During the MSc in Applied eLearning I have travelled on a journey of self-discovery with the acquisition of new skills and knowledge. Furthermore, due to the practical element of the programme it afforded me the opportunities to implement many of these new skills into my own practice. The following will discuss each of the modules Read More …
Of the 376,521 learners who took part in further education in Ireland in 2015, only 9,688 participated in online learning (SOLAS, 2016). This implies that engagement in online learning amongst adult learners in Ireland is low. This implies that a resistance to online learning by adult learners may exist in the further education sector. This resonates Read More …
The following are the Work in Progress Presentations that were carried out during Year 2 along with the supporting slides. These are also discussed in the monthly reflections. I have also included the feedback from presentations which I fond to be both beneficial and motivational. WORK IN PROGRESS PRESENTATION 1 When I presented the first Read More …
The following is a practice-based reflection which will discuss the limitations of the project and lessons learnt from the various milestone stages. Limitations The main limitation of this entire project was time. Due to the iterative element it was fundamental that the schedule was not behind as it would have a negative impact on the Read More …
Time is ticking by and deadlines are drawing closer. This month I completed my final Work in Progress Presentation which went quite well. Below are links to my presentations. Now that I am coming closer to the end of the course I regret not having enough time to immerse myself fully in the literature. What Read More …
The Career Planning module was created using teachable.com and iSpring Suite. Varied and visual as instructed by a learner was the adopted approach while maintaining a flow. From testing various platforms teachable appeared to be both visually appealing and user friendly. iSpring Suite is a fully stocked eLearning toolkit for PowerPoint enabling the use of Read More …
Phase 2 Research In March 2017 I commenced Phase 2 of the research. I followed the same format as Phase 1 where I informally discussed the project with a group of adult learners and came back at a later date to carry out the workshop. Everything was carried out ethically with informed consent forms. Similar Read More …
This month involved some visits to UCC to investigate and broaden my readings for my literature review. Whilst the selection was excellent I felt that the books in DIT were more up to date and offered a broader selection. In the library I discovered the work of Patricia Cranton and was very drawn to her Read More …
February is a short month but I managed to finalise the artefact and have sent the link and post questionnaire to the participants of Phase 1. Two have already replied and once I have received all replies I will triangulate the data. The two replies have showed positive feedback about the artefact and both agree Read More …
The month of January came and disappeared very quickly. I focused on the development of the artefact and storyboarding. Initially, I had chosen Course Sites by Blackboard but felt that it lacked visual appeal and may be problematic for novice users. After researching several platforms I came across www.teachable.com which is clean and crisp in Read More …