Posted by Hugh on November 25, 2013 in
References,
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Roisin Guilfoil, a DIT Librarian, gave use a session on the library on how to search for material. She stress the importance of a search strategy and showed us how to devise one using similar terminology to find what we need. She gave us an example of how to do a search and how to […]
Tags: reference, references, reflection
Today we recapped on some design models. Kuhlman (2008) was introduced as a good reference book. in the ADDIE mode the ADD refers to the course developer and evaluation happens throughout not just at the end, see separate post. Biggs constructive alignment and Blooms Taxonomy should be used when developing a course. We were advised […]
Posted by Hugh on November 25, 2013 in
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There was a very informative session on an online tool to support student learning called Peerwise. It is a tool used by third level institutions to engage students in the learning process and even devise some of the course work. How to structure multiple choice questions was very informative and some common pitfalls or bad […]
Tags: reflection
This week Instructional Design started to become clearer. I think I am getting use to Damien’s lecture style as well, last week 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. […]
Tags: eAuthoring, Instructional Design, Instructional Design and eAuthoring, reflection
Today we had a very informative presentation by Clare Gormley. Clare is a freelance Instructional Designer and she is also a past pupil of the MSc in Applied eLearning. As part of her project she developed the eLearning Tool Kit, htpp://elearningtoolkit.pbworks.com, to try and putting everything a designer would need in one resource. The site […]
Tags: eAuthoring, Instructional Design, Instructional Design and eAuthoring, reflection
We started the new module today Instructional Design and eAuthoring. I am still a bit lost at sea trying to see what we will do in this module. All should be clear over the next few weeks. One thing that was clear was the Group Assignment for the module. We were put into groups and informed […]
Tags: eAuthoring, Instructional Design, Instructional Design and eAuthoring
Posted by Hugh on November 1, 2013 in
Learning Theories,
Module Reflection,
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Looking at different learning theories was very interesting as I have never came across them before. I had covered learning style before such as Honey & Mumford and VARK, I was interested to see how they intertwined with each other. I was Interested to see how each theory could be applied in practice by remembering different situations […]
Posted by Hugh on October 15, 2013 in
Learning Theories,
Reflection |
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During this session of the Learning Theories module we were given the opportunity to give a 10 minute presentation on how we are going to tackle the assignment for the module. I put forward my plan for the assignment explaining that I do not have any professional experience that I can base it on so […]
Tags: behaviourism, cognivism, construtionism, construtivism, learning theories, social construtivism
Posted by Hugh on October 15, 2013 in
Learning Theories,
Reflection |
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In the session this week we went into more detail about Constructivism, Social Constructivism, Constructionist and an introduction into Communities of Practice. What has struck me from looking at different learning theories is that we use them all to some extent and none can be used in isolation. You can start from the basics of Behaviourism and work […]
Tags: construtionism, construtivism, learning theories, social construtivism
This was an unusual module in so far as the assessment was an interview. In preparation for the interview it made me very aware of what I had achieved up until I started the course and made me focus on what I wanted to get out of it. The reading were very good and I […]
