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Open Education Resources (OERs): Benefits to Academics There’s a new open education project starting soon in NUI Galway (Jan 2021). We want to hear from interested and enthusiastic NUI Galway academics. NUI Galway is to provide Ireland’s first OER service and publishing platform for students and staff . The OER platform will create and promote open, free, and reusable OER learning materials. The main benefit of OERs is the reduced cost of learning materials for students. This is great, but what about academics? What’s in it for academic staff? It turns out that many of the benefits for students have corresponding benefits for academics. Often, academics who use OERs see specific benefits for themselves and their career as well. For example, building an international profile in a specialised area using your own content and getting instant authoritative global reach. Main benefits Students Does not add costs Provides supplemental learning materials Helps students c

Tugtar cuireadh duit iarratas a dhéanamh ar phost mar theagascóir scríbhneoireachta le Gaeilge ag an Ionad Scríbhneoireachta Acadúla i Leabharlann Uí Argadáin. The AWC is looking for new tutors to join our team in 2020-21. Please note, you must be a current student at NUIG to apply for this position.  Currently we are looking for tutors with Irish as well as tutors with English.  Cuireann an tIonad Scríbhneoireachta Acadúla tacaíocht sa scríbhneoireacht ar fáil do mhic léinn OÉ Gaillimh, déantar cuir i láthair ar an scríbhnoireacht acadúil, agus eagraítear roinnt tograí taighde agus pobail. Cuirfidh teagascóirí seisiúin aonair ar fáil ar líne do mhic léinn fochéime, chomh maith le tacaíocht aisioncronach leis an scríbhneoireacht, agus tacóidh siad freisin le forbairt an Ionaid Scríbhneoireachta Acadúla trí ábhar a dhearadh, ábhar a aistriú agus ceardlanna a reáchtáil. Íocfar an táille chaighdéanach le haghaidh ranganna teagaisc leo. Má theastaíonn uait iarratas a dhéanamh, ba cheart na