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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)
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