TEL MITA – Adding to your teaching and learning toolkit
Engaging Students’ Multiple Intelligences using Technology Enhanced Learning: We all know the challenges of engaging students so why not play to their strengths and increase their attention and focus? This session will introduce a multiple intelligences teaching approach and how it can be applied in the learning environment using practical examples and applications.
Facilitators:
Dr Margaret Denny received her BSc from University College Cork (UCC) and her teaching qualification from Trinity College Dublin (TCD). She received her research Master in Philosophy in Applied Psychology (M.Phil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in Applied Psychology from University College Cork (UCC). In addition, she is a registered Behaviour Therapist and studied challenging behaviour at St Andrews University, Fife, Scotland. She studied Evidence Based Practice (EBP) at Oxford University, Centre for evidence based practice (EBP). Dr Denny studied advanced Multiple Intelligence (MI) approaches to teaching and learning, at the Brain Based Institute in Rochester, New York. Her research has led to both theoretical and practical advances in the application of MI teaching and learning approaches and blended/e-learning in third level education, a field that is having a great impact on contemporary education. Her current area of teaching and research is in the area of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and how this can be best utilized to harness the new generation of digitally literate students. She has presented workshops on assisting Higher Education Faculties to develop focused Technology Enhanced Learning Strategies (TELS) and the application of TEL within curricula delivery.
Dr Suzanne Denieffe is Head of Department of Nursing and Healthcare in WIT and trained to masters level in brain-based approaches to learning.
Dr Linda Sheahan completed her doctoral studies on the use of MITA for clinical skills acquisition and is particularly interested in integrating MITA approaches through the use of blended learning.
Session Resources:
Presentation (pdf)
Pair Share Activity (word doc)
TEL Exemplars (Google docs)