(Catherine Bruen, National Digital Learning Resources)

Ahead of the NDLR Fest in Croke Park, DEIS was commissioned to develop a an animated feature explaining the concept of the project for use on the NDLR web site, presentations and events.

Project Coordinators: CIT – Shane Cronin, DEIS, Department of Education Development, Cork Institute of Technology

Subject coverage: Instructional Skills and Design, Body Conditioning, Social Care, Nursing, Biological Sciences, Physiology, Anatomical Analysis

Partners: CIT, IT Tralee, WIT, Jane Townsend, Professional Sports Instructor and Tutor

The Key Concept of this project is to address the continued need for Rich Media Learning Resources (RLOs) in the areas of Service and Leisure and Health; specifically the need for Training Tools in Body Conditioning and Group Exercise as well as the need for tools that aid in Advanced Anatomical Analysis and the assessment of same.

LInCS Project 7 2011- Body Conditioning through Group Exercise and Advanced Anatomical Analysis – Intro from NDLR on Vimeo.

Subject coverage: Because of its potential for use in the development of critical/scientific thinking, personal inquiry based learning, development of 21st century skills, and metacognitive skills, as well as being editable, it is usable in a number of Subject areas.

Partners: DIT, CIT, LIT

The OERs developed in the Mobile: Connected Support for Inquiry project were designed to take advantage of the affordances of mobile phones to enhance learning by creating mediated and augmented reality learning scenarios where learners were required to use their mobile devices to complete or progress their task, solve problems or accomplish a goal while gathering of real-time data.  Resources were developed to make learning more meaningful for students by bringing learners and learning out into the world and bridging the gap between theory and practice, thus enhancing critical/scientific thinking and personal inquiry based learning, and also as a support to lecturers in demonstrating innovative uses for mobile devices.

LInCS Project 1 2011- mCSI (Mobile: Connected Support for Inquiry) – Intro Video from NDLR on Vimeo.

Department of Tourism & Hospitality

(Adrian Gregan & Tom Kelly, Department of Tourism & Hospitality)

Development of an instructional video to demonstrate how to set a table in a Table D’Hôte style for four people. The resource aims to help students in developing and reinforcing core skills.

Learning object produced: Instructional video

Adrian Gregan – Tourism & Hospitality, CIT from DEIS CIT on Vimeo.

NDLR Table D’Hôte Setting from DEIS CIT on Vimeo.

Department of Mathematics

(Pat Ahern, Department of Mathematics)

Development of an interactive web-based application to provide the learner with reinforcement of specific key concepts in Mathematics. The resource was created to allow the lecturer to update it with new examples to cater for individual student needs.

Learning object produced: Reusable flash template

Pat Ahern – Mathematics, CIT from DEIS CIT on Vimeo.

Department of Biological Sciences

(Siobhan O’Sullivan, Department of Biological Sciences)

The resource includes a presentation on the background of web 2.0 tools, lists the benefits and types of tools and demonstrates their use in the classroom to enhance the learning experience for students. It offers a quick means of explaining to lecturers the potential benefits and uses of Podcasts, Microblogs e.g. Twitter and Blogs.

Learning object produced: Series of instructional animations

Siobhán O’Sullivan – Biological Sciences, CIT from DEIS CIT on Vimeo.

Overview of web 2.0 NDLR resource from DEIS CIT on Vimeo.

(Joan Dinneen, Department of Recreation & Leisure)

The Strength and Conditioning RLO was created to facilitate learning in physical exercise and conditioning through media-rich reusable learning objects for mixed and face-to-face delivery.

Learning object produced: Instructional Course with video and photo demonstrations

Joan Dinneen – NDLR LINCS project interview from DEIS CIT on Vimeo.

Project Coordinators: Gearoid O’Suilleabhain

Subject coverage:

A series of basic “micro animations” have been developed for online and in class use which illustrate and explain some key concepts in pedagogical/learning theory. These micro animations address concepts such as:

• Learning transfer and variant thereof (positive and negative, near and far etc)
• Classical or Pavolvian conditioning,
• The Variants of Operant Conditioning (Positive Enforcement, Negative Enforcement, Positive Punishment, Negative Punishment)
• Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development

Learning object produced: A series of Flash-based animations

Department of Recreation & Leisure

(Jean O’Shea, Department of Recreation & Leisure)

A large set of video demonstrations and walkthroughs was created to support learning in the area of Exercise to Music with particular attention paid to group exercise and choreography.

Learning object produced: Instructional Video Series

Jean O’Shea – NDLR LINCS Project Interview from DEIS CIT on Vimeo.

2b Exercise to Music – Learning Curves – Holding Pattern from DEIS CIT on Vimeo.

• Formal
• Non-formal
• Informal

DEIS was commissioned to shoot a brief video overview with RPL co-coordinator Phil O Leary and a number of interviews with RPL students that is now online.

URL: http://www.cit.ie/rpl

Status: Complete December 2011

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