Staff member: Michael O’Rourke Lecturer in Dept of Electronic & Computer Engineering.

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Staff member: Michael O’Rourke Lecturer in Dept of Electronic & Computer Engineering

Ireland Athlone

Athlone, Ireland

Athlone Institute of Technology 4,000 full time students. 2,000 adult & lifelong learning students. Wide range of programmes in the Schools of Engineering, Science, Business & Humanities. Certificate, degree (undergraduate) and masters programmes/ PhD programmes. Extensive research programmes. Its primary role in the Irish education sector is to provide education, training, industrial/business support and research at tertiary level. Similar to a polytechnic college.

Universities Institutes of Technology* (HETAC) Further Education Colleges (FETAC) Secondary School (High School) 12 – 18 years Primary School (Junior School) 5 – 12 years Training Agencies (FETAC) An overview of the Irish education system

A brief profile of Athlone Institute of Technology 4,000 full time students. 2,000 adult & lifelong learning students. Wide range of programmes in the Schools of Engineering, Science, Business & Humanities. Certificate, degree (undergraduate) and masters programmes/ PhD programmes. Extensive research programmes. The National Framework of Qualifications award-types and awarding bodies

My roles Lecturer in Dept of Electronic & Computer Engineering, AIT. My subjects are Digital Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Applications, Operating Sytems and Programming. e-learning projects research and development. Associate lecturer for the Open University in Faculty of Maths, Computing & Technology (part-time position). Previously I have worked for the National Distance Education Centre, DCU as a tutor on technology programmes. Also I have worked in telecommunications software development and research.

My ICT/e-learning/TEL experience Involved in e-learning/TEL/ICT for education for many years. Begun with Cisco e-learning environment for technology courses. Cisco is a proprietary system. My institute uses Moodle as its virtual learning environment (VLE). I now use Moodle extensively for my courses as well as the Cisco environment. I use Moodle for all my teaching resources, quizzes, lessons and communication with students. Project development in e-assessment and lessons. I have experience of synchronous teaching environments like Wimba,WiZiQ, DimDim and Elluminate. I also use interactive whiteboard (Smart Technologies).

My EU LLP project involvement Erasmus teaching visits exchange (Valencia, Spain and Vilnius, Lithuania). Grundtvig In Service Training (Poland and Malta). Grundtvig Learning Partnership project on Blended Learning (Partners from Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium). Grundtvig contact seminar (Romania).

What are my objectives for this study visit? To learn much more about ICT in education and its pedagogical use in the French education system. To gather information on ICT in education resources e.g. websites, books. To discover examples of ICT projects in use throughout the EU from the other participants and possible networking opportunities. Gain understanding of good practice in ICT in education To gain knowledge of possible EU funding opportunities for projects in ICT in education. To discover the French approach to the training of teachers for ICT in education.

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