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Peer Assisted Learning
Programme Workshop
PAL @ GMIT
Peer Assisted Learning
STUDENT LED STUDY SESSIONS
Dr. Carina Ginty
PASS @ AIT
Peer Assisted Student Support
STUDENT LED STUDY SESSIONS
Nuala Harding
Part 1: About Peer Assisted Learning &
Project Background
Part 2: PAL Session Simulation
Part 3: PAL/PASS Sample Research Findings
Part 4: PAL Leadership Module & Benefits
Information Session Format
• Strategic Innovation Fund (SIFII), HEA
• GMIT Led Project
- Student Led Learning (AIT Partner)
- Curriculum Reform (NUIG Partner)
• First Year Experience (FYE) Plans
• PAL Model adopted informed by Bournemouth University and University of Manchester and University of Missouri-Kansas - International Supplemental Instruction Centre.
• PAL @ GMIT
• PASS @ AIT
Programme Development Background
• PAL/PASS at GMIT & AIT is a study
session scheme that offers cross-year
support between students on the same
programme. It encourages first year
students to support each other and learn
co-operatively under the guidance of a
trained student (a Leader) from the 2nd, 3rd
or 4th years of the programme
About PAL/PASS
Overall Programme Involvement
Phase One
January 2009
6 Programmes
(3 GMIT
& 3 AIT)
1431st Year Students
15 PAL Leaders
Phase Two
September 2009
18Programmes
(12 GMIT
& 6 AIT)
7001st Year Students
45PAL Leaders
7Disciplines
Phase Three
September 2010
31 Programmes
(18 GMIT
+ 1 NUIG & 12 AIT)
1800+1st Year Students
126 PAL Leaders
(56 GMIT + 36 NUIG
and 34 AIT)
7 Schools/ Disciplines
PAL/PASS
1st year, Leaders, Academic
school team, Presidents,
Registrars Experiences
DVD Clips
More Video Clips www.gmit.ie/pal
Lecturing Staff Benefits
◆ A reduction in the number of minor requests and
queries from first year students, as PAL Leaders can act
as a first point of contact for „specific
information/queries‟ on settling into college life.
◆ Helps students to become better prepared for their
lectures or/and tutorials.
◆ Helps students to better manage their workload and
keep up with course work and assignments distributed
by the lecturer during the term.
◆ Helps students learn more effectively in a peer based
group.
◆ Leaders can give regular feedback to their school
management and lecturers at Programme Board
Meetings or Debriefs with PAL Course School Contact.
Short Lecture
You are 1st years please take notes!
http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakle
y_social_media_and_the_end_of_gend
er.html
Research Findings 2010-2011• 450+ 1st year Response Rate (34%)
• Leader Focus Groups
• Staff Feedback
• 25 + staff PAL supervisor trained with
International Centre of Excellence - University of Manchester
Q: How has PAL helped you?
• “It helped me get a better idea of what kind of standard was expected of me.”
• “It has helped me to adjust into college life better and given me more
confidence in interacting with my peers.”
• “PAL was a great experience I only wish more people had attended. PAL
helped me to understand what was to come on the course in following years
and I now feel more prepared for the next stages on the course.”
• “It has helped me integrate with my class mates more in a very friendly
environment.”
• “Through pal, I was introduced to something that I might had only see them by
next year, such as „Google Sketchup‟ .”
Phase 1:1st Year Experience Findings GMIT
Q: How has PASS helped you?
• “The Pass class helps me to improve my English. Helping us
to finish the assignment."
• “Share the information, classmates know more about each
other, have an effect on team work.”
• “Get information on my class project. Help get idea out of my
head. Make the class work as a team.”
• “Get to know the class better and helped with projects.”
• “It has helped me to get a better understanding of the course.”
• “Helped me make friends in the class.”
• “It has helped get a better understanding of college life from
people who have been here longer.”
Phase 1:1st Year Experience Findings AIT
‘helped interact with all students in the class’
‘working out problems’,
‘helped in preparing for placement’
‘chemistry and solving problems’.
‘great forum for discussing issues’
‘chilling out and chatting about college and our subjects’
For a larger class group one respondent indicated:
‘it helped our class get to know one another better as it was a different classroom environment’
‘it was the first time the whole class got split off into groups and it
made you work with people you would not have before’. ‘I really think it helps to be involved with people who have gone before
you and it gave us a great insight into what to expect from college life’.
First Year Student Views from GMIT
& AIT
• Action Research Project Findings led to the
development of the Module
• Students completed the PAL Leadership
Module to date (2010-2011):
– 55 GMIT Students
– 13 AIT Studnents
– Over 100 NUIG students completed a ‘Skills
for Worklife module which linked the PAL
experience’
PAL Module Development
New Leader Benefits
Phase 3 (Sept. 2010) introduced:
Leaders gaining 5ECTS credits
PAL Leadership Module
• PAL Leader Workshops
Participation 30%
• PAL Leader Practice 30%
• PAL Leader Evaluations:
Observation and
Reflective Journal 40%
PAL Leader Benefits
1. Complete the PAL Leadership Training
Programme and gain 5 ECTS.
2. Facilitate weekly PAL Sessions with 1st year
Students in semester 1 or year long.
3. Develop personal and professional skills
such as leadership, time management,
active listening, interpersonal
communication, facilitation, and presenting.
4. Networking opportunities with other Leaders
in GMIT, AIT and internationally.
5. Increase confidence
6. Enhance Curriculum Vitae
Employability Skills Development
Student Leaders GMIT
Employability Skills Development
Student Leaders AIT
• Confidence
• Communication Skills
• Time Management
• Speaking in front of large groups
• Team Work
• Guiding Students
• Planning
• Organising
• Creativity
• IT/Computer Skills
• Coaching skills
• Assignment work coaching outside sessions
• Supporting students
• Communication/Delegation
• Team Work
• Planning & Organising
• Speaking to Group
• Prior to this very nervous speaking
• Confidence in speaking
• Team Encouragement
• Design and deploy a research project… future will examine long term
retention, academic performance and employability of PAL Leaders.
• Faster implementation process
• Senior management buy in – both institutes
• Rollout & evaluation experiences shared
• Best practice model
• Development of a
PAL Leadership Training Programme
• Development of a
PAL Tool Kit/Manual
• Joint Public Relations
• Development of a 5 ECTS
PAL Leadership Module and Assessment Tools
Benefits through collaboration
PALPeer Assisted Learning
At Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Dr. Carina Ginty
PASSPeer Assisted Student Support
At Athlone Institute of Technology
Nuala Harding
Thank You