Note: this session will be delivered by Dr Carina Ginty (ATU), Dr Moira Maguire (DKIT) - both sector stream 1 leads for N-TUTORR in Ireland. Prof. Gilly Salmon will facilitate and lead this session.

Dr Carina Ginty is the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) lead for the N-TUTORR project and is the sector co-lead for Stream 1 of N-TUTORR. This project aims to transform learning, teaching and assessment in the Technological University (TU) sector in Ireland. Funded by NextGenerationEU (value 38 million euro), the aim of this project is to transform teaching, learning and assessment through student empowerment, building staff capabilities and developing the digital campus learning environment.

Working in HE since 2004, Carina has led the teaching and learning function across several campuses in ATU and initiated various innovation projects in teaching, learning and assessment enhancement, digital pedagogies, student engagement and leadership. From 2019-2022 Carina led the development of DigitalEd.ie, a knowledge platform to build digital teaching and learning capabilities across 8 campuses of the ATU. Carina is also co-leading in the HigherEd 4.0 project (Human Capital Initiative Ireland, a higher education funded project valued at 12m euro 2021-2025) on the development of a career and learning pathway platform called MyCareerPath.ie for ATU, transforming access pathways to higher education. Carina is a member of the EU Green alliance work package on Education development (funded by the EU Commission 2023-2026) and is leading a team tasked with the development of digital badges and micro credentials for staff and students, across 9 European universities. In 2022, Carina was awarded the President’s Award for Outstanding Institutional Citizenship.

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