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Samuel Taggart; Barbara Skinner; Stephen Roulston; Roger Austin – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2024
Data from a sample of teachers, parents and pupils in Northern Ireland about their experiences of blended and online learning during the pandemic has thrown light on effective practice and some of the reasons for this. After an initial period of uncertainty and confusion, most of the five schools studied found ways to provide regular online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Distance Education, COVID-19
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Gallagher, Ryan – Science Education International, 2023
One of the key aims of post-primary education in Ireland is to develop all aspects of the individual, such as the creative, critical, and intellectual to prepare them for working life, for living in the community, and for leisure. Student self-confidence and student agency are critical to the students' development at this stage. The flipped…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Science Instruction, Self Esteem, Adolescents
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Cullinane, Dearbhla P.; Barry, Denis S. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
Prior to the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, anatomy practical sessions at Trinity College Dublin involved eight to 10 students per donor station, rotating between digital learning, anatomical models/osteology, and dissection activities for three hours weekly. To maintain cadaveric participation in the anatomy laboratory while…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Laboratory Procedures, Human Body, College Students
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Calderón, Antonio; Scanlon, Dylan; MacPhail, Ann; Moody, Brigitte – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: A plethora of new terms and digital pedagogies have been making recent headlines in higher education with the promise, or threat, that digital technology will revolutionise the way in which universities operate. Blended learning is part of this digital revolution and institutions of higher education worldwide are increasingly adopting…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Synchronous Communication, Integrated Activities
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Kenny, Michael; Finn, Josephine; Noone, Margaret; Sheehy, Mary; Butler, Finola; Shannon, Denise – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2021
A synergetic partnership of the Maynooth University Department of Adult and Community Education and the Further Education Support Services identified an educational need among Further Education and Training (FET) staff. The outcome was a jointly developed and delivered Level 9 blended learning Postgraduate Certificate in Programme Design and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses
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Parke, Karl; Marsden, Nicola; Connolly, Cornelia – Open Praxis, 2017
Computer-mediated communication and remote collaboration has become an unexceptional norm as an educational modality for distance and open education, therefore the need to research and analyze students' online learning experience is necessary. This paper seeks to examine the assumptions and expectations held by students in regard to…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Rural Areas, Open Education, Distance Education
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Santally, Mohammad – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2016
The aim of this paper is to present a comprehensive review of the African Leadership in ICT (ALICT-LATIC) course delivery model, offered by the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiatives (GESCI) from a quality assurance perspective taking into account the delivery model, cultural context, and the distributed nature of the programme and its…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Information Technology, Educational Quality, Blended Learning
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Deegan, Donna; Wims, Padraig; Pettit, Tony – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2016
Purpose: In this article the use of blended learning multimedia materials as an education tool was compared with the traditional approach for skills training. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study was conducted in Ireland using a pre-test, post-test experimental design. All students were instructed on how to complete two skills using either a…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Comparative Analysis, Blended Learning, Pretests Posttests
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Cleary, Yvonne; Slattery, Darina M.; Marcus-Quinn, Ann – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
Higher education institutions are under increasing pressure to offer online postgraduate programmes. Although it is reasonably common to convert existing programmes to online or blended delivery modes, it is unusual to offer a programme simultaneously in online, on-campus, and blended delivery modes. This paper describes the authors' experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Conventional Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Donnelly, Roisin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2013
The central idea of this study is using blended problem-based learning (PBL) in an academic development context with key roles emphasised: academic staff in the role of students and the academic developer as the tutor. The context is a module entitled "Designing e-Learning" on a postgraduate programme for academic staff in Ireland. It is…
Descriptors: Tutors, Problem Based Learning, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design
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Frederiksen, Karen-Margrete, Ed.; Larsen, Sanne, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the EUROCALL society succeeded in holding the 28th EUROCALL conference, EUROCALL2020, on 20-21 August as an online, two-day gathering. The transition process required to make this happen was demanding and insightful for everyone involved, and, in many ways, a logical consequence of the core content and purpose of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Videoconferencing
National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
This volume presents 64 abstracts of keynote and parallel paper presentations of the Irish National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning's (NAIRTL) conference on the theme of flexible learning. The Flexible Learning conference was a joint initiative by NAIRTL and the Learning Innovation Network. The keynote presentations can…
Descriptors: Open Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Educational Technology