By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by its Terms and Conditions of Use. Educator Knowhow may revise these terms and conditions of use of its site at any time without notice.
Content
All Educator Knowhow courses are designed to provide high quality courses that have the potential to enable teachers to develop a powerful understanding of what and how they teach, and of how pupils and students learn.
Course authors are required to submit content that meets the criteria of the Teacher Summer Course programme as set out in the Provider’s Handbook each year.
Course author(s) cannot ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information within, and no responsibility is taken by the author(s) for any errors or omissions. Educator Knowhow has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked sites. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Educator Knowhow. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk.
Educator Knowhow courses do not contain professional advice, nor should any information contained within Forum posts or Timeline posts be deemed to contain professional advice.
Educator Knowhow offers no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Furthermore, Educator Knowhow does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.
Educator Knowhow may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice.
Course Fees
Educator Knowhow provides clear pricing and descriptions of the courses it offers. The courses are sold individually and in bundles. If you purchase a bundle it is important to note the following:
The Department of Education requires you to train only on one course at a time. You MUST NOT begin a second course until you have completed your first or previous course. By purchasing a bundle as part of our Teacher Summer Course programme you agree to undertake to complete each course in a timely manner before the deadline/end of the programme period.
Commitments
Educator Knowhow will:
- Ensure that full particulars of approved summer courses are made available to teachers in good time, including overall course aims and learning outcomes for modules.
- Make reasonable accommodation for participants with special needs or with special requirements
- Have a dedicated contact person available to deal with issues pertaining to changes in the delivery and management of our courses, and also during the process of finalising reports for the Department of Education.
- Furnish details of an alternative contact person on the Department of Education’s course application form
- Communicate, within a minimum of one week’s advance notice, all cancelled summer courses to
- Have sufficient staff available to ensure that if any unforeseen circumstances arise, a replacement presenter/tutor/e-tutor is available to allow the summer course to continue as advertised and notify DE at the following email address, summercourses@ecdrumcondra.ie of the replacement tutor
- Ensure that each course is not oversubscribed
- Ensure that each course has its own unique course number
- Ensure that teachers have successfully completed a course before they commence another course
- Provide a copy of the relevant Certificate of Attendance to all teachers who successfully complete an approved summer course, containing participants’ course commencement and completion dates.
- Ensure that each participant completes an evaluation form for the course in question
- Ensure that certificates are signed by the course director before issue, confirming each participant’s attendance, their successful completion of the course and their attainment of the learning outcomes.
Cancellations
Educator Knowhow accepts its responsibility to ensure that sufficient numbers of registered teachers are enrolled in order for a course to go ahead. Educator Knowhow will confirm to the Department of Education by Friday, 4 pm June 24th 2022 that sufficient numbers are registered and that our advertised courses are going ahead. If Educator Knowhow has to cancel a course this will ensure that the affected teachers will have sufficient time to apply for an alternative course.
Note: Access to one course sold as part of a bundle is deemed to be access to all courses in the bundle.
Plagiarism and other acts of falsehood
Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as your own, without due acknowledgement. It is the responsibility of the author of a work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is fraudulent and an offence against integrity and is prohibited.
E-tutors will undertake random sampling of answers to Learner Activities, Forum Posts and End of Course Assignments to check for acts of plagiarism. Acts of plagiarism will not be tolerated. Work containing plagiarised content will not be graded or accepted as fulfilment of course requirements. An E-tutor who discovers plagiarised content will inform the participant that a breach of Educator Knowhow’s Terms and Conditions has occurred, which the participant agreed to when enrolling on the course. The Terms and Conditions prohibit plagiarism. E-tutors will offer the participant the opportunity to rectify the situation and resubmit their work. E-tutors will inform the participant that failure to address the situation in a resubmission will mean that the participant’s failure to act will prevent the e-tutor from grading their work and the plagiarised content in the work submitted will not count towards successful completion of a course and they will not receive a Certificate of Completion.
Submitting work that was previously submitted by another participant is also prohibited as well as impersonation, all of which results in a breach of these Terms and Conditions of service with the resultant failure of a participant successfully completing a course thereby preventing the Learning Management System from issuing a Certificate of Completion.
Acceptable use
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate the site or part of it if we suspect misuse. In accessing our site, you agree not to use the site or cause or permit the site to be used in a manner which may prejudice or jeopardise the integrity of the site or its operation. You agree not to collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent for any purpose including but not limited to the marketing of third party products or services. You also agree not to distribute, download, upload, or transmit any material which contains viruses, Trojan houses, worms, or other harmful or disruptive components. In addition, you agree not to use the site for any commercial purposes without the prior written consent of Educator Knowhow. You further agree to defend, and indemnify Educator Knowhow for any loss, expense or damage we incur if you breach any of these obligations or any other Terms.
Copyright and trademarks
Subject to these terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access and view the site and the materials displayed therein. However, no right, title, or interest in any such materials will be granted or transferred to you as a result of any permitted use of such materials. All materials incorporated in or accessible through the site, including, without limitation, text, photographs, images, graphics, illustrations, logos, button icons, audio clips, video clips, software and other content, and the compilation, collection, arrangement and assembly thereof (including the look and feel of the Site), are protected by Irish and international copyright laws, and are owned, controlled or licensed by Educator Knowhow or by the original creators of such materials or their permitted licensors. All such rights are reserved. You may view such materials during the ordinary use of course content. You acknowledge and agree that all trademarks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content contained within the site shall remain at all times owned by Educator Knowhow or its licensors. Educator Knowhow reserves, absolutely, its rights in such registered intellectual property rights.
Post Delivery Phase
Educator Knowhow will:
- Engage in the Department of Education’s factual verification process
- Submit the required statistical information to the Department of Education using the Statistical Returns 2022 link available on http://www.ecdrumcondra.ie by Friday 2nd September 2022. This data includes composite evaluation information, details of participants, completion rates etc. along with the numbers of participants completing 3 courses, 2 courses and only 1 course.