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Exposing the uncomfortable: Activity theory and the limitations of the academic in the world of TEL and programme development Open
This paper comments on research undertaken as part of a Doctoral programme, recounting the experience of using activity theory and the Activity Systems Model (ASM) to frame and direct a study into the development and delivery of blended le…
Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Refugees in Germany, France, and Ireland: Multiple Embeddedness Framework Open
Recently, the entrepreneurial potential of refugees has received growing attention from scholars and policymakers. However, the literature on refugee entrepreneurship suffers from the fragmentation of previous research findings, which has …
Open and Shut: Open Access in Hybrid Educational Technology Journals 2010 – 2017 Open
Little is known about open access publishing in educational technology journals that employ a hybrid model which charges authors only if they wish to publish via gold open access. In this study we sought to address this gap in the scholarl…
A summary of the National Forum’s Review of the Existing Higher Education Policy Landscape for Digital Teaching and Learning in Ireland Open
This summary outlines the findings that emerged from the National Forum’s project on higher education policy and the challenges and opportunities posed for teaching and learning by digital technology. The project sought to define whether e…
Hindsight Is 20/20 Vision: What International Students Wished They Had Known Before Coming To Live And Learn In Ireland Open
This article reports on a survey (n=573) of international students who were attending one of a group of five higher education institutes (HEIs) in the south of Ireland. This study sought to identify what knowledge these students had about …
Hindsight is 20/20 Vision: What International Students Wished They Had Known Before Coming to Live and Learn in Ireland Open
This article reports on a survey (n=573) of international students who were attending one of a group of five higher education institutes (HEIs) in the south of Ireland. This study sought to identify what knowledge these students had about …
Exploring the challenges of managing blended learning courses in selected Irish higher education institutes Open
This research explores the challenges of managing the development and delivery of blended learning courses in three higher education institutes (HEIs) in Ireland. Taking a case study approach and utilising Cultural Historical Activity Theo…
The future of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is in the hands of the anonymous, grey non-descript mid-level professional manager. Open
Much of the research into the implementation of TEL has centred on teaching approaches and the change (or not) in the role of the academic, which is reflective of the importance of the academic to what takes place in a Higher Education Ins…