Search results for author:"Eamon Costello"
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Opening Up to Open Source: Looking at How Moodle Was Adopted in Higher Education
Eamon Costello
Open Learning Vol. 28, No. 3 (2013) pp. 187–200
The virtual learning environment (VLE) has grown to become a piece of complex infrastructure that is now deemed critical to higher educational provision. This paper looks at Moodle and its adoption in higher education. Moodle's origins, as an...
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Education Reform with Technology - Difficult but Worth the Effort?
Monica Ward; Eamon Costello
Global Learn 2016 (Apr 28, 2016) pp. 71–78
Abstract: It is important for education to adapt if it is going to meet the needs of today’s learners. Technology should not be seen as a threat by educators, but rather a tool to help them change and reform how they do things in the educational...
Topics: Education reform with technology
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Data Visualisation Literacy in Higher Education: An Exploratory Study of Understanding of a Learning Dashboard Tool
David Donohoe; Eamon Costello
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 15, No. 17 (Sep 11, 2020) pp. 115–126
The visualisation of data has become ubiquitous. Visualisations are used to represent data in a way that is easy to understand and useful in our lives. Each data visualisation needs to be suitable to extract the correct information to complete a...
Language: English
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A Reappraisal of Online Mathematics Teaching Using LaTeX
Eamon Costello; Seamus Fox; Elaine Walsh
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 4, No. 4 (Dec 02, 2009) pp. 14–18
The mathematics language LaTeX is often seen outside of academic circles as a legacy technology that is awkward to use. MathML - a verbose language designed for data-exchange, and to be written and understood by machines - is sometimes by contrast...
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"Educational Technology is not Open Education: A large scale empirical study of publications"
Tom Farrelly; Eamon Costello; Tony Murphy
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2020 (Jun 23, 2020) pp. 910–918
Relatively little is known about open access publishing in educational technology journals that employ a hybrid model which charges authors only if they wish to publish via gold open access. This paper reports on a study that sought to address this...
Topics: Open access publishing
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The open dataset on students’ perceptions of virtual learning environments in Ireland: Collaborating to listen to the student voice
Angelica Risquez; Damien Raftery; Eamon Costello
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 46, No. 5 (Sep 01, 2015) pp. 1070–1074
The Irish inter-institutional virtual learning environments (VLEs) open dataset stems from ongoing work with a rolling longitudinal survey of students’ usage of VLEs which has been ongoing in 12 higher education institutions since 2008. The project...
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In MOOCs we Trust: Learner Perceptions of MOOC Quality via Trust and Credibility
Eamon Costello; James Brunton; Mark Brown; Laurence Daly
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) Vol. 13, No. 6 (May 29, 2018) pp. 214–222
In this study we sought to examine MOOC learners’ levels of trust in the platforms, institutions, and instructors involved in MOOC design and delivery. We sought to examine what influenced learners’ conceptualizations of trust in MOOCs and how this...
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MOOCs in the News: The ‘Real’ Story Behind the Irish Story
Mark Brown; Eamon Costello; Enda Donlon; Mairead Giolla-Mhichil
Global Learn 2016 (Apr 28, 2016) pp. 337–345
This paper describes a case study of how MOOCs have been reported through the Irish media. A brief description of previous research on the portrayal of MOOCs in the international media is outlined and the unique Irish story is then presented framed...
Topics: Open courses, open learning, and open educational resources
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Opening the Book on the Price of Student Reading Lists
Eamon Costello; Richard Bolger; Tiziana Soverino; Mark Brown; Gráinne Conole
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 1877–1881
This paper summarises the findings of a study of textbooks costs reported elsewhere in a journal article and an associated open dataset. The cost of student textbooks is a huge concern in higher education, especially in North America. Less is known...
Topics: Keynote
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A strategic response to MOOCs: How one European university is approaching the challenge
Mark Brown; Eamon Costello; Enda Donlon; Mairead Nic Giolla-Mhichil
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 16, No. 6 (Dec 03, 2015)
This paper briefly outlines some of the macro level claims, counter-claims and unresolved debates surrounding the rapid growth of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Higher Education. It then reports insights, experiences and perceptions of those ...
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Designing and Developing a Programme-Focused Assessment Strategy: A Case Study
James Brunton; Mark Brown; Eamon Costello; Elaine Walsh
Open Learning Vol. 31, No. 2 (2016) pp. 176–187
This case study describes the process that the Humanities Programme Team, in Dublin City University's Open Education Unit, has undertaken with regard to developing a systematic, programme-focused assessment strategy. It charts the development of an...
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Making Better Choices: Self-regulative Tools for Flexible Learner Success
Mark Brown; Brunton James; Eamon Costello; Lorraine Delaney; Seamus Fox
Global Learn 2016 (Apr 28, 2016) pp. 502–506
This paper describes two online readiness tools designed to help prospective students make better choices. These tools were developed to address the problem of effective flexible learner transitions into higher and continuing education. They target...
Topics: Flexible learning
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Opportunities and Threats of the MOOC Movement for Higher Education: The European Perspective
Robert Schuwer; Ines Gil Jaurena; Cengiz Aydin; Eamon Costello; Christian Dalsgaard; Mark Brown; Darco Jansen; Antonio Teixeira
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 16, No. 6 (Dec 03, 2015)
The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) movement is the latest ‘big thing’ in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) which threatens to transform Higher Education. Both opportunities and threats are extensively discussed in literature, comprising issues on...
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Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report 8
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme; Elaine Beirne; Gráinne Conole; Eamon Costello; Tim Coughlan; Rebecca Ferguson; Elizabeth FitzGerald; Mark Gaved; Christothea Herodotou; Wayne Holmes; Conchúr Mac Lochlain; Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl; Bart Rienties; Julia Sargent; Eileen Scanlon; Mike Sharples; Denise Whitelock
(2020) pp. 1–49
This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning, and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. This eighth report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have ...