Keynote address delivered at the Teachers Union of Ireland Symposium, Gresham Hotel Dublin, Saturday 23 November 2012.

1. “Flipped hybrids?”
Some common perceptions (and misconceptions) of eLearning
Kevin C. O’Rourke PhD
23 November 2013

2. Definitions
Online learning
Blended learning
eLearning
Hybrid learning
Web-based learning
Computer-based learning
Technology-enhanced learning
Flipped classroom
Digital learning

3. Elaine Allen and Jeff Seaman,
Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education
in the United States, Babson Research Group, 2013
Which have you experiend?

5. Virtual Learning Environments

6. 19
0%
7
6
5
5
4
4
2
2
Campus Pack
Chatrooms
Lockdown Browser
12 11
7
Wimba Voice Tools
71 70
Publisher Content
82
Webinars (Wimba/Collaborate)
93
Private journals/Blogs
27 28
Slideshare
90%
BB Mobile app
10%
26 26
6
SMS texting
33
1
Wikis
41 41
62
6
Discussion boards
60%
3
Messaging tool
47 47
55 55
5
Quizzes
20%
4
Calendar
54 52
49 50
5
GradeCentre
70%
3
Assignment dropbox
42 45
4
SafeAssign
59
3
Surveys / polls (incl. online Q6)
37
4
YouTube/other video
30%
4
Weblinks
40%
2
Learning modules
80%
2
Announcements
50%
1
6
Email tool
100%
Sharing files (Word, PDF etc.)
How are lecturers using the VLE?
13
6 10
23
76
88
70
85
16 20
21
4
35
50
71 68
80
74 79 76
94
58
48
Wasn't Aware
No
Yes
Source: Survey of DIT academic staff, Spring 2013

7. (Students)
Source: “Engaging students through the VLE: findings from the VLE Usage Survey 2008 -2013”, LIN Conference
2013, Angelica Risquez, Claire McAvinia, Damien Raftery, Eamon Costello, Fiona O’Riordan, Marion Palmer, Nuala
Harding Robert Cosgrave, Theresa Logan-Phelan, Tom Farrell

8. 2004

9. Web 2.0

10. The
VLE
is
Dead
Or is it?

16. http://www.learninghouse.com/c
ic2013-report/

17. Who you gonna call?

19. “A New Pedagogy is Emerging...And Online Learning is a Key Contributing Factor”
Contact North/Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education and Training Network
http://www.contactnorth.ca/

20. kevin.orourke@dit.ie
@kcor1964