GATHER takes place over 3 mornings fully online. Sessions will be recorded and made available after the event.

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Full Programme

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Day 1: May 22nd

Day 1: May 22nd

09:00 Opening Words

09:10 AT Usage Trends over Time

  1. Dr Richard Healy, Research and Policy Officer, AHEAD

10:05 Practical Demonstrations & the AT Hive

  1. Erica Meslin, Education Manager, AHEAD James Wright, Aventido Ryan Peacock, Aventido

10:55 The transformative impact of AT on adult literacy learners

  1. Ailis Mardon-Egan, National Adult Literacy Agency Elaine Cohalan, National Adult Literacy Agency Pauline Hensey, National Adult Literacy Agency

12:05 Social Inclusion and AT

  1. Dr Aoife McNicholl, Dublin City University Dr James Casey, ILMI

12:55 Closing Thoughts

Day 2: May 23rd

Day 2: May 23rd

09:00 Opening Words

09:10 AI as AT? An interactive brainstorm on emerging tools

  1. Dara Ryder, CEO, AHEAD Dr Zeta Dooley, SETU Majella McCarthy, SETU Waterford Mary Walsh O'Shea, WWETB Janet O'Neill, SETU

10:05 Practical Demonstrations: Glean and DigiAcademy

  1. William Nolan, University Limerick Dr Esther Murphy, Trinity College Dublin

10:55 Embedding AT into Everyday Practice - Apps and a Framework

  1. Trevor Boland, Dublin City University Laocín Brennan, AHEAD

12:05 Sustaining AT in the Future

  1. Rohan Slaughter, University of Dundee Sarah Boland, St. John of God's Patrick Fitzgerald, St. John of God's Doris Delaney, Lisa McEvoy,

12:55 Closing Thoughts

Day 3: May 24th

Day 3: May 24th

09:00 Opening Words

09:10 Building Capacity - AT & UDL in FET

  1. Treasa McGinley, Donegal ETB Angela McElhinney, Donegal ETB

10:05 AT in the Classroom

  1. Brendan Ryan, LCETB Cian O'Tiarnaigh, LCETB Angela Costelloe, SETU Deirdre Madden, UCC

10:55 AT Services

  1. Marie Cox, National Rehabilitation Hospital Sharon Leahy, National Rehabilitation Hospital Aoife Keaney, Rehab Group Anne Marie McDonnell, National Learning Network

12:05 Using your VLE to promote inclusion

  1. Emily Smith, UCD

12:55 Closing Thoughts

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The core funding received by AHEAD for its further education activities on fostering inclusion is provided by SOLAS.

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