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Trends in eLearning – Week 3 – 11 Feb 2014

Posted by Hugh on February 15, 2014 in Reflection, Trends in eLearning | ∞

This week we discussed Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and how thery fit in to the education system in general. Most of the discussion was in favour of MOOC as they give students access to reputable colleges without having to be on campus. they can be done in the student free time giving greater flexibility […]

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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Posted by Hugh on February 11, 2014 in Reflection, Trends in eLearning | ∞

From the outset Jane set herself a massive task of saving the world in reality just as gamers save the world in the virtual reality. As a gamer I think Jane makes a lot of very interesting points about how experiences in the gaming virtual world can help in the real world. It is a […]

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Trends in eLearning – Week 2 – 4 Feb 2014

Posted by Hugh on February 10, 2014 in Reflection, Trends in eLearning | ∞

This week we looked at the 2014 Horizon Report for Higher education and discussed MOOCs. We looked at the 2014 report and discussed the key trends, challenges and time to adoption horizons. In the key trends it was clear to me that the fast trends will feed the mid-range trends and these will feed the […]

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Trends in eLearning – Week 1 28 Jan 2014

Posted by Hugh on February 3, 2014 in Reflection, Trends in eLearning | ∞

This week we started the trends in eLearning with Kevin ORourke. In his description of the module he stated we will be looking at the Horizon Reports and Gartner Hype Cycles and discuss the findings. We review the preview of the of the 2013 Higher Education Horizon report and discussed tablet computing, big data, Gamification […]

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An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead

Posted by Hugh on January 10, 2014 in Annotated, Professional Development, Reflection, Trends in eLearning | ∞

Barber M., Donnelly K., Rizvi S. (2013), An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead, http://www.ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2013/04/avalanche-is-coming_Mar2013_10432.pdf   Author(s):  Michael Barber, Katelyn Donnelly, Saad Rizvi Published date:  11 Mar 2013 Source http://www.ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2013/04/avalanche-is-coming_Mar2013_10432.pdf What I got out of the article was as follows: Globalisation and Technology is fuelling change The ubiquity of data, proliferation of the internet and mobile connectivity […]

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Instructional Design and eAuthoring Module Reflection

Posted by Hugh on December 10, 2013 in Instructional Design and eAuthoring, Module Reflection, Reflection | ∞

  Introduction During the first week of this module we were split into groups and asked to develop an elearning resource. After some discussion in my group the topic changed to owning a dog, I had recently bought a new puppy and told the group about trying to toilet train him. Other members of the […]

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Instructional Design and eAuthoring

Posted by Hugh on December 6, 2013 in Instructional Design and eAuthoring, Reflection | ∞

Damien’s lecture style is very different to what I am use to,  it was such a shock to have someone so lively (no offence to other lecturers) and bubbly at the top of the room and the statements that go against the grain are fantastic; like only do what you need to do; its pass/fail […]

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Instructional Design and eAuthoring Week 4 – 19 Nov 2013

Posted by Hugh on December 6, 2013 in Instructional Design and eAuthoring, Reflection | ∞

This week a previous student from the course, Michael Seery, gave us a a talk on how he found the course and the project he had done as part of the final year. His group design an elearning module on becoming an eTeacher. He said he found it very interesting and showed the site, based […]

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Instructional Design and eAuthoring Week 6 – 3 Dec 2013

Posted by Hugh on December 5, 2013 in Instructional Design and eAuthoring, Reflection | ∞

Today we discussed accessibility for everyone to the elearning we produce. There is the obvious technological devices issues and compatibility but we went into the human side of it. think of someone with an impairment, either physical or mental, can your module accommodate them? When designing screens ensure they are screen reader friendly for visually impaired and […]

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Instructional Design and eAuthoring Week 5 – 26 Nov 2013

Posted by Hugh on December 1, 2013 in Instructional Design and eAuthoring, Reflection | ∞

I came across a couple of new term today: Legitimate Peripheral Participation Anticipated Reciprocity Teaching by analogy If was interesting to see how mLearning, eLearning and dLearning are all wrapped up together. I did a bit of looking and came across a nice image, below, and a good article. Reference taken from http://viral-notebook.com/blog/2011/01/19/defining-mobile-learning-isnt-enough/ So, S. (2010, October 27). […]

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