Reimagining Learning for an Inclusive
and Flexible Future
Kate Molloy
#CESICon
#IUADigEd
Ten years ago…
Ten years
ago…
…and now?
The Enhancing Digital Teaching &
Learning project
Funded through HEA Innovation & Transformation Programme 2019-
2021
Enhance the digital attributes and educational experiences of Irish
university students
Aim to mainstream digital in teaching and learning activities in Irish
Universities, by addressing the professional development of all who
teach or support teaching and learning.
4 Pillars
Not
starting
from zero
Pedagogy
first
Discipline
focus
Students
as Partners
European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators
(DigCompEdu)
Early Project Activities
Pilot groups of academic
staff within each
institution
Mapping of CPD
opportunities and self-
assessment of digital skills
Launch of webinar series
and mailing list
community - #IUADigEd
Building on work of many
existing communities:
#EdChatIE, ALT, ILTA,
#FemEdTech, Virtually
Connecting, Equity
Unbound…and CESI!
Timeline
Photo by Amanda Chen on Unsplash
Design Approaches
Planning Ahead
To meet the needs of diverse learners in flexible landscapes, educators
need more than a single framework. Universal Design for Learning
(UDL) reminds us the goal of school is to teach students how to
become motivated, resourceful, innovative learners and to help them
prepare for the lives they want to live. To do this, we have to embrace
blended learning so our pedagogical practices can seamlessly traverse
from in-person, hybrid, online, and back again.
Katie Novak; Caitlin Tucker., 2021
Supporting Staff through Learning
Short Courses for Staff
Universal Design for Teaching and Learning
• Institutional rollouts by project team
• National rollouts for FET and HE (AHEAD)
Getting Started with Personal and Professional Digital Capacity
• Developed by the EDTL team and launched as a national rollout in November 2021
Findings
• Surprising uptake
• Light-touch, peer group format to redesign an element of teaching (25 effort hours)
• Open access materials for all to use
Getting Started with Personal and Professional Digital Capacity
Student Perspectives
Student Perspectives
Key Project Takeaways
Student-centred
vision
Peer learning
through formal
and informal
networks
Collaboration and
community
Models from
across the sectors
Designing for
flexible learning
Some Cautious Optimism…
[The pandemic] has brought into focus numerous examples of
extraordinary resilience, networks and at times unexpected alliances of
collaboration and support, including inspiring creativity, examples of
technology used for equity purposes and moments of optimism.
Czerniewicz et al., 2020
The Post-Pandemic University
• What sort of university will
emerge from this crisis?
• The Post-Pandemic University
is an online magazine, podcast
and conference series based in
the Institute of Education at
the University of Manchester.
What does the post-pandemic school look
like?
Thank You!
Resources
• Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD):
https://www.ahead.ie/udl
• Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu):
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/digcompedu_en
• Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning: http://edtl.blog
References
• Czerniewicz, L., Agherdien, N., Badenhorst, J., Belluigi, D., Chambers,
T., Chili, M., de Villiers, M., Felix, A., Gachago, D., Gokhale, C., Ivala, E.,
Kramm, N., Madiba, M., Mistri, G., Mgqwashu, E., Pallitt, N., Prinsloo,
P., Solomon, K., Strydom, S., Swanepoel, M., Waghid, F. and Wissing,
G., 2020. A Wake-Up Call: Equity, Inequality and Covid-19 Emergency
Remote Teaching and Learning. Postdigital Science and Education,
2(3), pp.946-967.
• Katie Novak; Caitlin Tucker., 2021. UDL and Blended Learning; Thriving
in Flexible Learning Landscapes [S.l.]: IMPRESS, LP.

CESI Keynote 2022

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    Reimagining Learning foran Inclusive and Flexible Future Kate Molloy #CESICon #IUADigEd
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    The Enhancing DigitalTeaching & Learning project Funded through HEA Innovation & Transformation Programme 2019- 2021 Enhance the digital attributes and educational experiences of Irish university students Aim to mainstream digital in teaching and learning activities in Irish Universities, by addressing the professional development of all who teach or support teaching and learning.
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    European Framework forthe Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu)
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    Early Project Activities Pilotgroups of academic staff within each institution Mapping of CPD opportunities and self- assessment of digital skills Launch of webinar series and mailing list community - #IUADigEd Building on work of many existing communities: #EdChatIE, ALT, ILTA, #FemEdTech, Virtually Connecting, Equity Unbound…and CESI!
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    Photo by AmandaChen on Unsplash
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    Planning Ahead To meetthe needs of diverse learners in flexible landscapes, educators need more than a single framework. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) reminds us the goal of school is to teach students how to become motivated, resourceful, innovative learners and to help them prepare for the lives they want to live. To do this, we have to embrace blended learning so our pedagogical practices can seamlessly traverse from in-person, hybrid, online, and back again. Katie Novak; Caitlin Tucker., 2021
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    Short Courses forStaff Universal Design for Teaching and Learning • Institutional rollouts by project team • National rollouts for FET and HE (AHEAD) Getting Started with Personal and Professional Digital Capacity • Developed by the EDTL team and launched as a national rollout in November 2021 Findings • Surprising uptake • Light-touch, peer group format to redesign an element of teaching (25 effort hours) • Open access materials for all to use
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    Getting Started withPersonal and Professional Digital Capacity
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    Key Project Takeaways Student-centred vision Peerlearning through formal and informal networks Collaboration and community Models from across the sectors Designing for flexible learning
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    Some Cautious Optimism… [Thepandemic] has brought into focus numerous examples of extraordinary resilience, networks and at times unexpected alliances of collaboration and support, including inspiring creativity, examples of technology used for equity purposes and moments of optimism. Czerniewicz et al., 2020
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    The Post-Pandemic University •What sort of university will emerge from this crisis? • The Post-Pandemic University is an online magazine, podcast and conference series based in the Institute of Education at the University of Manchester.
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    What does thepost-pandemic school look like?
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    Resources • Association forHigher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD): https://www.ahead.ie/udl • Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu): https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/digcompedu_en • Enhancing Digital Teaching and Learning: http://edtl.blog
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    References • Czerniewicz, L.,Agherdien, N., Badenhorst, J., Belluigi, D., Chambers, T., Chili, M., de Villiers, M., Felix, A., Gachago, D., Gokhale, C., Ivala, E., Kramm, N., Madiba, M., Mistri, G., Mgqwashu, E., Pallitt, N., Prinsloo, P., Solomon, K., Strydom, S., Swanepoel, M., Waghid, F. and Wissing, G., 2020. A Wake-Up Call: Equity, Inequality and Covid-19 Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning. Postdigital Science and Education, 2(3), pp.946-967. • Katie Novak; Caitlin Tucker., 2021. UDL and Blended Learning; Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes [S.l.]: IMPRESS, LP.