WELCOME TO MY WORK IN PROGRESS BASED ON MY:

RESEARCH PROPOSAL QUESTION FOR THE MSC IN

APPLIED ELEARNING 2013/2014

By: Gerry Mc Cann Cleary

“Can community education through the deliverance of a

Digital Media Technology ePortfolio, bridge the gap between the transitions of

further education to employment, from a tutor

and students perspective?”

Research Question:

LITERATURE REVIEW READING REFERENCES:

Important Note before doing a Literature review

Don’t go off on a tangent

LITERATURE REVIEW READING REFERENCES:

BibliographyBehan, J., Burke, N., Condon, N., Hogan, A. M., McGrath, J., McNaboe, J., et al. (2013, July). Skills Ireland. Retrieved August 20, 2013, from Skills Ireland: http://www.skillsireland.ie/ BibliographySatterthwaite, F., & D'Orsi, ,. G. (2003). The career portfolio workbook. New York: McGraw-Hill.

BibliographyHartman, E. (2013, March 24). Emerging EdTech. Retrieved October 21st, 2013, from Emerging EdTech: http://www.emergingedtech.com/2013/03/are-eportfolios-still-relevant-for-todays-students/

Don’t go off on a tangent

LITERATURE REVIEW READING REFERENCES:

Behan, J., Burke, N., Condon, N., Hogan, A. M., McGrath, J., McNaboe, J., et al. (2013). National Skills Bulletin. A Study by the Skills and Labour Market Research , Section 9 pp. 130-164.Behan, J., Burke, N., Condon, N., Hogan, A. M., McGrath, J., McNaboe, J., et al. (2013, July). Skills Ireland. Retrieved August 20, 2013, from Skills Ireland: http://www.skillsireland.ie/ Byrne, D., & Smyth, E. (2010). No way Back? The dynamics of early School Leaving. Dublin: The Liffey Press in association with The ESRI, NCCA & Department of Education and Science. Don’t go

off on a tangent

LITERATURE REVIEW READING REFERENCES:

Conway, P. (2002). Learning in Communities of Practice: Rethinking and Learning in Disadvantaged Contexts'. Irish Educational Studies.Creswell, J. W. (2007). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among five approaches (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.DIT. (n.d.). Retrieved July 04, 2013, from DIT: http://www.dit.ie/researchandenterprise/ethicsindit/

Don’t go off on a tangent

LITERATURE REVIEW TRENDS:

Social BookmarkingAnnotary account Link: https://annotary.com/

LITERATURE REVIEW TRENDS:

What my Annotary account looks like :

LITERATURE REVIEW TRENDS:

PROJECT PLAN

Link for learnkit: http://leankit.com/?temp-new-window-replacement=true

PROJECT PLAN:

Link to Login to Project Plan: https://digitalmediatechnolog5100.leankit.com/Account/Membership/Login?ReturnUrl=/Home/Index

SAMPLE OF DATA COLLECTION:

Link to Kwiksurveys: http://kwiksurveys.com/

KWIK SURVEYS:

KWIK SURVEYS:

Works with all Social Platforms:

SAMPLE OF DATA COLLECTION TOOLS:

DATA COLLECTION/ANALYSIS:

DATA COLLECTION/ANALYSIS:

Sample of Data Question and Responses

DATA COLLECTION/ANALYSIS:

Link for Sample Survey: http://kwiksurveys.com/app/rendersurvey.asp?sid=3udh820wb54s6bi228038&refer=

Sample Questions

DATA COLLECTION INTERVIEW PODCASTS:

AudioBoo Link: https://audioboo.fm/

DATA COLLECTION INTERVIEW PODCASTS:

Link to my own personal AudioBoo: https://audioboo.fm/users/1848804/boos

TARGET JOURNALS

One of the target journal areas that I hope to be able to submit to is the DIT Arrow repository Link: http://arrow.dit.ie/

Interactive Learning Environments Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nile20/current#.UpQEqcS-2SoInternational Journal of Emerging Technologies in learning (iJET) Link: http://www.online-journals.org/i-jetALT-J Association for Learning Journal (Research in learning Technology-ALT) Link: http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rltLearning, Media and Technology Link: appears to be down at presentEducation and Information Technology Link: http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/journal/10639

KEEPING MY EPORTFOLIO UP TO DATE:

Link for Yola: https://www.yola.com/

Questions & Answers