Digital Transitions

The Digital Transitions course is an intensive professional training course for university teachers and staff who want to get up to speed and stay ahead of the latest technology trends in education. You will be looking to gain a better understanding of active digital citizenship and digital literacy and be keen to learn how to incorporate these ideas into your teaching. 

Lesson modules include:

- An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT in Education - How should teachers and students use it?

- Creating Teaching Resources with ChatGPT and Other AI Tools

- Using Corpora to Teach Subject-Specific Terminology 

- Gamification in the Classroom

- News & Media Literacy - Is it fake news? Can I trust Wikipedia?

- Using Youtube and other Open-Source Videos to Stimulate Learning

- Using Mentimeter and other Interactive Tools

The final learning day of the week is 'Project Day' - teachers put into practice what they've learned during the week and plan a completely digital lesson using the digital tools and principles introduced during the week.

Learning Objectives

- to gain practical strategies and skills for incorporating digital tools into your teaching

- to learn how to efficiently create engaging learning resources

- to discover practical strategies for making the most of ChatGPT and other AI tools

- to develop an awareness of digital citizenship and how to promote that in your lessons

- to develop your own English language skills.

- to gain awareness of Irish history, literature, culture and society through topical and interactive lessons, activities and excursions.

- to establish contacts with teachers from a variety of education systems to facilitate future networking

General Information

The lessons take place in mixed nationality groups at our school in Dublin, with no more than 14 students per class*. Our DELTA-trained teachers focus on providing participants with practical ready-to-use ideas bearing in mind recent developments in technology. In addition, there is always a space for participants to voice their own ideas and exchange practices with classmates. We also place a great emphasis on participants digging deeper into Irish culture, via safe discussion in our lessons and activities and excursions outside the classroom. Courses last for either 1 or 2 weeks and various accommodation options are available on request for participants throughout their stay.

*(Group bookings in closed groups for a minimum of 7 people are available on request all-year-round outside of usual course dates, and such groups can tailor-make the course to satisfy the specific needs of the group.

See the attached brochure on pages 17 and 18.