Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest: Recent submissions
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Literature in an IT context: teaching literature on non-specialist language programmes.
(Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, 2003)The pedagogical value of literature in language learning within the Institutes of Technology has often been brought into question. Given that the IT structure has traditionally placed emphasis on an applied and practical ... -
YI Feedback - the story so far: progress and reflections from an Irish multi-institutional learning and teaching enhancement project.
(AISHE, 2016)The Y1Feedback Project is a multi-institutional learning and teaching enhancement project that aims to support the transition to Higher Education by using digital technologies to enhance feedback in the first year. The ... -
Towards a culturally responsive pedagogy in online teaching: an Irish perspective.
(AISHE, 2017)The aim of this qualitative interview study is to explore the extent to which faculty in one Irish higher education institution consider the cultural nature of what they include in the design and delivery of online ... -
Technology implementation in delivery of healthcare to older people: how can the least voice in society be heard?
(2018-07)Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on ethical and judicial themes related to technology and the older adults. Design/methodology/approach – Different consecutive phases in technology design and ... -
Inclusion of older adults in the research and design of digital technology.
(MDPI, 2019-10-02)Digital technology holds a promise to improve older adults’ well-being and promote ageing in place. However, there seems to be a discrepancy between digital technologies that are developed and what older adults actually ... -
Vaginal drug delivery for the localised treatment of cervical cancer.
(Springer, 2017-06-08)Cervical cancer is usually treated by surgery, with the more advanced cancers requiring adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The location of the cervix makes it easily accessible through the vagina for the localised ... -
Faster release of lumen-loaded drugs than matrix-loaded equivalent in polylactic acid/halloysite nanotubes.
(MDPI, 2019-06-15)Nanocomposite-based drug delivery systems with intrinsic controlled release properties are of great interest in biomedical applications. We report a novel polylactic acid (PLA)/halloysite nanotube (HNT) nanocomposite-based ... -
Preparation of biodegradable poltyethylene glycol dimethacrylate hydrogels via thiol-ene chemistry.
(MDPI, 2019-08-13)Through the control of the molecular weight, water content and monomer concentration, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate (PEGDMA) based hydrogels have been adapted for numerous applications, including as structural scaffolds, ... -
Social capital and its contribution to the wellbeing of the older person in the Midlands Region Ireland.
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2016)BACKGROUND The literature generally describes Social Capital as a characteristic of social structures made up of a network of relationships between residents of neighbourhoods and communities, focusing on levels of ... -
How instructor-developed screencasts benefit college students' learning of maths: insights from an Irish case study.
(MOJET, 2013)This qualitative case study explored how students learning Maths at an Irish institute of higher education benefited from their instructor’s use of selfdeveloped screencasts. The screencasts (47 in total) were posted on ... -
Harnessing the power of digital badges to help create future ready graduates.
(Pixel International Conferences, 2019)Higher education has seen an upsurge in recent times in the use of digital badges for the recording of student achievement. According to Dowling-Hetherington & Glowtaz [1], many students in higher education today have grown ... -
Clickers in a Flipped Lab; feedback to enhance engagement in first year Science.
(Y1 Feedback, 2017-01-26)Anecdotal evidence from lecturers engaged in teaching practical’s is that there is very little if any interaction from the students with the pre-lab reading resources as posted on Moodle or in the laboratory manuals ... -
The first year experience of a peer assisted learning program in two institutes of technology in Ireland
(University of Wollongong Australia, 2014)This paper describes a collaborative action research study in which peer assisted learning was deployed simultaneously across a range of disciplines in two institutes of technology in Ireland. The aim of the research was ... -
The digital turn: staff perceptions of the virtual learning environment and the implications for educational developers
(Irish Learning Technology Association, 2018-05)Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) have become a critical part of the Higher Education (HE) learning, teaching and assessment environment over the past two d ecades. The study in this paper complements the longitudinal ... -
The public participation principle: effective implementation of Aarhus participation rights by the European Union Legal Framework.
(Lawtext Publishing, 2017)This paper considers the principle of Public Participation as envisaged by the Aarhus Convention. It addresses the academic debate regarding the true nature of public participation as a civil and political right and the ... -
The potential of the Good Friday Agreement post-Brexit environmental governance on the island of Ireland.
(IRLII, 2019)This article presents a summary of research report carried out for the Environmental Pillar and Northern Ireland Environmental Link (NIEL), examining cross-border environmental co-operation and joint action on the ... -
Exploring lecturer engagement with the VLE: findings from a multi-college staff survey.
(Irish Learning Technology Association, 2018-05-21)Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are important infrastructure and digital educational spaces that are widely used. The lecturers’ voices on VLEs and their use were not adequately captured in the #VLEIreland project. ... -
Changes to the environmental impact regime in Ireland.
(Inshore Ireland, 2016)The Amending EIA Directive 2014/521/EU will take effect on May 16 2017. It will substantially change how Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is conducted in Ireland. This article outlines some of the changes it will make ... -
An investigation of students' experiences of using virtual learning environments: implications for academic professional development.
(EDIN, 2011)Introduction Because virtual learning environments (VLEs) are amongst the most widely adopted technologies in higher education, and to justify the widespread investment in VLE technology, it is important to study patterns ... -
MIND strengths: the unique cognitive architecture of engineering and technology students.
(IMC, 2016)Engineering and technology education is uniquely positioned within formal education systems to facilitate the development of a broad range of cognitive competencies such as designerly thinking, spatial reasoning and ...
