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Papers by Kay MacKeogh

Oscail undergraduates are required to take an Introductory Module prior to starting credit module... more Oscail undergraduates are required to take an Introductory Module prior to starting credit modules. These modules act as a filtering programme that allows the students to assess their readiness to learn in the distance learning environment. The modules are designed to ...

Irish Geography, Dec 22, 2016

This report analyses the development and implementation of the European Union’s policies in dista... more This report analyses the development and implementation of the European Union’s policies in distance higher education 1957-2004; it identifies the actors involved in developing these policies; and it investigates the barriers to implementation in the form of the digital divide and attitudinal factors. From the 1960s, the pace of technological and economic change led to obsolescence of skills, and a demand for a more educated workforce. Distance education emerged in the 1960s and 70s as an instrument at national level to redress disadvantage, and to provide flexible, high-quality and cost-effective access to higher education to adults who were unable, for geographical, employment or personal reasons, to attend on-campus. The expansion of distance education led to the opening of a policy window in the 1980s with the Maastricht Treaty (1992) commitment to ‘encouraging the development of distance education’. Supported by influential policy entrepreneurs and networks, distance education ...

The study visit on which this report is based was undertaken as part of a 1 arger research projec... more The study visit on which this report is based was undertaken as part of a 1 arger research project entitled "Rura 1 development strategies in the west of Ireland" being carried out by members of the Department of Geography at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and funded by the National Board for Science and Technology. A major focus of this research project is the respective roles of, and relations between, locally-based and state-sponsored approaches to the promotion of rural development. The first part of the project concentrates on the Irish Gaeltacht, where the community development co-operative movement (representing a particularly dynamic form of locally-based development) is well established and where a specific state development agency, Udaras na Gaeltachta, (the Gaeltacht Authority) operates. A similar situation obtains in the Scottish Highlands and Islands region, where the establishment of community development co-operatives has been promoted in recent years ...

Bernath/Distance and E-Learning in Transition, 2013

Bernath/Distance and E-Learning in Transition, 2013

This paper outlines the way in which Oscail (National Distance Education Centre-Ireland) has deve... more This paper outlines the way in which Oscail (National Distance Education Centre-Ireland) has developed its technology strategy, from the initial research on student readiness to learn using technology to more recent studies which have identified the need for a programme specifically designed to prepare students for learning in the online world. The skills for learning are not necessarily innate, and in particular, the skills for learning with technology need to be recognised and made more explicit. However, regardless of discipline, the development of preparatory courses for students to equip them with the skills for eLearning is essential if maximum benefit is to be garnered from the potential of this exciting means of teaching and learning. The Student Passport for elearning (SPeL) programme has been designed as a learner-centred pedagogically driven module using a scaffolding approach to gradually introduce students to use of electronic media. Crucial to the success of the SPeL programme has been the level of support offered to students in pedagogical, technical and administrative terms.

Critical Design and Effective Tools for E-Learning in Higher Education

The concept of identifying and measuring student learning outcomes has been embraced by a wide ra... more The concept of identifying and measuring student learning outcomes has been embraced by a wide range of international policy makers and institutions across the globe, including the European Union through the Bologna Process, the USA, the OECD and other international organisations, while at national level many states have adopted, or are in the process of adopting a new national qualifications framework, based on student learning outcomes. The challenge for educators is to develop ways of enabling students to achieve, and to demonstrate their achievement, of these outcomes. The aim of this chapter is to explore ways in which online pedagogical techniques can be designed to provide solutions to the challenge of clearly demonstrating that students are achieving intended learning outcomes. While the techniques have been developed in the context of distance education programmes, the chapter includes an example of how these methods have been adapted for blended learning for on-campus stud...

Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2003

Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2006

Irish Educational Studies, 1986

Firstly there is the question of equity. Many adults have never had a chance to participate in ed... more Firstly there is the question of equity. Many adults have never had a chance to participate in education, and the educational attainment of the majority of the adult population in Ireland is quite low, with significant numbers never having gone further than primary level education ...

European Education, 2001

The new information and communications technologies (ICTs) have facilitated the globalization of ... more The new information and communications technologies (ICTs) have facilitated the globalization of society and the economy. It is now widely agreed that society is in a transition from the industrial age to the information age that has already led to dramatic ...

This paper examines the role which open distance learning (ODL) and information and communication... more This paper examines the role which open distance learning (ODL) and information and communications technology (ICT) can play in meeting the needs for lifelong learning in the Irish economy. Starting from an analysis of the global and national forces driving the ...

The National Distance Education Centre in Ireland has adopted a cooperative and collaborative app... more The National Distance Education Centre in Ireland has adopted a cooperative and collaborative approach in meeting its primary aim of extending access to qualifications and training throughout Ireland to those who are unable to attend full-time education because ...

This paper analyses the development and implementation of the European Union's policies in d... more This paper analyses the development and implementation of the European Union's policies in distance higher education and elearning since the 1957 Treaty of Rome. Distance education emerged in the 1960s and 70s as an instrument at national level to ...

This paper will review the role of the undergraduate dissertation as an essential element in the ... more This paper will review the role of the undergraduate dissertation as an essential element in the preparation of undergraduate students for research both at postgraduate level and in the wider community. The role and responsibilities of the research supervisor ...

Dublin: Oscail—Dublin City University. URL: http:// …, 2001

This paper addresses the question: how can elearning be embedded in traditional universities so t... more This paper addresses the question: how can elearning be embedded in traditional universities so that it contributes to the transformation of the university? The paper examines elearning strategies in higher education, locating the institutional context within the ...

Oscail undergraduates are required to take an Introductory Module prior to starting credit module... more Oscail undergraduates are required to take an Introductory Module prior to starting credit modules. These modules act as a filtering programme that allows the students to assess their readiness to learn in the distance learning environment. The modules are designed to ...

Irish Geography, Dec 22, 2016

This report analyses the development and implementation of the European Union’s policies in dista... more This report analyses the development and implementation of the European Union’s policies in distance higher education 1957-2004; it identifies the actors involved in developing these policies; and it investigates the barriers to implementation in the form of the digital divide and attitudinal factors. From the 1960s, the pace of technological and economic change led to obsolescence of skills, and a demand for a more educated workforce. Distance education emerged in the 1960s and 70s as an instrument at national level to redress disadvantage, and to provide flexible, high-quality and cost-effective access to higher education to adults who were unable, for geographical, employment or personal reasons, to attend on-campus. The expansion of distance education led to the opening of a policy window in the 1980s with the Maastricht Treaty (1992) commitment to ‘encouraging the development of distance education’. Supported by influential policy entrepreneurs and networks, distance education ...

The study visit on which this report is based was undertaken as part of a 1 arger research projec... more The study visit on which this report is based was undertaken as part of a 1 arger research project entitled "Rura 1 development strategies in the west of Ireland" being carried out by members of the Department of Geography at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and funded by the National Board for Science and Technology. A major focus of this research project is the respective roles of, and relations between, locally-based and state-sponsored approaches to the promotion of rural development. The first part of the project concentrates on the Irish Gaeltacht, where the community development co-operative movement (representing a particularly dynamic form of locally-based development) is well established and where a specific state development agency, Udaras na Gaeltachta, (the Gaeltacht Authority) operates. A similar situation obtains in the Scottish Highlands and Islands region, where the establishment of community development co-operatives has been promoted in recent years ...

Bernath/Distance and E-Learning in Transition, 2013

Bernath/Distance and E-Learning in Transition, 2013

This paper outlines the way in which Oscail (National Distance Education Centre-Ireland) has deve... more This paper outlines the way in which Oscail (National Distance Education Centre-Ireland) has developed its technology strategy, from the initial research on student readiness to learn using technology to more recent studies which have identified the need for a programme specifically designed to prepare students for learning in the online world. The skills for learning are not necessarily innate, and in particular, the skills for learning with technology need to be recognised and made more explicit. However, regardless of discipline, the development of preparatory courses for students to equip them with the skills for eLearning is essential if maximum benefit is to be garnered from the potential of this exciting means of teaching and learning. The Student Passport for elearning (SPeL) programme has been designed as a learner-centred pedagogically driven module using a scaffolding approach to gradually introduce students to use of electronic media. Crucial to the success of the SPeL programme has been the level of support offered to students in pedagogical, technical and administrative terms.

Critical Design and Effective Tools for E-Learning in Higher Education

The concept of identifying and measuring student learning outcomes has been embraced by a wide ra... more The concept of identifying and measuring student learning outcomes has been embraced by a wide range of international policy makers and institutions across the globe, including the European Union through the Bologna Process, the USA, the OECD and other international organisations, while at national level many states have adopted, or are in the process of adopting a new national qualifications framework, based on student learning outcomes. The challenge for educators is to develop ways of enabling students to achieve, and to demonstrate their achievement, of these outcomes. The aim of this chapter is to explore ways in which online pedagogical techniques can be designed to provide solutions to the challenge of clearly demonstrating that students are achieving intended learning outcomes. While the techniques have been developed in the context of distance education programmes, the chapter includes an example of how these methods have been adapted for blended learning for on-campus stud...

Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2003

Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2006

Irish Educational Studies, 1986

Firstly there is the question of equity. Many adults have never had a chance to participate in ed... more Firstly there is the question of equity. Many adults have never had a chance to participate in education, and the educational attainment of the majority of the adult population in Ireland is quite low, with significant numbers never having gone further than primary level education ...

European Education, 2001

The new information and communications technologies (ICTs) have facilitated the globalization of ... more The new information and communications technologies (ICTs) have facilitated the globalization of society and the economy. It is now widely agreed that society is in a transition from the industrial age to the information age that has already led to dramatic ...

This paper examines the role which open distance learning (ODL) and information and communication... more This paper examines the role which open distance learning (ODL) and information and communications technology (ICT) can play in meeting the needs for lifelong learning in the Irish economy. Starting from an analysis of the global and national forces driving the ...

The National Distance Education Centre in Ireland has adopted a cooperative and collaborative app... more The National Distance Education Centre in Ireland has adopted a cooperative and collaborative approach in meeting its primary aim of extending access to qualifications and training throughout Ireland to those who are unable to attend full-time education because ...

This paper analyses the development and implementation of the European Union's policies in d... more This paper analyses the development and implementation of the European Union's policies in distance higher education and elearning since the 1957 Treaty of Rome. Distance education emerged in the 1960s and 70s as an instrument at national level to ...

This paper will review the role of the undergraduate dissertation as an essential element in the ... more This paper will review the role of the undergraduate dissertation as an essential element in the preparation of undergraduate students for research both at postgraduate level and in the wider community. The role and responsibilities of the research supervisor ...

Dublin: Oscail—Dublin City University. URL: http:// …, 2001

This paper addresses the question: how can elearning be embedded in traditional universities so t... more This paper addresses the question: how can elearning be embedded in traditional universities so that it contributes to the transformation of the university? The paper examines elearning strategies in higher education, locating the institutional context within the ...