This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Introduction and most important question for me

I have been working as an educational technologist since 2007 and I currently work in University College Dublin School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems (SNMHS). My role involves working with academic staff and students on the provision and development of blended learning programmes offered by the School. As no staff have had experience of teaching online (and only a very few learning online) there has been a very significant learning curve involved in terms of adapting and changing existing practices to meet the requirements of blended programmes and the over-arching aim is that all TEL initiatives are led by [...]