Trinity College Dublin
Disrupting Higher Education
Online Education Symposium, hosted by Trinity College Dublin in partnershup with the Science Gallery.
Trinity College recently hosted an international symposium on Online Higher Education – Disrupting Higher Education to stimulate discussion about technology-enhanced learning, the opportunities and challenges associated with offering free online courses, and meeting the educational needs of online learners.
Speaking at the symposium, the Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor Veronica Campbell and organiser of the event said:
"Trinity College is delighted to welcome those at the vanguard of digital education to Dublin to explore the issues that are pertinent for the delivery of quality online education and to speculate on the evolution of higher education in this digital age."
The web search engines of the 1990s have increased universal access to information and over the past year higher education has received significant media attention as massive open online courses (MOOCs) have made university content open to hundreds of thousands of learners. The recent phenomenon of MOOCs raises many important questions such as the optimal business models, the potential impact on higher education institutions and the most appropriate pedagogical models. Developments in technology and the profile of the 21st century learner, coupled with the core educational aims of a university, offer immense opportunities to increase access to higher education and to embrace new modes of academic practice. The symposium provided a forum for the Irish higher education sector to consider the issues that are at the fore of these developments.
Welcoming delegates to the gathering, TCD Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast said:
"Technology can support Trinity's commitment to widening access to higher education, flexible delivery and the development of innovative teaching methods to support student learning. This international symposium is timely as Trinity College considers its new strategy for technology-enhanced learning and some very exciting initiatives are emerging which will allow the university to make a major impact, both nationally and further afield."
| Please find a list of presentations from the symposium below. These are all donwloadable (Quicktime) | |
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Introduction remarks from Professor Veronica Campbell Dean of Graduate Studies TCD, Tom Boland, Chief Executive of the HEA Ireland, and Professor Patrick Prendergast, Provost of TCD. Click here to download (Quicktime) |
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Professor Diana Laurillard, University of London - "Remodelling higher education to harness technology" Click here to download (Quicktime) |
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Chip Paucek, CEO of 2U - "What is online learning?" Click here to download (Quicktime) |
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Dr. Karen Kear, Open University - "Online collaboration toos - issues and challenges" Click here to download (Quicktime) |
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Professor Simon Bates, University of British Columbia - "Flipping the classroom, flipping the culture." Click here to download (Quicktime) |
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Dr. Rob Robinson, President United States Distance Learning Association - "The Institutional Components for Quality Online Delivery." Click here to download (Quicktime) |
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Dr. Sian Bayne, University of Edinburgh - "MOOCs, distance education and the sentimental campus - what it means to be 'at' univeristy." Click here to download (Quicktime) |
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Audrey Watters, 'Hack Education' - "Who Owns Our Education Data?" Click here to download (Quicktime) |
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Panel Q&A chaired by Dr, Johnny Ryan, Chief Innovation Officer Irish Times. Click here to download (Quicktime) |
| For any queries please contact Michelle Hogan hoganm9@tcd.ie |
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