Communications and Outreach module

COMP 41380

Dr Bridget Kelly, CLARITY Education and Outreachbridget.kelly@ucd.ie, 01 7162644

Mr Philip Smyth, SBI Education and Outreachphilip.smyth@ucd.ie, 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