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This course has been created to meet the need for specialised training for a range of practitioners who work with families and children experiencing domestic violence.

This 4-week online CPD course from the Department of Economics will help you understand the various factors that influence the property market, such as policy changes and housing demand. Led by Professor Ronan Lyons from the School of Economics, deepen your knowledge of a fascinating and volatile market that plays a pivotal role in our society.

This 4-week online CPD course from the Department of Economics will help you understand the various factors that influence the property market, such as policy changes and housing demand. Led by Professor Ronan Lyons from the School of Economics, deepen your knowledge of a fascinating and volatile market that plays a pivotal role in our society.

Our ever popular CPD course for Child Protection and Welfare Practitioners is being re-run in May 2018. Mason Hayes and Curran Solicitors, in collaboration with the School of Social Work and Social Policy, have developed a four part online legal training course for child protection practitioners starting on the 26th of Oct 2020.

This 4-week online CPD course from the Department of Economics will help you understand the various factors that influence the property market, such as policy changes and housing demand. Led by Professor Ronan Lyons from the School of Economics, deepen your knowledge of a fascinating and volatile market that plays a pivotal role in our society. The course begins on the 19th Oct 2020.

This 4-week online CPD course from the Department of Economics will help you understand the various factors that influence the property market, such as policy changes and housing demand. Led by Professor Ronan Lyons from the School of Economics, deepen your knowledge of a fascinating and volatile market that plays a pivotal role in our society. The course begins on the 21st July 2020.

After giving birth, women can struggle to access reliable resources and trustworthy information regarding their own health. This course gives women advice and strategies on how to prioritise postpartum care and is designed for new mothers, pregnant women, those planning for their first child and their partners. The course begins on the 29th of June. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

The free online course on the Book of Kells returns to guide learners through one of Europe's most treasured medieval manuscripts. Discover the incredible technique artistry of the scribes who wrote it, the complex symbolism hidden within its illustrations, and how it has come to be preserved in the modern day. The course begins on the 20th of May. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

Giving birth is one of the most normal events in life, but many women don’t have trustworthy, evidence-based information to rely on. On this course, you’ll be guided through the stages of pregnancy to the birth itself so that you can lower your stress-levels and anxiousness around labour. The course begins on the 29th of June 2020.

Detecting poor health and supporting people with an intellectual disability in managing their health can be challenging for healthcare professionals. Join us on June 29th 2020 in a free online course for healthcare professionals looking at improving health assessments for people with an intellectual disability. Learners will explore best practice techniques for communication, assessment, and developing accessible materials for people with an intellectual disability. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

This 4-week online CPD course from the Department of Economics will help you understand the various factors that influence the property market, such as policy changes and housing demand. Led by Professor Ronan Lyons from the School of Economics, deepen your knowledge of a fascinating and volatile market that plays a pivotal role in our society. The course begins on the 5th May 2020.

Aimed at healthcare professionals, the free course on exercise prescription for the treatment and prevention of disease begins on the 4th May 2020. The course is also open to anyone with an interest in the topic.

This free course is aimed at cancer patients, their family and friends, healthcare professionals and anyone who would like to learn about how radiation oncology can be used to treat cancer safely and effectively. The course begins on the 1st of May 2020.

Child protection and welfare practitioners have identified the need for a clearer understanding of how their roles and responsibilities fit into the current legal framework. In response to this, Mason Hayes and Curran Solicitors, in collaboration with the School of Social Work and Social Policy, have developed a four part online legal training course for child protection practitioners starting on the 28th of April 2020.

The early modern period was an exciting time for invention and innovation. With this course, you can explore book production using examples from Trinity College Dublin and the Edward Worth Library, Dublin. You’ll discover how books were made, bound and illustrated, and will study rare treasures including the engravings of Anthony Van Dyck, and early editions of Aesop’s Fables. The course begins on the 20th of April 2020. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

What is the future for the world around us? What challenges are we facing collectively to stop conflict, improve healthcare, build sustainable cities, and enable access to clean water and sanitation? How do we measure our impact? This free online course is open to anyone interested in the future of our world, and how we can improve it together.

The free online course on the Book of Kells returns to guide learners through one of Europe's most treasured medieval manuscripts. Discover the incredible technique artistry of the scribes who wrote it, the complex symbolism hidden within its illustrations, and how it has come to be preserved in the modern day. The course begins on the 9th of March. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

Aimed at healthcare professionals, the free course on exercise prescription for the treatment and prevention of disease begins on the 3rd February 2020. The course is also open to anyone with an interest in the topic.

This free course is aimed at cancer patients, their family and friends, healthcare professionals and anyone who would like to learn about how radiation oncology can be used to treat cancer safely and effectively. The course begins on the 20th of January 2020.

After giving birth, women can struggle to access reliable resources and trustworthy information regarding their own health. This course gives women advice and strategies on how to prioritise postpartum care and is designed for new mothers, pregnant women, those planning for their first child and their partners. The course begins on the 20th of January. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

The early modern period was an exciting time for invention and innovation. With this course, you can explore book production using examples from Trinity College Dublin and the Edward Worth Library, Dublin. You’ll discover how books were made, bound and illustrated, and will study rare treasures including the engravings of Anthony Van Dyck, and early editions of Aesop’s Fables. The course begins on the 18th of November 2019. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

After giving birth, women can struggle to access reliable resources and trustworthy information regarding their own health. This course gives women advice and strategies on how to prioritise postpartum care and is designed for new mothers, pregnant women, those planning for their first child and their partners. The course begins on the 21th of October. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

After a hugely successful debut last October, the free online course on the Book of Kells returns to guide learners through one of Europe's most treasured medieval manuscripts. Discover the incredible technique artistry of the scribes who wrote it, the complex symbolism hidden within its illustrations, and how it has come to be preserved in the modern day. The course begins on the 16th of September 2019. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

This free course is aimed at cancer patients, their family and friends, healthcare professionals and anyone who would like to learn about how radiation oncology can be used to treat cancer safely and effectively. The course begins on the 16th of September 2019.

Detecting poor health and supporting people with an intellectual disability in managing their health can be challenging for healthcare professionals. Join us on August 12th 2019 in a free online course for healthcare professionals looking at improving health assessments for people with an intellectual disability. Learners will explore best practice techniques for communication, assessment, and developing accessible materials for people with an intellectual disability. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

Aimed at healthcare professionals, the free course on exercise prescription for the treatment and prevention of disease begins on the 3rd June 2019. The course is also open to anyone with an interest in the topic.

This 4-week online CPD course from the Department of Economics will help you understand the various factors that influence the property market, such as policy changes and housing demand. Led by Professor Ronan Lyons from the School of Economics, deepen your knowledge of a fascinating and volatile market that plays a pivotal role in our society. The course begins on the 7th May 2019.

This free course is aimed at cancer patients, their family and friends, healthcare professionals and anyone who would like to learn about how radiation oncology can be used to treat cancer safely and effectively. The course begins on the 6th May 2019.

The CPD course for Child Protection and Welfare Practitioners returns for April 2019. A collaboration between Mason Hayes and Curran Solicitors and the School of Social Work and Social Policy at TCD, this four part online legal training course for child protection practitioners starts on the 1st of April 2019.

After a hugely successful debut last October, the free online course on the Book of Kells returns to guide learners through one of Europe's most treasured medieval manuscripts. Discover the incredible technique artistry of the scribes who wrote it, the complex symbolism hidden within its illustrations, and how it has come to be preserved in the modern day. The course begins on the 18th of March. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

This 4-week online CPD course from the Department of Economics will help you understand various facets of the property market; from policy changes to influencing conditions. Led by Professor Ronan Lyons from the School of Economics, deepen your knowledge of a fascinating and volatile market that plays a pivotal role in our society.

What is the future for the world around us? What challenges are we facing collectively to stop conflict, improve healthcare, build sustainable cities, and enable access to clean water and sanitation? How do we measure our impact? This free online course is open to anyone interested in the future of our world, and how we can improve it together.

We are delighted to announce another run of our hugely successful online CPD course in Instrumental Dysphagia Evaluation starting on November 12th 2018. Dr Julie Regan from The Department of Speech and Language Studies explains 'Whether you have access to instrumentation or you come across these examinations in the research literature, this course will equip you with up to date knowledge on instrumental evaluations employed in dysphagia clinical practice and research.' Register today.

This free online course takes learners through the amazing story of the Book of Kells, one of Europe's most treasured medieval manuscripts. Discover why the Book was made, the incredible technique artistry of the scribes who wrote it and how it has come to be preserved in the modern day. The course begins on the 8th of October. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

Detecting poor health and supporting people with an intellectual disability in managing their health can be challenging for healthcare professionals. Join us in August 2018 in a free online course for healthcare professionals looking at improving health assessments for people with an intellectual disability. Learners will explore best practice techniques for communication, assessment, and developing accessible materials for people with an intellectual disability. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

Learn why radiation therapy is a safe and effective way to treat cancer. Starting on the 3rd of September 2018, this new free online course is open to cancer patients, their family members and friends who are interested in learning more about radiation therapy as a treatment for cancer. Healthcare professionals outside of the field of radiation oncology are also very welcome to join this course.

Join thousands of learners from around the world in our free online course on Strategies for Successful Ageing. Find out current research into ageing well from a host of Trinity academics, and practical tips for you to age successfully.

Find out more about Trinity's innovative Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Exercise at a free online webinar hosted by Dr Neil Fleming. Register your interest for course starting in September 2018.

Learn to assess conditions in the property market and the effects of policy changes, in our four week online CPD course with the Department of Economics.

Our ever popular CPD course for Child Protection and Welfare Practitioners is being re-run in May 2018. Mason Hayes and Curran Solicitors, in collaboration with the School of Social Work and Social Policy, have developed a four part online legal training course for child protection practitioners starting on the 21st of May 2018.

On Thursday April 5th 2018 between 6p.m. and 7p.m. (GMT), the Centre for Innovative Human Systems will be holding an online open evening for prospective students of the Online M.Sc./Pg Diploma in Managing Risk & System Change. On the evening you will be able to view a short presentation on the course and have their questions answered. Register today to find out more about this innovative and interdisciplinary course.

The Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin is pleased to announce a new online Continuous Professional Development (CPD) course in The Economics of the Property Market with Professor Ronan Lyons. Designed to cater for professionals working in the Irish housing market, this introductory elearning course explores how housing markets work and describes basic concepts behind the economics of property. Register today to start the course on the 30th April 2018.

Chat to lecturers from the MSc/Dip/Cert in Advanced Radiotherapy Practice on the 22nd of March at our online webinar. Find out about this fully online course, and how you can advance your professional knowledge of Radiotherapy.

Interested in studying social policy at graduate level? Join our online webinar on the 22nd of February 2018 to find out more about postgraduate online study in Social Policy and Practice.

Child protection and welfare practitioners have identified the need for a clearer understanding of how their roles and responsibilities fit into the current legal framework. In response to this, Mason Hayes and Curran Solicitors, in collaboration with the School of Social Work and Social Policy, have developed a four part online legal training course for child protection practitioners starting on the 26th of February 2018.

February is a busy month here in Online Learning. For healthcare professionals, a free online course in Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease starts on the 12th of February 2018.

The team at Trinity Online have been collaborating with the Innovation Academy in Trinity College on their new blended Undergraduate Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Undergraduate Certificate is taught in a flexible way through online delivery (70%) and classroom-based teaching (30%) and can be taken over 1 or 2 years.

Detecting poor health and supporting people with an intellectual disability in managing their health can be challenging for healthcare professionals. A new Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) exploring how to support people with intellectual disability in health assessments will be launching in January 2018. Trinity Online Services have been working with Trinity's Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability on this EIT Health funded MOOC geared towards healthcare professionals. Sign up today and share with your colleagues.

Looking to gain CPD credits or further your professional learning? This Autumn we have two CPD courses in Legal Studies for Child Protection and Welfare Practitioners, and Instrumental Dysphagia Evaluation. Complete the courses from the comfort of your own home or workplace, upskill, and gain CPD credits.

The team in Trinity Online have published some research based on their development and evaluation of instructor provided summary infographics in the Strategies for Successful Ageing Massive Online Open Course. Find out more by clicking on the image on the left.

What challenges are we facing to create a better world? Starting on the 11th of September 2017, this new free online course is open to anyone interested in in the future of our world, and how we can improve it together. Trinity experts in Ecumenics, Economics, Engineering, and Medicine have come together, coordinated through the Trinity International Development Initiative, to share an innovative course exploring the challenges to sustainable development in our world. Sign up today through Futurelearn.

Irish Lives in War and Revolution, a free online Irish History course, will be running on the 9th of October 2017 for six weeks. This course explores the lives of men, women and children living through war and revolution and social changes that made modern Ireland. Sign up today through Futurelearn.

Due to increased demand, a second online webinar with lecturers from the School of Social Work and Social Policy will be held on the 24 of May at 6pm GMT. Find out more about their Level 9 Postgraduate Diploma from the comfort of your home or workplace.

How do you feel about ageing? What choices are you making to stay happy, healthy, socially-connected and active as you age? During this five-week course, distinguished academics and physicians at Trinity College Dublin will present world-leading research in successful ageing, which may challenge many of the assumptions you have about growing old. Join today!

Geared towards healthcare professionals, this free online course will help you understand the evolution of exercise prescription and its use today. Evidence of the role of exercise in the treatment of a variety of clinical populations including people with cardiovascular disease, mental health problems, paediatric conditions and cancer will be studied. Join today!

Join an online webinar with lecturers from the School of Social Work and Social Policy to find out more about their Level 9 Postgraduate Diploma. The webinar will be held on the 22nd of March at 6pm GMT. Register today and learn about this course from the comfort of your home.

Come to the Arts Block on March the 23rd at 6pm for an open evening with lecturers from the MSc in Managing Risk and System Change. The format for the evening will be an introduction to the program along with an opportunity to pose any questions you may have. Register for the open day and find out more about the course.

Our research into Massive Online Open Courses for medical education was presented at the InMED conference in the Royal College of Surgeons today. We were pleased to be part of this innovative and prestigious conference, and welcomed the opportunity to talk about our MOOCs to the medical education community.

We are busy planning our new free online course on Sustainable Development with the Trinity International Development Initiative, and we would love to hear your views on what you would like in the course. If you have a spare 5 minutes, take our quick survey -> https://t.co/ZoI0DnjtI6.

Join us for an online introduction to the Trinity College Dublin Online Master's in Managing Risk and System Change. The format for the evening will be an introduction to the program along with an opportunity to pose any questions to lecturers. The open day can be accessed on February 23rd at 6pm. Register today via Eventbrite or contact managingrisk@tcd.ie for more information.

The Department of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with Mason Hayes & Curran are pleased to announce a new online continuing professional development course in Legal Training for Child Protection and Welfare Practitioners. This four week online course, commencing in February 2017, will explore the current legal framework for child protection practice, parental and child legal rights, and recent updates to legislation. Register today for course start on the 27th of February.

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new online CPD course in Instrumental Dysphagia Evaluation starting on February 13th 2017. Dr Julie Regan from The Department of Speech and Language Studies explains 'Whether you have access to instrumentation or you come across these examinations in the research literature, this course will equip you with up to date knowledge on instrumental evaluations employed in dysphagia clinical practice and research.' Register today.

Trinity is offering an online Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Exercise, and potential students are invited to explore some of the course themes for free on the Futurelearn platform. The course begins on the 9th of January, and all individuals are encouraged to access the course and try out learning online.

It was a historic day today in Trinity College when two students from the Online Masters in Applied Social Studies became the first online Masters level students to graduate on campus. These students were part of a fully online course and their theses explored diverse themes around working with homeless individuals, and the Irish language within a changing Irish society. Trinity Online would like to congratulate these students on all their hard work and effort.

A new article has been published in the IRRODL by Silvia Gallagher and Ciaran Wallace that explores using Massive Online Open Courses as a generative source for historical research. This multidisciplinary research between Trinity Online and the Department of History investigated the contributions of learners in MOOCs and how some of these could be termed 'oral narratives'. This paper contributes a novel understanding of MOOCs for discipline-specific analysis, provides a framework for MOOC historical resource generation, and describes changing perceptions of learning from the perspective of MOOC learners.

We are delighted to announce another run of Irish Lives in War and Revolution starting on the 31st of October 2016. This free online course is open to everyone with an internet connection, and explores the lives of men, women and children living through war and revolution and social changes that made modern Ireland. Sign up today through FutureLearn.

Find out how to keep your brain sharp in week 2 of our Strategies for Successful Ageing free online course. This course is geared towards individuals of any age looking to learn actionable strategies for ageing successfully. Sign up today!

This week, Trinity's new online students begin their technical orientation into using the online learning platform. We will be training and supporting students in Blackboard, and helping them access online course materials and online learning communities. Contact us on helponed@tcd.ie for any queries.

Our free online course, Strategies for Successful Ageing will run again on September the 26th. This five week free online course was developed by academics at the forefront of research into ageing, and explores how being happy, healthy, socially-connected and active can help you age successfully. Sign up today, and join the thousands of other learners all over the world taking part in this course.

The team at Trinity Online Services are working with The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) to develop online course materials for educational delivery. GBHI works to reduce the scale and impact of dementia around the world by training and supporting a new generation of leaders to translate research evidence into effective policy and practice.

Trinity Online Services are working with the School of Nursing and Midwifery, in collaboration with the College of Anaesthetists Ireland and the National Clinical Programme for Anaesthesia, to design and develop online course materials for a new Level 8 Foundation Programme for Anaesthesia/Recovery Room Care for Nurses/Midwives. The module will be delivered three times a year. Click on the image to find out more information.

We are delighted to announce that our Massive Online Open Course in Successful Ageing has been nominated for an Age Friendly Ireland Achievement Award. This online course had over 10,000 learners from all over the globe finding out how to stay happy, healthy, socially-connected and active as they get older. It was a privilege to attend the ceremony and meet all the other Age Friendly groups around Ireland. Register today for the next run of the course in September 2016.

Over 6,000 people from all over the globe took part in the first run of our free Exercise Prescription Massive Online Open Course in April, and we are now running another online course on the 6th of June. This course gives a taster of our online postgraduate certificate in clinical exercise, and explores how physical exercise can help patients including those with cardiovascular disease, mental health problems and cancer. Register for this free online course today

Researchers from Trinity Online presented a poster at the Learning at Scale conference in Edinburgh on "Observing URL Sharing Behaviour in Massive Online Open Courses". This poster presented an observational study of URL sharing within MOOCs, and explores how a MOOC learning community responded to this micro behaviour.

Learn more about our fully online Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Social Studies by joining our online open day on the 11th of May. At this fully online open day you will be able to chat to lecturers and students about the course, and have your queries answered online. If you missed the open evening, click on the image and access a recording of the event.

Our Online Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Social Studies has been shortlisted for Best New Course at the postgradireland Postgraduate Course of the Year Awards. Recognised as the blue riband event for postgraduate course providers across all of Ireland, over 530 guests attended the gala event evening in Dublin last year. In its sophomore year, this increasingly popular course addresses the role that social policy plays in developing just societies while simultaneously tackling the societal ills and wicked problems faced by contemporary society. Directed and coordinated by Drs. Stephanie Holt and Julie Byrne, applications are open until 30th June and upon completion of the Diploma, there is the added potential for progression to a MSc programme.

Find out more information about our popular MSc/Postgraduate Diploma in Managing Risk and System Change at an Open Day on the 14th April from 6pm to 8:30pm in the Trinity College Printing House. At this event you can talk to course lecturers, meet current students and try out online learning. Refreshments will be provided and this is a great opportunity to find out more about the course. Please register for the Open Day by clicking on the image on the left.

The third run of our successful free Irish History course, Irish Lives in War and Revolution starts on the 14th of March. If you are looking to brush up on your Irish History and be part of an interactive and engaging learning experience, sign up today.

In this free online course evidence of the role of exercise in the treatment of a variety of clinical populations including people with cardiovascular disease, mental health problems, paediatric conditions and cancer will be studied. Dr Cuisle Forde and Dr Aine Kelly from the disciplines of Physiotherapy and Physiology will be leading the course which begins on the 18th of April.

Trinity Online’s new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Strategies for Successful Ageing opened today for registration on the Futurelearn platform. This five week MOOC will be run in February 2016, and presents world-leading research in successful ageing, which may challenge many of the assumptions you have about growing old. The lead educator on this MOOC is Professor Rose Anne Kenny, head of the Department of Medical Gerontology and founder of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Find out more about the MOOC.

A conference paper titled "Exploring learning objectives at scale through concept mapping of MOOC learner discussions" was accepted today for the 4th European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit. The paper explores whether concept mapping through text mining software can help MOOC providers assess whether learners are meeting the learning objectives of the MOOC. 67,557 learner comments from the Trinity College/Futurelearn Irish Lives History MOOC were analysed using Leximancer software, and concept maps based on data extracted were created. These maps were then aligned with pre-defined learning objectives to determine whether this software could be used to better understand learner behaviour in relation to MOOC learner objectives. This research, through observation of the learning process, contributes a new methodology for understanding learning objectives in MOOCs at scale

Our collaboration with the Engage Institute on the Strategies for Successful Ageing Massive Online Open Course has resulted in a multidisciplinary presentation at the Age Friendly Universities conference at Dublin City University. The presentation given with Head of Engagement at Engage Sarah Bowman explored "Empowering Older Adults through Online Learning."