National, inter-institutional, graduate modules – blended learning approaches for PhD education in Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorCosgrave, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Órla
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-15T10:26:56Z
dc.date.available2016-08-15T10:26:56Z
dc.date.issued2012-11
dc.date.updated2014-10-22T08:30:01Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper is a case study that describes the design and delivery of national PhD lectures with 40 PhD candidates in Digital Arts and Humanities in Ireland simultaneously to four remote locations, in Trinity College Dublin, in University College Cork, in NUI Maynooth and NUI Galway. Blended learning approaches were utilized to augment traditional teaching practices combining: face-to-face engagement, video-conferencing to multiple sites, social media lecture delivery support – a live blog and micro blogging, shared, open student web presence online. Techniques for creating an effective, active learning environment were discerned via a range of learning options offered to students through student surveys after semester one. Students rejected the traditional lecture format, even through the novel delivery method via video link to a number of national academic institutions was employed. Students also rejected the use of a moderated forum as a means of creating engagement across the various institutions involved. Students preferred a mix of approaches for this online national engagement. The paper discusses successful methods used to promote interactive teaching and learning. These included Peer to peer learning, Workshop style delivery, Social media. The lecture became a national, synchronous workshop. The paper describes how allowing students to have a voice in the virtual classroom they become animated and engaged in an open culture of shared experience and scholarship, create networks beyond their institutions, and across disciplinary boundaries. We offer an analysis of our experiences to assist other educators in their course design, with a particular emphasis on social media engagement.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMurphy, O. and Cosgrave, M. (2012) ‘National, inter-institutional, graduate modules – blended learning approaches for PhD education in Ireland’, ICERI Proceedings: 5th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Madrid, Spain, 19-21 November, pp. 5104-5109. ISBN 978-84-616-0763-1en
dc.identifier.isbn978-84-616-0763-1
dc.identifier.issn2340-1095
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2983
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIATEDen
dc.relation.ispartofICERI 2012 Proceedings
dc.relation.urihttps://library.iated.org/publications/ICERI2012
dc.rights© 2012, The Authors; IATEDen
dc.subjectDigital humanitiesen
dc.subjectDigital artsen
dc.subjectSocial mediaen
dc.subjectBlended learningen
dc.subjectBloggingen
dc.subjectTwitteren
dc.subjectOn-line learningen
dc.subjectE-learningen
dc.titleNational, inter-institutional, graduate modules – blended learning approaches for PhD education in Irelanden
dc.typeConference itemen
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