The RPL toolkit developed by Donegal ETB & Limerick and Clare ETB is now available in the document library
While Covid is still with us, there's little justification to display the Covid-19 section. It's still accessible through this link, but will on longer be visible on the navigation bar dropdown menu.
After a successful trial, the Digital Library has subscribed to ProQuest Computer Science Database. This resource is password protected and available via the Library Resources section. A full user guide is available
We have a new subject guide on Craft Butchery, created in collaboration with MSLETB and featuring tutorials created by GRETB.
The FET Skills Box has been updated to include links to PDFs for each career chart.
Videos of all the sessions from the ETBI FET Conference 2024 are now available
The ETBI Inclusion unit in conjunction with Jigsaw Ireland, have developed a FET Learner Mental Health and Wellbeing Accreditation initiative to showcase the range of approaches adopted in the promotion of learner mental health and wellbeing. A new section showcases some of the work done in this regard
We are happy to announce the launch of the FET Skills Box, which was created in collaboration with ETBI’s Future Building Skills team. The Skills Box will inform school leavers, people wishing to upskill or career changers of the pathways and career choices that are now available to them through their local ETB.
Some updates to catch up on:
EBSCO have retired their resource UK & Ireland Reference Centre Points of View
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include education and addiction
ETB's PL&D unit has partnered with the Digital Learning Institute (DLI) to deliver a series of webinars to help you demystify the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in learning and how you can leverage it in your FET practice. The recording of the first webinar and and supporting resources are available here
An Artificial Intelligence webinar, hosted and presented by ETBI Quality unti was held on March 8th for ETB FET Practitioners. This event highlighted the impact of AI and ChatGPT on assessment and learner identities. The webinar recording and a resource document can be found here
PRALINE – Promoting Adult Learning in Networks, was an ERASMUS+ funded KA3 Support of Policy Reform project with a general objective to “Strengthen existing transnational networks of adult education providers by means of mutual learning, peer counselling, and capacity building.”. The outputs from all nine peer learning activity meetings are available in the European Projects section
Three new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Including the book, Critical Perspectives on Further Education and Training by Camilla Fitzsimons and Jerry O’Neill.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include critical thinking, employee training and ESOL.
We are happy to announce that PressReader access has been restored. PressReader can once again be accessed on both desktop and mobile devices. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you are still encountering issues accessing PressReader, please let us know.
PressReader is temporarily unavailable. Their technical support is aware of this issue and is investigating. Apologies for any inconvenience.
A new document, Your Voice Counts: Active Citizenship Tutor Handbook by Cork ETB, has been added to the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) page of the Document Library.
Until 17th March, we have trial access to ProQuest Computer Science Database. This resource provides access to computer topics from over 500 scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines. Topics covered include: Artificial intelligence, Computer Science, Database management, Robotics and automation, Software development, Web development. This resource is password protected and available via the Library Resources section.
A new page in the Evaluating Information Sources section a checklist of questions to ask to check the credibility of a website
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include sales and marketing and computing
A book of abstracts from the National Sales Apprenticeship Showcase Project has been added to the Sales subject guide.
We've made a couple of changes to PressReader access
A short selection of fake news and media literacy games have been added to the links page of the Evaluating Information Sources Section
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page. Topics include generative AI and media studies
ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI) is getting a lot of attention at the moment. Generative AI in Education is a new section under the Practitioner Skills menu heading which aims to demystify generative AI and look at its implications for, and potential uses in, education
The Academic Integrity Frequently Asked Questions booklet has been added to the Avoiding Plagiarism section. This guide is for any learner who wants to better understand academic misconduct and the risks involved in different forms of misconduct.
Some more new eBook Central titles can be seen on the Recent Acquisitions page
A happy new year to all our readers! We have a new subject guide: Media Studies and Media Literacy.
