics module at University of Sheffield International College during the COVID19 pandemic Link to PAPER
Hyowon Lee & Naile Hacioglu, Dublin City University - An experience of applying active learning to large classes Link to PAPER
Lightning Talks 2 (x3) presentation available here - Presenters and papers listed below.
Rob Lowney, Dublin City University - “Elicit and Engage” – Staff experiences of a student polling tool in large classes Link to PAPER
John P. Kelly, Demi Traile, Lyndsay Olson, University of Galway - The development of a Pharmacology module for undergraduate medical students Link to PAPER
Nicole Isaacs, Sibusiso Maneli & Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, University of Cape Town - Optimising diverse linguistic capital through translanguaging in a large humanities course Link to PAPER
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PHELC 2022, Hybrid (Dublin & Online)
Funded by the National Forum for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Link = full, collated proceedings
Recordings of presentations and links to individual papers below:
Prof. Jacqui de Matos-Ala, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg - Teaching with diversity in mind – designing curricula for culturally diverse large classes (Presentation not recorded) Link to PAPER
Prof. Fréderic Fovet, Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada - Including learner diversity in large class teaching: Using Universal Design for Learning to sustain a systematic proactive reflection on social justice and accessibility Link to PAPER
Elaine Huber, Peter J Bryant, Natasha Arthars & Matthew Taylor, The University of Sydney - Connected Learning – Designing for Scale Through Co-Design Approaches Link to PAPER
Kenneth McDonagh & Jelena Radakovic, Dublin City University - Most Effective Tools and Strategies for Large Class Engagement: First Year Students and Their Recommendations Link to PAPER
Alison Bailey, University of Sussex - The benefits of team-based learning and business simulations to re-engage student learning in a large group setting. Link to PAPER
Jon Chandler, University College London & Jamie Wood, University of Lincoln - Promoting active engagement with text-based resources in large first-year modules in History Link to PAPER
Monica Ward, Dublin City University - The role of technology in formative assessment with large classes Link to PAPER
Ann Marie Farrell, Dublin City University - Developing a sense of community in a large class context Link to PAPER
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PHELC 2021, Virtual
Funded by the National Forum for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Recordings of presentations and accompanying papers are linked below.
Full, collated proceedings available here.
Prof. James Arvanitakis, Western Sydney University - 'That was fun!' The joy and importance of large classes. Link to PAPER
Prof. David J Hornsby, Carleton University, Ottawa - Back to the Future - Large classes in a time of pandemic.
Dr. Yuhui Gao, Dublin City University - Building meaningful connections with large, online classes Link to PAPER
Mai Burke Hayes, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick - Enhancing students' feedback literacy through peer review in large classes Link to PAPER
Seán Smyth et al, Dublin City University - The opportunities and challenges of emergency remote teaching for large class students during the COVID-19 pandemic Link to PAPER
Lightning Talks (x6) recordings available here - Presenters and papers listed below.
David Kennedy, Dublin City University (@daviekennedy) - Using UDL to redesign face-to-face, large class modules for the online, asynchronous environment. Link to PAPER
Dr. Flora Gaetani & Dr. Fausto Brevi, Politecnico, Milano - The experience of drawing courses in higher education, large classes during the covid-19 pandemic scenario. Link to PAPER
Fiona Giblin, Dublin City University (@giblin_fiona) - Flipping the flipped classroom online. Link to PAPER
Dr. Aurelia Carranza Marquez & Dr. M. Angeles Escobar Álvarez, National Distance Education University, Madrid - MOOC on bachelor’s degree final project (TFG): Prototyping and design. Link to PAPER
Jamal Lahmar, University of Sheffield - A problem-based group task for exploring quantitative research design and analysis: facilitating collaborative problem-solving with large classes online. Link to PAPER
Dr. Monica Ward, Dublin City University - The positive impact of educational technologies in a large class context. Link to PAPER
PHELC 2020, Virtual
Recordings of presentations and accompanying papers are linked below.
Full, collated proceedings available here.
Prof. David J Hornsby, Carleton University, Ottawa - Moving Large Classes Online: Implications for Assessment, Teaching and Learning. Link to PAPER
Prof. David Carless, University of Hong Kong - Assessment and Feedback for Large Classes.
Danny Carroll, University of New South Wales, Assessment for Learning at Scale at UNSW, Sydney. Link to PAPER
Dr. Claire Griffin, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland - Student Engagement and Assessment: Promoting Student Learning Across All Levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. Link to PAPER
Dr. Justin Rami & Dr. Francesca Lorenzi, Dublin City University - RECORDING: Pedagogical Dialogue and Feedforward with Large Classes in a Teacher Education Programme in Ireland. Link to PAPER
PHELC 2019, Valencia
Full Proceedings including workshop outcomes can be accessed here. Please note: this was an in-person event and presentations were not recorded.
Short papers (links to individual papers below):
David O Hanlon, Stephanie Duffy, Luke Fannon, Nuala Harding, Seadna Ryan, Athlone Institute of Technology - Team-based learning in a large class
Anna Logan, Dublin City University - Research in pedagogy for large classes in HE: Knowledge gaps and opportunities
Bianca Price, University of South Australia - Enhancing the student experience: Facebook as a support tool for students in an enabling education
Fiona Giblin, Dublin City University - Promoting student engagement with a large class (400+): Implications for large sized lectures, small group workshops and online teaching and learning
Lightning Talks (x6) - Presenters and papers listed below.
Charalampos Chanialidis, University of Glasgow - Enabling active learning through the use of Plicker
Iain McMenamin, Dublin City University - Simulations for assessment in large classes
Nicolaas Johannes Luwes, Leanri Van Heerden, Central University of Technology, South Africa - A low mobile data usage gamification scavenger hunt prototype for engineering students at an African University of Technology
Juul Lemey, Evelien Hast, Artvelde University College, Ghent - Motivating students through gamification in nursing education: A qualitative research
Trudy Corrigan, Dublin City University - Pedagogical assessment and possibilities of developing World Café Method and Inter-generational learning into higher education learning
Ann Marie Farrell, Dublin City University - Building UDL into summative assessment in a large class: Challenges and possibilities