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Here you will find an inventory of projects the centre has been involved in. For inquiries or additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you for your interest!

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Live Engagement & Attendance Project (LEAP)
Live Engagement & Attendance Project (LEAP)

Hosted by the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, this project contributed to the university's digital-centric service enhancement strategy by designing and reshaping student support resources for its Student Advisory Service.

In January 2022, LEAP worked with UCD IT Services and D2L/Brightspace to develop a real-time, programme-level engagement monitoring tool on the DOMO platform. This tool was rolled out for the 2022-23 academic year to the College of Science and the College of Arts and Humanities, and is also available on request.

The project is continuing its cross-campus scaling, examining its effectiveness in identifying student disengagement and the feasibility of being incorporated into Student Advisers’ current engagement enhancement strategies. LEAP also examined the evolving nature of contemporary student engagement, assessing the potential contributions that engagement metrics can provide in collating and communicating a representative picture of students’ engagement.
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Reflecting on our research - The essential role of stakeholders as collaborators, contributors and champions [VIDEO]
Reflecting on our research - The essential role of stakeholders as collaborators, contributors and champions [VIDEO]

Conducting educational research can involve many stakeholders whose needs and views should be considered. UCD Agile explored the recently completed LEAP project to examine the role of stakeholders and champions within an educational research project.

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Academic Advising - A Framework to Support Student-Academic Advising Interactions for Students on Clinical Work Placements in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine
Academic Advising - A Framework to Support Student-Academic Advising Interactions for Students on Clinical Work Placements in the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine

Developing the skills and strategies to self-regulate learning in a professional workplace is key to learning success on CEMS, therefore an academic advising initiative was designed and implemented. School based academic advisers were assigned students to provide individualised support and guidance to aid learning.

Funding was received from UCD through the HEA and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

Associate Professor Sue Rackard
Assistant Professor Diane Cashman
Assistant Professor Catherine McAloon
Assistant Professor Viv Gath
Dr Niamh Nestor
Ms Belinda Whitby
Ms Michelle Purcel
Dr Michael McAllshire
Ms Muireann O’Connell

Contact Us

UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
E: sue.rackard@ucd.ie | Location Map(opens in a new window)