Teaching & Learning Symposium Programme 2025

Registration with arrival refreshments

Official opening: Prof Vincent Wade
Senior Lecturer and Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Welcome: Dr Pauline Rooney
Head of the Centre for Academic Practice

Venue: Main Portal Space (Room 102), First Floor, Trinity Business School

Keynote Address:  
Mixed Mythologies: Duality, Change and the Role of AI in Education

Dr Martin Compton, PFHEA, SCMALT,
College Lead for AI and Innovation in Education, Kings College London

Chair: Prof Vincent Wade
Senior Lecturer and Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Venue: Main Portal Space (Room 102), First Floor, Trinity Business School

Refreshment break & Networking

TEACHING & LEARNING INNOVATIONS ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES

Strand 1: Impacting student learning through innovative practices

Chair: Dr Caitríona Ní Shé, Centre for Academic Practice

Venue:  Room 115, Portal, First Floor, Trinity Business School

Strand 2: Generative AI in Education

Chair: Dr Ana Elena Schalk, Centre for Academic Practice

Venue: Room 119, Portal, First Floor, Trinity Business School

11:05-11:25

Turning despair into anger into analytical action: teaching and learning the commercial vectors of disease

Assoc Prof Norah Campbell & Student (TBA), Trinity Business School

Empowering faculty and students through scalable entrepreneurship support

Gavan Drohan, Head of Entrepreneurship/ Trinity Innovation & Enterprise.

Zaur Samadov-Unsizade, Student Entrepreneurship Programme Manager / Trinity Innovation & Enterprise

11:25-11:45

Sounding sustainability: integrating environmental themes into music education

Dr Jonathan Hodgers, Teaching Fellow & Mr Cathal Aherne, Senior Sophisters and Visiting Students, Music Department, School of Creative Arts

Using GenAI to transform teaching methods and enhance students' learning outcomes in Children and General Nursing students

Tracey O’Neill, Assistant Professor & Lisa Kirwan, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery.

11:45-12:10

Visual narratives: exploring the concept of 'Home' through imagery

Dr Rachel Hoare, Assistant Professor & Bernadette Rollins, Student (streamed), School of Languages, Literatures & Cultural Studies

How GenAI tools assist students with a disability in TCD

Andrew Costello, Disability Officer/ Assistive Technology Officer   

Senior Lecturer’s Forum: Professor Vinny Wade

Prof Wade will provide an update on strategic developments in relation to teaching and learning at Trinity. This will be followed by an open Forum for questions and discussion.

Venue: Main Portal Space (Room 102), First Floor, Trinity Business School

Lunch and networking

14:00-16:00

ESD Capacity-Building in Curriculum Design with CRAFTS (by invite only)
 
Dr Kieran Higgins, Ulster University and Dr Alison Calvert, Queen’s University Belfast.

Venue: Room 115, Portal, First Floor, Trinity Business School

Generative AI and Assessment - Rethinking and designing Assessments in an AI era

Dr Martin Compton, King’s College London, Dr Ana Schalk and Kevin O’Connor, Centre for Academic Practice

Venue: Room 119, Portal, First Floor, Trinity
Business School

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