Korte (2010)
Korte, R. (2010). ‘First, get to know them’: a relational view of organizational socialization. Human Resource Development International, 13(1), 27-43. This article looked at socialisation of new comers into a large organization. Although it focused primarily on the interaction with individuals and groups it did high light the importance of learning for the new […]
Natarajan & Nagar (2011)
Natarajan, N. K., & Nagar, D. (2011). Induction Age, Training Duration & Job Performance on Organizational Commitment & Job Satisfaction. Indian Journal Of Industrial Relations, 46(3), 491-497. This article looked at the influence of induction age, training duration and job permanence of organisational commitment and job satisfaction employees of a large public sector organization. I showed that early induction training […]
Qualitative research
Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences. The choice between qualitative and quantitative research relates to how the research conceptualizes the world (Silverman, 2013). Qualitative data is derived from many sources but mainly text and images (Creswell, 2009) (Flick, 2007) (Berg & Lune, 2014). Qualitative researchers […]
Why Moodle?
The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has used Moodle to manage its elearning for a number of years. Other Departments, Revenue Commissioners – Social Protections – Defence, also use Moodle. To ensure consistency and to enable sharing of courses I was informed that Moodle would be the Learning Management System (LMS) of choice for […]
Project Scope
Through the Research Module I have decided that the scope of my project was too big so I am going to concentrate on identifying a Learning Management System and identifying what courses would be relevant to deliver through it. Initially I think I will need to use questionnaires and interviews. Please see the reflection from […]
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 […]
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