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The Effect Of Prior Knowledge In Undergraduate Performance In Chemistry: A Correlation – Prediction Study, Michael K. Seery
The Effect Of Prior Knowledge In Undergraduate Performance In Chemistry: A Correlation – Prediction Study, Michael K. Seery
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Trinity In Separate 'Secret' Discussions With Dit, John Walshe
Trinity In Separate 'Secret' Discussions With Dit, John Walshe
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The separate discussions with DIT are looking at all possible forms of potential alliance such as joint degrees, shared services and even joint staff appointments.
New Campus Will Create 4,500 Jobs In Construction., John Walshe
New Campus Will Create 4,500 Jobs In Construction., John Walshe
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UP TO 4,500 construction jobs will be created over 10 years in a planned new campus development, a report has revealed. A further 1,160 new posts are identified in a science and technology park, shops, offices, plus health and education facilities. The 73-acre site at Grangegorman is the planned new location of a campus for Dublin Institute of Technology which, at the moment, is spread around 40 centres in the city.
Recognition Of Prior Learning In Irish Culinary Arts, Dermot Seberry
Recognition Of Prior Learning In Irish Culinary Arts, Dermot Seberry
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The emerging agenda for higher education (HE) in Europe promotes lifelong learning, social inclusion, wider participation, employability and partnership working with community organisations. Consequently, higher education authorities are increasingly recognising the significant knowledge, skills and understanding which can be developed as a result of learning opportunities found at work through individual activities and personal interests. The accreditation of learning and prior achievement is now one of the central functions of the Higher Education Authority (HEA, 2007). In exercising this function, higher education providers are increasingly considering how learning that has taken place in a range of contexts, may be assessed …
Signs Of Access In A Digital World: Online Delivery Of Deaf Studies Curricula In Ireland At Third Level,, Brian Nolan, Lorraine Leeson
Signs Of Access In A Digital World: Online Delivery Of Deaf Studies Curricula In Ireland At Third Level,, Brian Nolan, Lorraine Leeson
Conference Papers
Irish Sign Language (ISL), an indigenous language of Ireland, is recognized by the European Union as a natural language. It is a language separate from the other languages used in Ireland, including English, Irish, and, in Northern Ireland, British Sign Language. Some 5,000 Deaf people use ISL. Given the history of suppression of signed languages across the EU, the average Deaf person leaves school with a reading age of 8.5 to 9 years. Given this, it is no surprise that Deaf people are the most under-represented of all disadvantaged groups at third level. This poses two challenges: (1) getting Deaf …
Interaction And Transformation In Virtual Problem-Based Learning Communities, Roisin Donnelly
Interaction And Transformation In Virtual Problem-Based Learning Communities, Roisin Donnelly
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This brief paper will discuss the harmonizing role of technology and interaction in a qualitative study on blended problem-based learning (PBL) within the context of academic development in higher education. Within academic development, and as both designers and tutors in blended PBL, it is important to seek best practices for how to combine instructional strategies in face-to-face and computer-mediated environments that take advantage of the strengths of each and avoid their weaknesses. A qualitative study of the lived experiences of 17 academic staff participants in a blended problem-based learning module was considered likely to provide a much-needed analysis of current …