Enhancing flexibility in higher education : a report on the Supported Flexible Learning Project undertaken by the Institutes of Technology in Ireland/ edited by Richard Thorn, Mark Glynn & Caitríona Campbell.
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TextPublication details: Dublin : IOTI, 2012.Description: 116 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. ; pbkSubject(s): - Open learning -- Case studies -- Ireland
- Independent study -- Case studies -- Ireland
- Internet in education -- Case studies -- Ireland
- eLearning -- Case studies -- Ireland
- Computer-assisted instruction -- Case studies -- Ireland
- Computer assisted learning -- Case studies -- Ireland
- Educational resources & technology -- Case studies -- Ireland
- Instructional systems -- Design -- Case studies -- Ireland
- IT Carlow / Carlow RTC -- Author affiliation
- 374.4
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| General Lending | Carlow Campus Library T&L Centre Collection | 374.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 69314 |
Includes chapter co-authored by IT Carlow / Carlow RTC staff members.
[Section 1: Introduction and contexualisation] -- Introduction: project background and policy context / Kevin C. O'Rourke -- System performance - from fixed to flexible learning / Richard Thorn -- Advancing flexible learning through the Strategic Innovation Fund / Abigail Chantler and Muiris O'Connor -- Flexible learning capacity building - a perspective from the Central Project Team / Mark Glynn and Richard Thorn.
[Section 2: Student-oriented case studies] Converting a course for online delivery / Marc Cashin, Luke Fannon, Eoin Langan and Seamus Ryan -- The impact on student learning of investment in technical strategy - embedding blogs and Wikis into learning / Anna O'Donovan, Siobhán O'Sullivan and Irene Sheridan -- Flexible learning: virtual classrooms at IT Carlow / Brian McQuaid and John O'Neill -- Building capacity in online learning through certified training / Brian Mullin -- The use of minor and special purpose awards to facilitate flexible programme delivery / Brid McElligott -- The impact in Limerick Institute of Technology of the SIF2 sectoral project 'Supported Flexible Learning' / Colin McLean -- Making our systems and niche programmes more flexible through technology / Michael Carey, Denis McFadden and Liam McIntyre.
[Section 3: Systems-oriented case studies] Lessons from flexible learning across multiple campuses / Kevin C. O'Rourke -- Flexible learning: a case study of transformational change / John Dallat and Brendan Ryder -- Staff attitudes to pedagogical change in flexible learning, with a special emphasis on the use of Moodle / Des Foley -- Sustainability through integration - sustaining the flexible learning approach in IADT / Marion Palmer -- Academic and support system changes -- Providing equitable services to full- and part-time learners / Larry McNutt and Daniel McSweeney -- Student services, a key aspect of the provision of flexible learning in Higher Education Institutions / Terry Maguire and Josephine O'Donovan -- Building capacity through infrastructural change / John Wall -- New approaches to lifelong learning - www.bluebrick.ie / Mark Glynn and Richard Thorn.
[Section 4: Conclusions and lessons learned] Part-time and flexible learning provision - a multifaceted challenge / Richard Thorn.