relation: http://go.griffith.ie/167/
title: A Study Utilising E-learning Theory, Universal Design for Learning and Multiliteracies for Teaching Practical Irish  Genealogical Research Online
creator: McErlean, Thomas
subject: L Education (General)
subject: LB Theory and practice of education
subject: LB2300 Higher Education
subject: LF Individual institutions (Europe)
description: Over the last two decades the world has become increasingly tech savvy. A large majority of people worldwide have access to both the internet and a laptop,  smartphone or similar internet supporting device. Under these conditions, online based education, or e-learning, has all the potential to educate people on a global  scale. In order to feasibly reach students in the global classroom, with its inherent levels of diversity, an e-learning course needs a robust design that not only supports an online pedagogy, but learner accessibility and inclusivity as well.     One subject matter that is in need for such a design is practical Irish genealogical research; as it  has both a lack of an e-learning presence coupled with international student demand.  The purpose of this study was to create a sample, online based Irish genealogy course that combines E-learning Theory with the inclusivity and accessibility focused  pedagogical approaches of Multiliteracies and Universal Design for Learning.    Internationally based students of the course were then surveyed and interviewed to assess the course effectiveness.    The findings reflected that the course was received as highly comprehensible and accessible from the participating students which were domiciled in six different countries. Based on the implications from these results, future work should be to have the same design applied to a synchronous e-learning course.
date: 2017
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: http://go.griffith.ie/167/1/Tom_McErlean_Dissertation.pdf
format: other
language: en
identifier: http://go.griffith.ie/167/2/bibliography.txt
identifier:   McErlean, Thomas  (2017) A Study Utilising E-learning Theory, Universal Design for Learning and Multiliteracies for Teaching Practical Irish Genealogical Research Online.  Masters thesis, Griffith College.