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My experiences of teaching online: A case study

By Michael Seery On January 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

My paper on taking a module that was taught in class and moved online has been published in CERP (free to access). The paper aims to share my own experiences in teaching a module online so that others considering this approach might find some information of use.

The paper is set against a [...]

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E-learning (dis)traction

By Michael Seery On June 14, 2011 · 6 Comments

I think the start of my teaching career coincided with the rise of the VLE. Early on, I remember being told about these new learning environments and the array of tools that would help student learning. Encouraged, in the nicest possible way, to upload material and use the institution’s expensive new toy, many lecturers complied [...]

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Teaching Fellowship Launch Presentation

By Michael Seery On October 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The DIT 2010-2011 Teaching Fellowships were launched on 23rd September 2010, and each recipient of a Fellowship gave a presentation on the work they plan to do. It was really nice to see what others plan to do; there was a lot of variety and a lot of overlap at the same time. My presentation [...]

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Class Websites using Google Sites and Podcasting with Audacity

By Michael Seery On October 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

This presentation is a screencast of a presentation to be presented at Chem Ed Ireland 2010. It covers:

what uses class websites might have overview of setting up Google Sites Example of a chemistry class website on Google Sites Uses for podcasting in education Overview of Audacity

This handout accompanies the [...]

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PreLecture Resources: Literature Examples

By Michael Seery On September 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

This post provides some short annotations to literature involving prelecture resources/activities – the annotations are a brief summary rather than a commentary:

Online Discussion Assignments Improve Students’ Class Preparation, Teaching of Psychology, 2010, 37(2), 204-209: Lecturer used pre-lecture discussion activities to encourage students to read text before attending class. It had no direct influence on [...]

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Supporting Virtual Communities: Reflection on Module

By Michael Seery On June 6, 2010 · 1 Comment

As we complete the Supporting Virtual Communities module, we are asked to reflect on our learning during the module, by replying to some of a range of prompts given. Two prompts are considered in this report: “The Muddiest Point” and “To the Future”. While they draw on different aspects of the module activities and my [...]

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Supporting Discussion Boards – Some Literature

By Michael Seery On June 6, 2010 · 2 Comments

The following is an annotated bibliography for the Reflection on Learning post for the module Supporting Virtual Communities. Links to references are available at: http://www.delicious.com/mkseery/SVC

DeVries, J. and Lim, G. (2003) Significance of Online Teaching vs. Face-to-Face: Similarities and Difference, E-LEARN 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, November 7-11, 2003. [...]

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E-moderating: Reflection

By Michael Seery On June 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In the third week of the supporting virtual communities module, we were given a range of scenarios, and asked to outline what our response to the scenario would be. It was a very interesting and engaging activity, and through posting my own thoughts, reading others and reading replies to mine, a lot of issues got [...]

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Interacting Online – problems arising out of discussion boards

By Michael Seery On February 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I wanted to post some thoughts on the use of discussion boards in VLEs – both from the perspective as a learner and as a tutor. My impetus is that if online learning is to be truly beneficial in place of in-class learning, interactivity is the core driver. Discussion boards are fantastic in this regard, [...]

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