I could hardly turn down a kind invitation from Vevox to write a story on how I used the poll and survey features with my students during our first 6-week module of the academic year. This story was first published by Vevox in their series of Higher Education Stories | Education Stories for unmissable classes.Continue reading “My Vevox story”
Category Archives: Teaching Portfolio
Lessons from my students – Autumn 2024
Until this semester I had not taught a class on campus since Spring 2022. Back then, and in the preceding decade, my classes consisted of about 30 postgraduate students, and I included a mix of slide presentation work along with class discussions, group work and so on to achieve the module learning outcomes. Resources includedContinue reading “Lessons from my students – Autumn 2024”
Organising the chaos… Gantt charts
I was recently invited to give a talk to a group of research students at my university currently applying for funding from the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme. Specifically, my topic was to be on Gantt charts since the programme application guidelines indicated that while not compulsory, applicants could certainly include one. From myContinue reading “Organising the chaos… Gantt charts”
August 2024: Plus ça change…
Reflecting on 2023 I noted “As I look ahead to 2024, I expect the year to be less busy on a professional level but time will tell whether or not this turns out to be the case.” Halfway through 2024 I have published two journal papers, attended two conferences, given four conference presentations, completed myContinue reading “August 2024: Plus ça change…”
Lessons from my students – Spring 2020
Spring 2020 has not been a normal time for anyone and we have all been affected one way or another by the global pandemic known as Covid-19. I lost half my small group of research students as circumstances deprioritised their research studies and they deferred to this summer.
Learning online to teach online – openly of course!
Note: This post was originally published on OpenTeach.ie I first came across OpenTeach in October 2019 as I browsed through the World Conference on Online Learning programme scheduled to take place in Dublin early in November. I knew that if I were to attend it would only be for one day and while the attractionContinue reading “Learning online to teach online – openly of course!”
Sandra Flynn 