IS THE JURY STILL OUT ON "BLENDED LEARNING"? - Use of a Web-based Collaborative Teaching Platform

Audrey Jennings, Alan Mullally, Catherine O'Connor, Dudley Dolan, Adrian Parkinson, James A. Redmond

2006

Abstract

Web-based collaborative platforms appear to show controversial potential for improving teaching and learning productivity and flexibility at Third Level. A pilot study was conducted at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) to explore pertinent operational, andragogical, support and social issues with a view to providing insights for the future. While a blended solution, i.e. a mixture of traditional and eLearning is often suggested, it appears that student support for it is not very high and proved disappointing in this study.

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Jennings A., Mullally A., O'Connor C., Dolan D., Parkinson A. and A. Redmond J. (2006). IS THE JURY STILL OUT ON "BLENDED LEARNING"? - Use of a Web-based Collaborative Teaching Platform . In Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-972-8865-47-4, pages 237-244. DOI: 10.5220/0001248102370244


in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist06,
author={Audrey Jennings and Alan Mullally and Catherine O'Connor and Dudley Dolan and Adrian Parkinson and James A. Redmond},
title={IS THE JURY STILL OUT ON "BLENDED LEARNING"? - Use of a Web-based Collaborative Teaching Platform},
booktitle={Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2006},
pages={237-244},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001248102370244},
isbn={978-972-8865-47-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of WEBIST 2006 - Second International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - IS THE JURY STILL OUT ON "BLENDED LEARNING"? - Use of a Web-based Collaborative Teaching Platform
SN - 978-972-8865-47-4
AU - Jennings A.
AU - Mullally A.
AU - O'Connor C.
AU - Dolan D.
AU - Parkinson A.
AU - A. Redmond J.
PY - 2006
SP - 237
EP - 244
DO - 10.5220/0001248102370244