Projects:
Developing e-learning capabilities for Highway Materials Module using Digital Media Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme Promotional Website
Purpose of scheme:
This programme aims to identify and enhance areas of best practice existing in the university and also to encourage and engage staff to explore initiatives leading to best practice in the area of Digital Media. Funding supports the use of Digital Media to enhance one or more of the following:
• Student Learning – Digital Media in the Classroom/Laboratory/Tutorial Environments (e.g. E-Learning)
• Student Support – Digital Media to facilitate the holistic student experience, from interest to recruitment through to community engagement and graduation
• Growth and Diversification of Student Population – Digital Media to enable Lifelong Learning programme provision (e.g. part-time learning through online provision)"
Funding:
This initiative is made possible by the Strategic Innovation Fund II.
Overview
Awarded to:
Dr Amanda Gibney
Collaborators:
Dr. Amir Tabakovic,
Mr. Tom Webster, Mr Brian Kelly
Funding:
Digital Seed Funding
Timeline:
2009-10
Background
Within the Highway Materials part of the core Civil Engineering Design modules, our final year civil engineering students observe three laboratory demonstrations in groups of 12. This is far from ideal and very much restricts the practical element of the module.
This grant will allow us to address this issue.
Goals
At a time when the new European Standards for bituminous materials and aggregates are being launched this affords UCD the opportunity to build a very rich e-learning capability for our students which will include interactive question types and a range of process videos which would greatly compliment and augment the content of the module. This approach will engage the students directly with the practical aspects of the module.
Methods
The funding has afforded us the opportunity to purchase video equipment which will allow the development of an image and video library of on-site activity and laboratory testing methods, facilitating students in appreciating and understanding the practical elements of their programme.
Results
Results will be available here on completion of the project.
Overview
Awarded to:
Dr Maria Meehan
Collaborators:
Dr Amanda Gibney,
Dr Amir Tabakovic
Funding:
Digital Seed Funding
Timeline:
January 2010 - June 2011
Background
The UCD School of Mathematical Science offers a module, MST30060, called the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme (UAS) to third and fourth year undergraduates from the Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, and Economics and Finance. The idea behind the UAS module is that undergraduate students gain academic credit for developing their transferable skills, while working with mathematics teachers in local secondary schools.
There are three main stakeholders involved in this module: the undergraduate, the secondary school, and the university. Potential benefits to the participating undergraduate include developing transferable skills and the opportunity to explore a career in teaching. The secondary school may benefit from having an enthusiastic classroom assistant for the teacher, role-model for the students, and links with UCD. And the university may benefit from creating a working relationship with schools and teachers in terms of recruiting students.
Goals
The goal is to create a promotional website for this module. The website must cater for the three main stakeholders in the UAS module: the undergraduate; the secondary school; and the university. Thus, three objectives of the website are to:
- Provide information about the UAS module to prospective and participating undergraduates.
- Provide information about the UAS module to prospective and participating second-level schools and teachers.
- To act as a point-of-contact between the School of Mathematical Sciences and local secondary schools, and to promote the third-level student experience in UCD.
Methods
The funding will enable us to have a website designed and created.
Results
It is expected that results will be available in December 2010.
