Results of DigiFLEd Study Visit 27.05 – 31.05.2024 (Maynooth, Ireland)
The DigiFLEd project team from Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University, consisting of manager Olga Odintsova and participants Natali Striuk and Iryna Harbera, successfully completed a week-long training (May 27-31, 2024) within the DigiFLEd Study Visit (Maynooth, Ireland), acquiring extremely useful skills and special competencies necessary for further development of educational courses within the project.
On May 27, 2024 (Monday), project participants from Vasyl Stus DonNU attended Welcoming Remarks from Dean of Teaching & Learning, Dr. Susi Gottloeber and Prof. Joseph Coughlan, Head, School of Business; took an introductory campus tour; participated in Welcome & Icebreaker Activities and an introductory lecture Maynooth University Moodle Orientation Essentials.
On May 28, 2024 (Tuesday), our team attended a series of useful lectures and workshops dedicated to developing skills for effective use of the Moodle platform: Moodle Course Page Design Essentials, Moodle Course Page Design Essentials, Gamification Essentials in Moodle.
May 29, 2024 (Wednesday) was dedicated to the most modern theoretical-methodological and practical foundations of online teaching and learning Foundations Effective Online Teaching and Learning and Writing Enriched Curriculum (WEC) – Embedding Writing in Online Courses by Dr. Alison Farrell, Centre for Teaching and Learning.
May 31, 2024 – the final day – proved to be truly intensive and interesting: O. Odintsova, N. Striuk and I. Harbera participated in several workshops on various topics related to developing practical skills for effective teaching/learning of philology in general and foreign languages in particular: Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) by Helen Farrell, Maynooth University Library; lecturers from Maynooth University Centre for Irish Language Research, Teaching and Testing Ailin Ni Conchuir with a presentation on Certificate in Teaching Irish to Irish Adults – Exploring how digital tools are used to support T&L and Dr. Aoife Ni Ghloinn with a presentation Using social media to support the teaching of Grammar GenZ; as well as Digital Transformation in Higher Education by Michael Hanley (IVI); and also enjoyed the Russell Library Campus Tour.
Therefore, the program within the week-long stay in Maynooth (Ireland) DigiFLEd Study Visit 27.05 – 31.05.2024 was useful, intensive, and one that opens truly great prospects and opportunities in developing qualitatively new and modern educational courses within our DigiFLEd project.
