Fulbright Chair at National College of Ireland, 2007-08

Slide 1: Fulbright Chair at National College of Ireland 2007-08 2007-08 2007-08 Bertram C. Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presented to the Fulbright Commission Board Dublin, Ireland, 15 May, 2008

Slide 2: Objectives ❖ National College of Ireland ❖ Widening participation ❖ Supportive learning environment ❖ Diversify programme offerings ❖ Knowledge Economy skills ❖ Research and enterprise culture ❖ Seminar for faculty on Inquiry for Action and Understanding

Slide 3: Successes ❖ Research: Technologies for learning in Docklands & Liberties schools ❖ Scholarship: Professional Development Seminars; Fulbright lecture ❖ Teaching: Orientation; teaching strategies ❖ Organisation: Mission; School of Community Studies; HEA and HETAC approvals; consultation ❖ Connections with St Patricks College of Education; Dublin Institute of Technology; Youth Media Forum; Institute of Art, Design, and Technology; Trinity College; Suas Foundation / Bridge to College; Camara; St Andrews Resource Centre; Digital Hub ❖ Connections in Europe: Cluj-Napoca, Prato, Halkidiki, Girona

Slide 5: Challenges ❖ Organisational flux ❖ Communications ❖ Housing

Slide 6: Cultural experiences ❖ Irish schools ❖ Openness and chance to influence policy ❖ Feminist Walking Tour; Gardiner St Gospel Choir; Round Here; Cobblestone; Chester Beatty Library; Writer’s Museum; Cultúrlann na hÉireann; Abbey Theatre; Opera; West Cork; Wicklow Mtns

Slide 7: Making a difference ❖ Myself, learning: ❖ (a little) Irish language, literature, history, music, art, politics ❖ how to support organisation growth ❖ technology for learning ❖ NCI: Development as unique third-level institution ❖ NCI staff: Growth as scholars and teachers

Slide 8: Future collaborations ❖ Digital Literacy in Primary Schools (DLIPS) ❖ Technology-enhanced learning ❖ Journal articles; conferences ❖ External examiner

Slide 9: Suggestions ❖ Housing ❖ Communications ❖ Web archive: photos, video, stories, database ❖ Publicity ❖ Continue: Fulbright community; developing common purpose; outstanding support