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Presentation of Darragh Coakley (Cork Institute Of Technology in Ireland) on the kick-off meeting of SME 2.0. (Budapest, November 2011.)

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• The DEIS Department of Education Development is an academic department residing within the School of Humanities in the Cork Institute of Technology.

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

• In 1996 it became an official Department of Cork Institute of Technology 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 worko Work is also ongoing with regard to a range of commercial

projects typically involving the development of e-learning resources 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 REPOSITORY

DEIS 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 management system, useful links and other resources for lecturers,

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Animation and Video Production

DEIS 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 Crawford College of Art and Design and the National Maritime College of Ireland)