Denise McSweeney& Gwen Lettis: Croí – Your Life, Your Career
Croí – Your Life, Your Career is an innovative, values-based reflective process designed to support both Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and professional development. Developed by Dr. Gwen Lettis at Munster Technological University (MTU), Croí empowers students to explore their core personal values and align them with their academic and professional goals. Croí fosters intrinsic motivation, ethical reflection, and long-term thinking—key attributes for preparing responsible, future-focused graduates.
This interactive workshop will introduce participants to the Croí framework and demonstrate how it supports both personal and societal transformation. Participants will experience selected activities from the student workshop, including a values prioritisation exercise and structured reflection. The session will also showcase a suite of open educational resources developed to support implementation, including a Reusable Learning Resource (RLR), an educator guide, a Canvas module, and student-facing videos.
Participants will leave with a practical understanding of how Croí can be integrated into teaching to advance sustainability goals, professional identity, and learner wellbeing. The session will encourage reflection on how values-led education can enhance curriculum design across diverse disciplines and cultural contexts.
Denise McSweeney
Lecturer
Munster Technological University
Email: denise.mcsweeney@mtu.ie
Gwen Lettis
Lecturer
Munster Technological University
Email: gwen.lettis@mtu.ie
Andrés Meana Fernández, Maria Pilar Castro-García: Gamified Digital Comics for Active Learning in Education
This 1.5-hour interactive workshop blends short demonstrations, collaborative design, and guided reflection. Participants will experience how university students—especially those from non-technical disciplines—can use generative AI (ChatGPT, Gemini) to create meaningful educational apps without writing code. Working in small groups, attendees will design mini-apps responding to authentic learning challenges, from inclusive classroom activities to sustainable education awareness. Each group will move through ideation, AI-assisted prototyping, and peer feedback cycles. Reflection points will link the process to digital literacy, creative pedagogy, and sustainability in higher education. The format models a fully transferable practice adaptable to any field where educators wish to bridge creativity, technology, and active learning.
Andrés Meana Fernández
Senior Lecturer
University of Oviedo
Email: andresmf@uniovi.es
Maria Pilar Castro-Gargía
Senior Lecturer
University of Oviedo
Email: castromaria@uniovi.es
Staff Academy workshops
The INGENIUM Alliance organises Staff Academy workshops to share, transfer and showcase selected innovative pedagogical methodologies from the partner Universities. Each Staff Academy event has ten individual sessions, lasting an hour, with one from each partner university. The Staff Academy sessions are based on proposals submitted by Alliance staff implementing innovative learning methodologies or wishing to develop them in cooperation with INGENIUM partners.
Staff Academy workshops allow participants to gain and enhance their teaching and facilitation skills by providing additional time for hands-on learning and interaction with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and fields. It will also provide an appropriate framework for knowledge sharing and transfer, offer new networking opportunities, and open avenues for enhanced cooperation with the Alliance.
