{"id":123,"date":"2026-05-29T16:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:17:40","slug":"emerging-issues-i","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edin.ie\/?page_id=123","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Issues I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Emerging issues in the practice of University Learning and Teaching<\/em> was written by EDIN members and originally published in 2005 by AISHE<\/a> as part of the AISHE Readings<\/em> series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biographical Notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction Chapter
<\/strong>Writers\u2019 Week: A vehicle for collaborative writing among educational developers
<\/a>Sarah Moore, Geraldine O\u2019Neill and Barry McMullin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART 1: Working in the changing world of learning and teaching in higher education
<\/strong>The Scholarship of Teaching and its Implications for Practice
<\/a>Marian MacCarthy and Bettie Higgs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It Works in Practice but Will it Work in Theory? The theoretical underpinnings of pedagogy
<\/a>Orison Carlile and Anne Jordan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART 2: Moving the focus from teaching to learning
<\/strong>Student-Centred Learning: What does it mean for students and lecturers?
<\/a>Geraldine O\u2019Neill and Tim McMahon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Active Learning \u2013 From Lecture Theatre to Field-Work
<\/a>Bettie Higgs and Marian McCarthy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching and Learning Activities: Expanding the repertoire to support student learning
<\/a>Saranne Magennis and Alison Farrell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Problem-Based Learning?
<\/a>Terry Barrett<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting the Learning back into Technology
<\/a>Barry McMullin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you know what your students are learning? (And do you care?)
<\/a>Diana Kelly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaborative Project-Based Learning and Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education: A consideration of learner-focused strategies
<\/a>Roisin Donnelly and Marian Fitzmaurice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing Modules for Learning
<\/a>Roisin Donnelly and Marian Fitzmaurice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART 3: Developing and growing as a University teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Trends in Academic Staff Development: Reflective journals, teaching portfolios, accreditation and professional development
<\/a>Iain MacLaren<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Institutional Research can do to Support the Individual Academic
<\/a>Margaret O\u2019Flanagan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding Information for your Teaching and Research Work in Teaching and Learning
<\/a>Helen Fallon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Punitive Bureaucratic Tool or Valuable Resource? Using student evaluations to enhance your teaching
<\/a>Sarah Moore and Nyiel Kuol<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Write Approach: Integrating writing activities into your teaching
<\/a>Ciara O\u2019Farrell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtually Effective: the measure of a learning environment
<\/a>David Jennings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also download the full PDF of Emerging Issues I<\/em> here:
Emerging Issues I [PDF]<\/a><\/strong>This publication is licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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