5th Symposium on Peer-Assisted Learning

The 5^th PALNET Symposium on Peer Assisted Learning will be held in Athlone Institute of Technology on the evening of May 18^th and on May 19^th 2011.

Symposium theme:

Peer Assisted Learing: Empowering Students to Become Successful Learners

The 5^th Symposium on Peer Assisted Learning will provide academic staff, support staff and students in higher education in Ireland with an opportunity to meet and share ideas and best practices about how various peer-supported learning models help students become successful life-long learners and contribute to their transition, retention, progression and completion in higher education.

To register for the 5th PALNET symposium click here.

Please click here for the 5th PALNET Symposium Schedule

Organisation:

This symposium is jointly organised by the Learning and Teaching Unit AIT and the Regional Peer- Supported Learning Centre(PSLC) - UL on behalf of the PALNET Ireland.

This Symposium will mark the successful conclusion of two peer-assisted learning related projects funded by the HEA under Strategic Innovation Fund ( SIF-II): "The Students Led Learning" Project which AIT has been involved in since 2008 with their partner institute Galway Mayo Institute of Technology(GMIT); and the "Regional Peer- Supported Learning Centre ( PSLC)" which was establised in 2008 in the University of Limerick.

Who Should Attend/Contribute:
Teaching staff, tutors, course leaders, teaching & learning officers/coordinators, researchers, administrators, and other professional concerned with enhancing and supporting student learning, experience, progrssion, transition and retention in higher education.

Keynote and Guest Speakers

Keynote Address:
Becka Currant
Dean of Students - University of Bradford, UK

Becka joined the University of Bradford in 1998. Prior to working at Bradford she was a sabbatical officer in the Union of UEA Students, Norwich, where her portfolio covered academic issues.Appointed as the Student Development Coordinator in 1998, Becka contributed to the work of a DfEE funded key skills project along with leading on providing extra-curricular training activities for students on campus. These activities included training for course representatives, Student Union sabbatical officers and the Student Union Forum representatives. She was a key contributor to the University's Excellence Plus skills initiative and developed an accredited extra curricular skills programme called ESP.

Guest Speaker:
Professor Sarah Moore,
Associate Vice President Academic – University of Limerick

Professor Moore is the Associate Vice President Academic at the University of Limerick. Her research interests include Learning orientations and environments in work and education, gender in education, cognitive style, student retention in third level environments, professional development in academia, teaching innovation and diversity awareness and management. She is responsible for the continued development of teaching and learning strategies at the University of Limerick, and is Strand leader of the Shannon consortium’s teaching and learning strategy. She regularly publishes books and journal articles in the areas of academic practice, student development, and learning dynamics. She has recently joined the UK’s SEDA papers committee, acts as external advisor to the teaching grants committee at University College Dublin, is a member of the Irish Institute of Training and Development and an appointed member of the Higher Education Authority

Dates To Note:

Deadline for submission of proposals: 13th April 2011
Notification of decisions on proposals: 21st April 2011
Deadline for registration: 3^rd May 2011

Details on the Call for presentations please click here

In the meantime if you have any questions please email landt@ait.ie or contact Nuala Harding (nharding@ait.ie) + 353 (0)906 483051 or Hussain Mahdi (Hussain.Mahdi@ul.ie) +353 (0)61-213492

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