University of Limerick Conference
Learning, Teaching and Assessment – Naming, Sharing and Transforming Practice.
**REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN**
The Schedule
CTL, in collaboration with the four faculties, is delighted to announce our University Learning, Teaching and Assessment conference. The theme of the conference is Learning, Teaching and Assessment – Naming, Sharing and Transforming Practice and will take place on campus on Wednesday 15 January 2025.
How we teach is not often something we share as we see it as simply part of our job and something we all do. Fantastic and innovative teaching is evident across the UL campus and, while we may think how we teach, facilitate learning and engage with students is how others do it, that is not often the case. Teaching, learning and assessment takes many different forms across, and within faculties, and this conference provides the opportunity to share our practice and learn from others.
The conference includes Lightening Talks, Workshops, Practice Papers and Research Papers.
Please register for the Conference here
We look forward to seeing you in January!
Keynote Speakers
Biography
Tansy Jessop is PVC Education and Students at the University of Bristol, where she has led a programme of curriculum enhancement to re-imagine the design of programmes and assessment. Across the sector, she has been the driving force behind ‘Transforming the Experience of Students through Assessment’ (TESTA), a research and change project, for 15 years. Her recent book uses evidence from TESTA to show the value of taking a programme approach, and provides fresh perspectives on students’ experience using theories of alienation, agency, and engagement.
Before joining Bristol, Tansy was Head of Learning and Teaching at the University of Winchester and Professor of Research Informed Teaching at Solent University. She began her career as a schoolteacher in South Africa. Her PhD analysed the narratives of rural primary teachers in KwaZulu-Natal in the early post-apartheid period.
On weekends, Tansy enjoys walking the dog, reading detective novels, and messing about in the kitchen.
Biography
Alan Smeaton is Emeritus Full Professor of Computing at Dublin City University. He is a founding director of the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics and a member of the Royal Irish Academy and an Academy Gold Medal winner for Engineering and Computer Sciences. He is also a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association and a Principal Fellow of Advance HE, the Higher Education Academy. Alan is a regular media commentator on the development and use of technologies which underpin AI. In January of this year he was appointed to the Irish Government's Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence.