1.
Online Learning
for the Future:
a conversation
in Galway
with Catherine Cronin
@catherinecronin
Volvo Ocean Race Galway 2012: Volvo Global Village, NUI Galway pavilion, 3rd & 4th July 2012
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 rumblefish

2.
Image CC BY 2.0 wikier

3.
Image CC BY-NC 2.0 owaie89
“More change will happen
in education in the next ten years
than in the past one hundred.”
Stephen Heppell (2011)

4.
Image: CC BY-NC 2.0 owaief89

5.
Image CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 dmpop & theloushe

6.
“I don’t think
education is about
centralized instruction
anymore; rather,
it is the process [of]
establishing oneself
as a node in a broad
network of distributed
creativity.”
– Joichi Ito (2011)
Image: CC BY-NC-SA

7.
NUI Galway offers
BLENDED
and
ONLINE
programmes

8.
NUI Galway offers
BLENDED
and
ONLINE
programmes

9.
Medical Device Science
International Business
Social Care
Italian
Biomedical Science
Health Sciences
Software Engineering
Nursing
Early Childhood
Innovation Management Irish Studies
Gaeilge Fheidhmeach

10.
Medical Device Science
International Business
Social Care
Italian
Biomedical Science
Health Sciences
http://www.nuigalway.ie
Software Engineering
http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses
Nursing
adult-and-continuing-education-courses/
Early Childhood
Innovation Management Irish Studies
Gaeilge Fheidhmeach

11.
http://www.youtube.com/user/thinkingaboutnuig

12.
Content
Learner support
Assessment
Accreditation

13.
IT Online programmes
Software Engineering & Database Technologies
Content Online materials & textbooks
Learner support Online discussion
Online assignments,
Assessment projects, examinations
Accreditation MSc, PG Diploma, CPD

14.
Fully online IT programmes...
www.nuigalway.ie/itonline

15.
Chemistry students creating models & videos...
http://youtu.be/qTiZVvKrB4s

16.
IT students sharing digital media projects...
http://www.scoop.it/ct231-student-showcase

17.
What about
our
future students?

18.
http://youtu.be/SJMIJXyakio

19.
“Education
is not the filling
of a pail,
but the lighting
of a fire.”
- W.B. Yeats
CC BY-SA 2.0 marfis75

20.
What do
YOU
think?

21.
Thank You
let’s continue the conversation...
Catherine.Cronin@nuigalway.ie
@catherinecronin
www.nuigalway.ie

22.
REFERENCES:
Slide 17: Constructing a lipid bilayer
Dr. Andrew Flaus
Department of Biochemistry, NUI Galway
andrew.flaus@nuigalway.ie
Slide 18 CT231 Student Showcase
Catherine Cronin
Department of Information Technology, NUI Galway
catherine.cronin@nuigalway.ie
Slide 20 New Ways of Learning: #edchatie video
edchatie.pbworks.com
Fred Boss: @fboss