ILAS webinar series

ILAS Webinar 1 Thursday 15^th April 2021

Developing Community Engagement and Partnerships in the Curriculum– Lessons from the Present and the Future

The CKI hosted the 1^st ILAS Webinar on the 15^th April 2021 and explored community engaged learning (CEL) as a pedagogy to connect student learning and knowledge to community through real-world experiences in Ireland.  In this Webinar, CEL was explored from a diverse range of perspectives from academics, students and community partners and from those involved and leading the Irish network for civic engagement, Campus Engage.  

Two new courses in CEL were presented: one offered by NUI Galway in Occupational Therapy to counteract the negative effects of Covid-19 self-isolation; and another developed in 2020 and delivered in 2021 as a national project between Campus Engage and the National Forum for the Enhancement for Teaching and Learning to upskill staff in higher education in CEL curriculum design and delivery through an online mode. The Webinar will be moderated by Dr. Lorraine McIlrath, Community Knowledge Initiative, NUI Galway and Chair of Campus Engage. 

The speakers on this webinar included:

• Dr. Hazel Killeen, Lecturer Occupational Therapy, NUI Galway
• Siobhan Morahan, Deputy Principal of the Mercy Primary School
• Dr. Sinead Hynes, Lecturer Occupational Therapy, NUI Galway
• Megan Farrell, 3^rd year Occupational Therapy Student
• Kate Morris, Head of Campus Engage, Irish Universities Association
• Dr. Claire McDonnell, Lecturer in Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, TU Dublin and Facilitator of the National Forum Open Course in Community Engaged Learning