On occasion, PHELC collaborates with other organisations and individuals to provide an opportunity for institutions to share pedagogical practice
Seminar for DCU staff: Thursday 4th December, 2025 @ 10am - 2pm. Tea & Coffee @ 9.30am
Links to abstracts below. Please note: All abstracts will be collated into one document after the seminar and will be made available here.
Paul Davis, Business School - Designing authentic and reflective assessment to address AI challenges in a large final-year supply chain management module
Christina Hannify & Ann Marie Farrell, Institute of Education - Making Authentic Assessment Work at Scale: Lessons and Limitations - Warts and All.
Yalemisew Agbaz, Faculty of Engineering and Computing - Formative assessments co-created with students (FACCtS) for large classes
Karen Buckley, Institute of Education - Reimagining feedback at scale: using ‘sense checks’ to model inclusive pedagogy in a large-class teacher education programme
Regina Connolly & Peter Robbins, Business School - Co-Teaching for Impact: A Team-Led Approach to AI and Sustainable Innovation
Reihaneh Aghamolaei, Faculty of Engineering and Computing: Digital transformation for active, inclusive, and sustainable learning in a large engineering module
Tara Concannon-Gibney, Institute of Education: Using Self-Study to Enhance the Teaching of Self-Study with Pre-Service Teachers
Colette Real & Catherine Faherty, Business School - Transforming Business Education: The Impact of the LIFE Module at Dublin City University
Leah Ridgway & Derek Molloy, Faculty of Engineering and Computing: Balancing Efficiency and Effectiveness: Learning in Large Class Electronics Laboratories
Paul Buchanan, Faculty of Science and Health: Supporting Diverse Learners in Large First-Year Classes through Adaptive Digital Tools: Integrating McGraw Hill Connect in Anatomy and Physiology
This seminar was as a result of a collaboration between PHELC and IDEA-UMINHO. The purpose of the seminar was to provide those teaching large classes in University of Minho and Dublin City University the opportunity to share practice. The event was for the staff to UMINHO and DCU only and was not open to anyone outside those two organisations. Recordings of presentations across.
Seminar: Wednesday 15th December, 2021 @ 3 - 5pm (Irish Standard Time)
The seminar was convened by Ann Marie Farrell and Dr Anna Logan, Dublin City University and Manuel João Costa, University of Minho.
Recordings of presentations:
Almar Ennis, Edel Gallagher & Aleksandra Shornikova, DCU - What’s Good in my Hood: Engaging large classes online in Geography
Jelena Radakovic, DCU - Most Effective Tools and Strategies for Large Class Engagement: First Year Students and Their Recommendations
Filipe Portela, University of Minho - How to gamify online classes - A real case study
Rui Oliveira, University of Minho - Combining course design and technologies to address teaching challenges in a large Biology class
Sara Raftery, DCU - Is anyone listening? Using audio feedback to enhance engagement in large student cohorts
Elsa Costa e Silva, University of Minho - Promoting student engagement with Team Based Learning
Darragh McCashin, DCU - Transversal skills in a post-pandemic world - reflections on a Critical thinking, Enterprise and Collaboration Skills Module