HIS31040

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students will have gained experience of:
Power-point skills;
Assessing the work of others;
composing Abstracts;
Group work and review;
Preparing and delivering a conference paper;
Event management and team work.

Indicative Module Content:

Week 1: Introduction - the conference and its purpose. Week 2: Power-point Presentation Skills. Week 4: Conference organisation and discussion of sample conference Abstracts. Week 7: Presentation and submission of the Abstract of the conference paper (250 words) and Peer-review of the Power-point slides. Week 9: One-day Conference with 15-minute presentations on their dissertation topics. Week 10: Submission of final paper.

UNESCO highlights a set of key competencies that support individuals in their development and support society in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UCD has adapted these competencies and is combining them with others to form a general framework of learning competencies. This module will help you develop the competencies below to the levels specified. 

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

This is a small-group, seminar-based module. It is taught through a series of two-hour seminars over the course of the semester and concludes with a one-day conference. The seminars are focused upon individual active / task-based learning and peer and group work and review, by means of class debates, discussion, peer assessment exercises and student presentations. Presentation skills are explicitly engaged with via seminars on power-point and oral presentation skills. Team-work skills are developed through group organisation of the conference programme and logistics, and production of a conference abstract booklet.

The use of AI tools (e.g. Gemini, Chat GPT, Copilot) is not permitted in this module. Students are expected to engage directly with module materials and activities without the use of AI tools. Generative AI may not be used for assessments in this module. If you have any concerns about what is included in the remit of generative AI.

A proportion of written assignments in each module in the School of History are subject to moderation, meaning they undergo a second layer of review by another grader. This can include oral moderation meetings where the student is invited in for a short meeting with the module coordinator to discuss the assignment. Moderation contributes to better informed marking.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Co-requisite:
HIS30550 - Research Skills Seminar


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Peer review feedback - both group and individual - is provided on an ongoing basis in class through group discussion and critique of in-class exercises and during the final one-day conference. Feedback on the end-of-semester Written Paper Assignment is given by appointment in one-to-one meetings.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.