Search results for author:"Eamon Costello"
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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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"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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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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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