TEL All Webinar Series
TEL All Webinar Series 2025
The 2025 TEL All webinar series will take place online with various webinars from May 2025 to October 2025.
The lunch-time webinars will be delivered by School based Educational Technologists who share their pedagogical and technical expertise and offer some practical and hand-on advice. More details below.
Schedule
Date & Time |
Webinar |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 21st May 1pm-2pm | It's all different now - A decade of changing TEL practice |
| Wednesday 13th August 1pm-2pm | Brightspace Gets Brighter: Illuminate Your Learning Material With The New Content Experience |
| Wednesday 24th September 1pm-2pm |
Designing Impactful Learning Materials: Principles and Tools |
Outline of the TEL All Webinars
See below for a more detailed description on each of the webinars.
Webinar 1: It's all different now - A decade of changing TEL practice Wednesday 21st May 1-2pm
In the course of a decade, the ways in which we use technology in learning and the outputs we produce have changed enormously. Sometimes, as with AI, these changes can be rapid and seismic, often they're incremental and we barely notice them. This webinar takes a step back to explore how much what we produce, and how we produce it, has changed in the space of 10 years.
This webinar will be facilitated by Ken McMahon, Senior Educational Technologist, UCD College of Business.
Webinar 2: Brightspace Gets Brighter: Illuminate Your Learning Material With The New Content Experience
Wednesday 13th August 1pm-2pm
The New Content Experience (NCE) in Brightspace introduces a refreshed and intuitive user interface, designed to transform how educators and students interact with learning materials. With a user-friendly design, the NCE enhances focus and accessibility, streamlines navigation to make exploring content easier. This webinar empowers faculty to leverage the exciting opportunities presented by the latest advancements in educational technology and in structuring clear learning pathways to foster better engagement among students.
This webinar will be facilitated by Martin Heduan, Senior Educational Technologist, School of Medicine.
Webinar 3: Designing Impactful Learning Materials: Principles and Tools
Wednesday 24th September 1pm-2pm
In this webinar, we will explore evidence-based strategies to enhance your teaching materials by applying a variety of simple multimedia principles to them. You’ll gain practical insights into how to design new or adapt existing resources to support both student understanding and retention.The webinar will involve some moderate attendee participation
This webinar will be facilitated by Tom Maher, Educational Technologist, School of Veterinary Medicine.