Author: Keith Aquilina

Currently my professional role is that of Education Officer (Quality Assurance) within the Directorate for Quality & Standards in Education in the Ministry of Education, Malta. After eight years teaching Computing and ICT within a state secondary school, I moved to the Department of eLearning where my role focused on the organisation of national educational events of which the national eLearning awards and conference, Malta Robotics Olympiad and student competitions. In addition to the work within the Department of eLearning, as from 2011 I have taken the role of ICT coordinator within the Directorate for Lifelong Learning where for 5 years, I was involved in the development and organisation of ICT related courses within the directorate’s adult education centres and collaborating entities. In 2012, I completed my Masters studies in Online and Distance Education from the Open University. This blog started off as an online reflective diary for my studies in the Masters in Online and Distance Education with the Open Univeristy. As may be easily deduced, my main interest is in technology, learning and anything in between. Linkedin; mt.linkedin.com/in/keithaquilina/

Week 3 – Will a potential innovation ‘fly’

This week we have gone through Rogers’ groups in adopting (or not adopting) an innovation; innovators early adopters early majority late majority laggards We have considered what the innovation’s strengths & weaknesses are by focusing on; its relative advantage Compatability Complexity Trialability Observability My mini comment: I have introduced blogging with my students to foster […]

Case studies of elearning innovation 4

Case study: The Learning Lab staff development initiative Area: Technology-enhanced LEarning Environments Institution: Swansea University Link: Swansea University, The Learning Lab staff development initiative Author: Chris Hall Background & context Learning lab was developed through an idea of providing a ‘space with useful resources about elearning for all staff’ where anyone in the community has […]

Week 2, what a week !

I’ve been feeling a bit lost this week. Compared to H800, H807 is not structured. This week we have 3 activities which could have been easily named A1, A2a and A2b as in H800. At the same time the last two activities seem to overlap to week 3 but am not sure on how much […]

Case studies of elearning innovation 3

Case study: Moving from OMR to CBA Area: e-assessment Institution: The University of Nottingham Author: Simon Wilkinson Link: The University of Nottingham, Moving from Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) to Computer Based Assessment (CBA) for summative exams in medicine Background & context This case study focuses on the shift from OMR to CBA. This change was […]

Case studies of elearning innovation 2

Case study: Use of WebCT in a blended approach to developing multimedia Area: Technology enhanced learning environments Institution: Leeds Metropolitan University Author: Stuart Hirst Link: Leeds Metropolitan University, Use of WebCT in a blended approach to developing multimedia design skills At first, I’ve struggled to find exactly what exactly is the innovation in this case […]

Case studies of elearning innovation 1

This week we need to pick and review 4 case studies. My first choice is a case study on simulated gaming. I’ve made this choice as whilst that I heard from time to time about this idea of learning through gaming (is this what simulated gaming is?!), I do not have any experience in this […]

Week 2 – Concepts & themes associated with elearning

This is how I placed the concepts given for this activity. Each concept has been placed according to the definitions collated below and my own experience in using/not using them. To what extent should we think of elearning as a distinct discipline with a need for its own concepts and vocabulary? Rather then being distinct, […]

Week 1 – rumbling

Week 1 is almost over, it proved to be a very interesting week, back on the desk, reading, commenting in the moodle forum and blogging. Once again I’m trying to fit in studying with all the other pieces of my life, hopefully I’ll find a good routine as for H800. For this course, it is […]

… the wait is almost over…H807

The wait for the start of H807 is almost over. As this is my second course at OU, now I am more confident of my abilities at this level. A quick look to the themes which will be discussed in this course has shown that there is an overlap with H800. Quiet interesting, plus as […]

Learning environment

If one is to set up an online learning environment, maybe to support learning in secondary or higher education, learners may be provided with an avatar (virtual characther) through which learning may be owned…should this be set upon an already existing educational institution such as a school or should it be freely be set up and services provided […]