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The DEIS Department of Education Development is anacademic department residing within the School ofHumanities in the Cork Institute of Technology.

DEIS began life in 1993 as a research centre set up tocarry out an EU-funded project in the area of what was thencalled open and distance learning (ODL).

In 1996 it became an official Department of Cork Institute ofTechnology with a mission to innovate in education for

quality and access.

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Significant research and development activity has been

undertaken by the DEIS Department both at a European and

national level:

o The department continues to be involved in EU-funded

research as both project lead or research partner.

o Nationally, the department is participating in a range of

Enterprise Ireland funded work

o Work is also ongoing with regard to a range of commercial

projects typically involving the development of e-learningresources for corporate clients.

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ELVIN (Language Practice Network)Trans-national project which aims to develop a Social

Networking Platform and integrated digital repository solution to

support language learning in the Public Sector.

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ENGAGE (Game-Based Learning)Project to create and sustain a European network for

increasing activity in game-based learning in education, including

the development of a European Games-Based Learning portal.

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NATIONAL DIGITAL LEARNING REPOSITORYDEIS is involved in creating learning resources for the

repository under the subject of educational technology for higher

education. Resources created so far include: animations, podcasts,instructional videos, infographics, mobile-friendly resources, etc.

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Mainstream E-learning Support (CIT)DEIS was commissioned to develop a portal website for the

blackboard learning management system in CIT. This website

includes information on the blackboard learning managementsystem, useful links and other resources for lecturers,

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Animation and Video ProductionDEIS was asked to provide a series of prmootional video of

CIT across the different schools (Business and Humanities,

Engineering & Science, CIT Cork school of music, CIT CrawfordCollege of Art and Design and the National Maritime College of

Ireland)