Centre for Academic Practice, Trinity Teaching & Learning

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Room 3.06
3-4 Foster Place
Dublin 2
Ireland

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academicpractice@tcd.ie

Research Projects in the Centre for Academic Practice

The Centre for Academic Practice at Trinity College Dublin is a national leader in innovation and research in higher education. Since its establishment in 2003, CAP has played a central role in advancing Trinity’s mission to enhance academic practice through pioneering research and transformative teaching, and has disseminated its work nationally and internationally at conferences and in peer-reviewed publications. 

Members of the CAP team have cutting-edge expertise across critically important research areas including generative AI, digital education, STEM pedagogy, curriculum design, assessment and feedback. This breadth of knowledge informs our work with academic staff across the university, supporting the integration of new pedagogical approaches and technologies through our suite of academic development offerings and consultancy. 

Recent research highlights include cross-sectoral ground-breaking work in GenAI and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and further collaboration through the ReLI Hub is planned.  

Explore our projects below.

Using GenAl in teaching, learning and assessment across the disciplines

Cross-sectoral research which aims to get an insight into practices across Irish universities.

Curriculum analytics - GenAl tool to scalemapping of ESD across TCD curricula

Development of a GenAl tool to analyse and map ESD themes, competencies and pedagogies across Trinity curricula.

A Curriculum Design Framework for ESD

Phased research to review and analyse best practice in the adoption of ESD in higher education curricula and develop a curriculum framework for Trinity.

Developing sustainable futures together

A students-as-partners approach to evaluating experiences of ESD across Trinity undergraduate curricula.

Evaluating professional development for teaching excellence and impact

Longitudinal research with SpCert participants and alumni.

Teaching Space Strategy

Collaboration with Estates and Facilities to research changing needs, challenges, and uses of on-campus spaces with a focus on the enhancement of teaching space and the student experience.

To learn more about the Centre for Academic Practice’s staff research interests and publications, please visit our About Us pages.