Learning Teaching & Assessment

Antoinette Moriarty, B.A.(HONS.), MA, GRAD DIP., PG CERT.
Antoinette will conclude her professional training as a Psychotherapist later this year and is completing a M.Sc. in Integrative Psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute, London. In addition to her work as a pre-accredited psychotherapist, she is a Student Development Advisor with the Law Society of Ireland and has been involved in the design, delivery and evaluation of personal and professional development and skills training for 20 years. Antoinette co-ordinated an Access Programme at Trinity College Dublin and was a Student Learning Advisor and a Programme Director at the University of Kent at Canterbury prior to joining the Law Society.

Attracta O’Regan, LLB, BL, PG CERT Learning, Teaching & Assessment, PG CERT Leadership & Mentorship, Head Of Law Society Professional Training
Attracta O’Regan is the Head of Law Society Professional Training since 2007. Attracta is also the project manager to the Law Society Skillnet since 2008 and the Law Society Finuas Network since 2009. Attracta has been responsible for the research and drafting of all Skillnets Ltd grant funding applications and consequential training plans since 2007. Attracta is also a member of Skillnets Ltd Certification Focus Group and a mentor to the Skillnets Ltd Mentor Support programme to support new training networks under the Skillnets Ltd Training Networks Programme. Attracta practised as a barrister for ten years before joining the Law Society in 2005. She qualified as a solicitor in 2009. She was the founding editor of the Irish Insurance Law Review and is the author of legal practice texts. She has lectured for University College Dublin, the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Law School of the Law Society of Ireland. She has also acted as an examiner for third level institutions.

Dr Jen Harvey, Head Of Learning, Teaching & Technology Centre, Tutor Cert In Learning, Teaching & Assessment
Jen originally graduated from Aberdeen University with a B.Sc. in Zoology and later completed an MPhil in Immunology while working in Edinburgh University. She then moved to Napier University where she obtained a Dip.Ed.Tech. from Abertay University and, in 1994, a PhD in science education in collaboration with Glasgow University. Jen became the DIT Head of Lifelong Learning in 2003, previously she was the Head of Distance Education. Before moving to Dublin she worked as an Implementation Consultant for the LTDI a SHEFC project based in ICBL, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. Current research interests relate to the use of technology to support learning, student assessment strategies, practitioner based evaluations and Communities of Practice.

Orla Hanratty B.ED (HONS), MSC
Orla has worked in higher education since 1999 in the area of professional development with teaching staff. She has designed and facilitated a range of programmes and was the programme co-ordinator of a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education. She is currently teaching on a number of postgraduate programmes in higher education and supervising Masters dissertations in this area. She holds a Bachelor of Education and Masters degree in IT and Education from Trinity College Dublin and is pursuing a Doctorate in Education researching accredited programmes in higher education. She is currently working as a Learning Development Officer in the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Time: 6.00pm – 8.30pm.
Module Seven – Online Tutorial Support Week 1st – 5th July 2013