All Aboard 2017 is an initiative being co-run by The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Ireland’s higher education institutions. All Aboard 2017 is a week-long (3-7 April 2017) series of national and regional public events designed to build confidence in Ireland’s digital skills for learning.
Coordinated by UCD in the Community, UCD are hosting a range of events 2017 including public lectures, interactive workshops, seminars and much more which are all designed to help staff, students and community groups to explore a wide range of skills and knowledge in the digital world. A range of units across campus are involved including Access and Lifelong Learning, UCD Library, Teaching and Learning, IT Services, and UCD Career Development Centre.
All of the UCD events can be found here on the All Aboard 2017 website
| Date and Time | Event | Open to | Venue |
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Monday 3rd April 1pm- 1.45pm |
Through the Looking Glass - The Weird and Wonderful World of the Internet and How It Shapes Our Lives UCD Chaplain and Internet aficionado, Scott Evans, will be speaking about the incredible opportunities, the cultural shifts and the subtle dangers of the digital age.While conversations about the Internet can describe it as everything from the saviour of humanity to the end of civilisation, Scott will be walking us through the new normal and how to maintain our mental and emotional health in this new space. |
All Welcome Register HERE |
Science Centre East |
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Monday 3rd April 6-8pm
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Social Media Training for Access Leaders and Future You Mentors This interactive workshop has been designed by Cliona Curley, from Cybersafe Ireland, especially for UCD access student leaders.The workshop aims to prepare UCD Access student leaders and Future You mentors to deal with issues which they might encounter during their outreach work with schools and communities. |
Invitation Only |
Science Centre East E2.16/2.17 |
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Tuesday 4th April 10am |
Scratch for Schools - Coding Workshops The ability to code computer programs is an important part of literacy in today’s society. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. When people learn to code in Scratch, they learn important strategies for solving problems, designing projects, and communicating ideas. Students can program their own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share their creations with others in the online community. |
Registration Closed |
Outreach Lab, Science Centre East |
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Tuesday 4th 10am - 1pm |
Documents That Dazzle! This session will give you a taster of some of the technology courses that staff and students in UCD attend. Students from Fairview to Fiji have sharpened their IT skills. Today you can join them! Learn about the Drawing tools in Word. Divide your document into sections to allow you to switch page orientations between sections. Add references and a bibliography in a few clicks. Add a Table of Contents and a Table of Figures. |
All Welcome Register HERE |
Room G3 Daedalus Building |
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Tuesday 4th April 1pm - 3pm
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Digital tools for effective job search: getting the most from online Resources Participants will learn how to create an effective LinkedIn profile by marketing their skills, experience and competencies in an impactful way. They will also learn how to use LinkedIn and other online networking tools to identify potential opportunities and make new contacts. A number of other useful online job search resources will also be covered, including personal branding tools, company review databases, interview preparation tools and online job-posting aggregators. |
Open to UCD Staff and Students Register HERE |
H2.40 ALE O'Brien Science Hub |
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Tuesday 4th April 7pm - 9pm |
Digital tools for effective job search: getting the most from online resources Participants will learn how to create an effective LinkedIn profile by marketing their skills, experience and competencies in an impactful way. They will also learn how to use LinkedIn and other online networking tools to identify potential opportunities and make new contacts. |
All welcome Register HERE |
E1.17/1.18 ALE Science Centre East |
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Wednesday, 5th April 11am-12pm |
Free website sources for historical maps of Ireland This presentation, organised by UCD Library in partnership with dlr Lexicon, will feature a range of free websites where you can find, view and print historical maps of Ireland, including county maps and detailed town plans. Delivered by Jane Nolan, Maps Librarian, UCD Library, the presentation will take place at dlr Lexicon. |
All welcome More info HERE |
dlr Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire. |
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Wednesday 5th April 12.45pm – 2pm |
App Swap Lunch - (BYOD)- Mobile Apps for Teaching and Learning Have you ever considered integrating mobile apps into your teaching practices? This informal ‘app swap lunch’ will enable faculty and staff to share and explore how mobile apps can be used for teaching and learning purposes.To kick start the ‘app swap’ session the facilitators will demo some mobile apps and suggest how they could be integrated into teaching practices with particular focus on the above themes. To participate fully and explore apps swapped during the session you are strongly encouraged to bring your own mobile device (BYOD). |
Open to UCD Staff Register HERE |
UCD Science East E1.17/1.18 |
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Thursday 6th April 10am- 1pm
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Documents That Dazzle! This session will give you a taster of some of the technology courses that staff and students in UCD attend. Students from Fairview to Fiji have sharpened their IT skills. Today you can join them! Learn about the Drawing tools in Word. Divide your document into sections to allow you to switch page orientations between sections. Add references and a bibliography in a few clicks. Add a Table of Contents and a Table of Figures. |
All Welcome Register HERE |
Room G3 Daedalus Building |
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Thursday 6th April 1pm - 2pm |
Digital Mind Mapping Mind maps are an invaluable learning tool for students who are visual learners or think by association rather than linearly. In this interactive workshop we will demonstrate mind mapping educational use cases and best practices. A free online mind mapping tool will be used in the exercises. Participants will use the tool to build a mind map of a subject of their choice. Participants will need to bring a laptop to the workshop. Registration is necessary. Light lunch will be provided. |
Open to UCD Students Register HERE |
H2.40, Science Centre Hub |
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Thursday 6th April 7pm - 8.30pm |
Historical Sources from UCD Digital Library This talk will centre on the rich historical and cultural heritage resources available from the UCD Digital Library. There is a wealth of Open Access online material from this source. The ever expanding collection includes Historical Irish Maps, images of iconic Georgian Dublin, papers from Michael Collins and Roger Casement, voices from the Irish Dialect Archives, and a broad selection of other Irish Historical primary source materials, as well as many more digitised historical items. |
All Welcome More Information HERE |
James Joyce Library, UCD |
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Saturday 8th April 11am - 1pm |
College Awareness and Technology Training The Dyslexia Association of Ireland and UCD Access and Lifelong Learning are hosting this session for parents and students which will provide useful information on apps and technologies which post-primary students can use to maximize their potential and achieve their academic goals. The session includes a tour of UCD Campus, information on entry routes, a full overview of supports available at university and an interactive workshop where participants can learn about the range of apps and tools to help students with dyslexia succeed in university. Topics include: Reading Tools, Writing Tools, Note taking Tools, Organisational Tools, Study Tools |
Open to Parents and Students More information HERE |
Daedalus Building, UCD |
UCD in the Community
University College Dublin is launching a campus wide initiative, UCD in the Community, seeking to promote greater civic engagement through its core activities. This initiative supports and complements UCD’s involvement in the IUA Campus Engage programme.
It is sponsored by Professor Mark Rogers, Registrar and Deputy President, and Academic Leadership will be provided by Professor Joe Carthy, Principal College of Science.
UCD in the community will strive to strengthen its relationships with the community and work together in a collaborative and mutually beneficial way, contributing to positive and sustainable social outcomes. It is about working together, bringing our skills and expertise to support community-based organisations, and in exchange empowering our students and staff as socially aware citizens.
It will also seek to actively involve interested alumni. Engagement is one of the core values of UCD and our strategic plan commits to build engagement at local, national and international levels.
UCD in the community wishes to support and promote engagement in all forms, shapes and sizes, examples of this could include:
- Student volunteering
- Staff placements with community based organisations (CBOs)
- Capacity building
- Outreach programmes targeting marginalised groups and communities - Widening participation and access to higher education
- Promoting and stimulating social enterprise with community partners- Community based research projects
- Events and activities that promote awareness of civic engagement
For student volunteering opportunities please visit www.studentvolunteer.ie/ucd
For further information contact ucdic@ucd.ie.
- Aoife Fitzgerald: aoife.fitzgerald@ucd.ie
- Rhonda Wynne: rhonda.wynne@ucd.ie
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