Communications and Outreach module
COMP 41380
Dr Bridget Kelly, CLARITY Education and [email protected], 01 7162644
Mr Philip Smyth, SBI Education and [email protected], 01 7166975
Who are you?
Who are we?
Bridget
Philip
What is outreach?
Reaching out to different audiences
Talking about your research
Consider demographics
Different audiencesPrimary schoolSecondary schoolThird levelFourth levelGeneral publicIndustryInreach
Communication skills needed by researchers, outreach activities give you those skills
Why Outreach?
Communication skills needed by researchers, outreach activities give you those skills
Want people to knowWant people to understandIf you can explain it to a 10
year old- you can explain it to anyone
Presentation skills
• Funding agencies increasingly require outreach component
• Enhances own understanding at fundamental level, gives perspective
• Tailor talks- style, content, suitability (audience)
• Value- collective- institute
Why Outreach?
Picture within a picture
Timetable
Mondays- 11am in interactive hub, ConwayTuesdays- 2pm in C113 Health Sciences Outreach session- TBA
Date Content
Mon 17th October Introduction
Tue 18th October Presentation Heroes
Mon 24th October Outreach workshop
Tue 1st November Presentation skills
Mon 7th November Outreach Session
Mon 14th November Teaching and Learning
Mon 21st November Review of outreach session
Mon 28th November Review of previous points, Intro to T in 3
Mon 5th December Thesis in 3
Mon 12th December Overall Review session
Overview of module
Presentation skills, learning stylesCommunication skillsInteractive presentation skillsPeer review skillsExpert speakers
10 contact hours covering
COMP41380
• Attend at least 80% of the workshops/seminars
• Students must regularly submit to online blog-
and submit a module report
To pass this module students need to:
Why primary level?
Easy to arrange
10 years old- explain to anyone, blindside
question
Supervisor focus
Perspective
Standing paper
Guest Speakers
• Mr Barry Brophy- Presentation skills
• Dr Geraldine O’Neill- Teaching and Learning
Mr Barry Brophy• College lecturer in the School of Electrical,
Electronic and Mechanical Engineering in UCD• Provides presentation skills training to
companies mainly in the technical sector and gives courses in general presentation skills
Dr Geraldine O’Neill• Teaching development officer in the UCD
Centre for Teaching and Learning• She has been involved in the strategic
development of teaching and learning in UCD and has supported many institutional teaching and learning projects
HomeworkTake a look at YouTube, Ted, etc. Look for own example of excellent speakerPost links to speakers on blog
http://reachingoutreach.wordpress.com
Examples will be discussed in the next session
Summary1. What
2. Why
3. How
4. When