Citizenship, Society, and Lifelong

 

Dr. Séamus Ó Tuama

In this episode, Dr. Leslie Cordie interviews Dr. Séamus Ó Tuama about citizenship, society, and lifelong learning. Dr. Séamus Ó Tuama is Director of ACE (Adult Continuing Education) and a senior lecturer in politics at University College Cork, Ireland. He is Chair of the ASEM Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning (ASEM LLL Hub), an inter-governmentally supported network for university cooperation between Asia and Europe. He is on the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Advisory Group to the international research project on ‘Universities’ contributions to lifelong learning’. He is a member of the board of EUCEN and is its Ambassador to AAACE (American Association for Adult Continuing Education). He is a member of GLLiC (the steering group for Cork UNESCO learning city), the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, chairs Cork Learning Neighbourhoods Steering Committee. He is a member of the Board of HERC (Higher Education Research Centre) at Dublin City University. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Continuing Higher Education. He is an External Examiner at both Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University. He has over 20 years’ experience as an evaluator for the European Commission and national research agencies in Poland, Romania and Cyprus.

 

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Transitioning University Students to be Lifelong Learners

Michael C. Wooten (left) and Jason Bond (right)

In this episode, Dr. Leslie Cordie interviews Dr. Michael C. Wooten (left) and Dr. Jason Bond (right) about transitioning university students to be lifelong learners.

Michael Wooten is Professor of Genetics and Assistant Chair in the Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University. He is a former Chair of the AU Department of Zoology and Wildlife Science.  For 30+ years he has instructed General Genetics (250 students per semester), Human Genetics, Statistics, and Population Genetics courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Wooten is the author of a laboratory manual for General Genetics with which he developed the first fully online course in his department (Genetics). He regularly conducts research and leads field courses in the U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa, Namibia, and Swaziland.

Wooten’s research group has conducted work a wide range of topics from population /evolutionary genetics of fish and mammals, conservation of endangered mammals, wildlife ecology, to SQSTM1’s role in Alzheimer’s disease. He is currently collaborating on development of a new theory base for higher education teaching (Chuoagogy).  His group has been supported by funding from NSF, NIH, National Park Service, USFWS, US. Military, State agencies and Private industries. His professional honors include Outstanding Article of the Year -Wildlife Society(co-author), George Sutton Award in Conservation -- Society of Southwestern Naturalists(co-author), Outstanding Faculty member (COSAM – AU), Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching (COSAM – AU), and AU Presidential Administrative Fellow.

 

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