Posts by Hugh:
ePortfolio Peoples Choice vote
I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone who voted for my ePortfolio in the above vote.
It was great looking through everyone’s ePortfolios, a lot of hard work went into them and I am glad I did not have to choose between them.
What is Social Constructionism?
Moodle is based on social constructionism which is its pedagogy (‘Moodle.org: About Moodle, Pedagogy’) Crotty (1998) helps with the constructionism part stating that meaning is ‘constructed by human beings as they engage with the world they are interpreting’ (p. 42). Grix (2002) deals with the social aspect saying ‘social phenomena and their meanings are continually […]
Advantages of Moodle?
Primary reasons of choosing Moodle are Used by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform it is free (Moodle Docs Cost) it is an Open Source application (Moodle.org1) a huge community constantly updating and improving the offering (Moodle.org2) Social Constructivism As an elearning practitioner it was also interesting to me because it has an explicit and important […]
Augmented Learning
While researching just-in-time learning I came across Augmented learning. Augmented learning is an on-demand learning technique where the environment adapts to the learner. By providing remediation on-demand, learners can gain greater understanding of a topic while stimulating discovery and learning. Technologies incorporating rich media and interaction have demonstrated the educational potential that scholars, teachers and […]
ePortfolio Privacy
I am reviewing the ePortfolios of other class members I realised that the majority are private whereas my own is publicly available. I thought hard about following suit and making mine private. however after reflection I decided not to and leave it open to all. I think having it our there for all to see […]
Trends in eLearning Reflection
This module was very interesting. I got to know more about the Horizon Report and Gartner Hype Cycle. It was interesting to see what the experts think about emerging technologies. The format of the classes was different, we discussed different emergeant technologies each week. The first week I remembered Taylorism from my HR Degree days […]
My eLearning Philosophy (Start)
What is eLearning? E-learning refers to the use of technology in learning and education. There are several aspects to describing the intellectual and technical development of e-learning, which can be categorized into discrete areas: e-learning as an educational approach or tool that supports traditional subjects; e-learning as a technological medium that assists in the communication […]
Trends in eLearning – Week 5 – 25 Feb 2014
Presentation Week!!! I learnt a lot from all the presentations of the others in the class. I was interested in hearing about flipped classrooms, BYOD and learning analytics. I had thought of doing something on BYOD and the fact that on the Gartner Hype Cycle BYOD will reach it plateau before BYOD strategy does, however […]
Virtual Assistant Presentation
Here is the video presentation I have prepared for the assignment for the Trends in eLearning module. I used Moovly for the first time as part of this assignment, I wanted to learn how to use a tool such as this. http://www.hughmclain.ie/wordpress/wp-content/video/VirtualAssistant-2_Trends_Mar2014.mp4 While preparing for the peer review session on 25 February 2014 […]
Beyond the GUI: It’s Time for a Conversational User Interface
Kaplan, R. (2013). Beyond the GUI: It’s Time for a Conversational User Interface. WIRED. In this article the author highlights how the Graphical User Interface (GUI) revolutionised personal computing. However it has become so complex trying to display too much information, this coupled with smaller screen sizes of mobile devices is causing serious problems. […]
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