The Role of the Centre for Teaching & Learning in Supporting New Faculty

Dr Mary FitzpatrickRegional Teaching and Learning

Advocate

To encourage and facilitate excellence in teaching and learning through: •helping to ensure that effective teaching is valued, supported and developed•enhancing the learning and development experience for both teachers and students•encouraging scholarship, research and innovation in teaching and learning

Aim of the CTL

Faculty development and support

Student support

Research & Innovation Evaluation, feedback and recognition

Role of CTL in enhancing

teaching and learning

ServicesFaculty Development

– Writers’ retreat– Academic Writing support – Specialist Diploma in Teaching, Learning and

Scholarship

– Technology enhanced learning support– Peer observation– Teaching Analysis– Conversations in the Consortium series– Portfolio development

ServicesEvaluation, feedback and recognition• Formative teaching evaluation (SETs,

focus groups)• Award system (local, regional and national)

ServicesStudent support

• First Seven Weeks http://www.facebook.com/first7weeks

F7W app• Study skills strategy workshops• Student feedback, needs and priority

analysis• Regional Writing Centre www.ul.ie/rwc

Services: Research and innovation

• Teaching innovation initiatives:• Learning management system (Sulis)• Anti-plagiarism initiatives• Other (content creation, new tools, etc.)

• NDLR (National Digital Learning Repository)• over 25,000 Open Educational Resources (OERs) for

teaching and learning

• Broadening the Curriculum www.ul.ie/broadeningthecurriculum

Team• Maura Murphy

– Manager • Karen McGrath

– Senior Administrator• Dr Angelica Risquez

– Teaching Innovation & Enhancement Advocate

• Dr Mary Fitzpatrick– Regional Teaching and

Learning Advocate• Dr Ide O’Sullivan

– Writing Consultant

• Lawrence Cleary– Writing Consultant

• Dr Ann Marcus-Quinn– NDLR Service Administrator

• Aisling Dundon– NDLR PR Co-ordinator

• Yvonne Diggins– Communication &

Collaboration Coordinator/Webmaster

Location

Millstream Courtyard Building (MC1-014 to MC1-019)

Further information:

www.ul.ie/ctl