<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation. It represents in excess of 20,000 teams nationwide and is committed to supporting the development of players and coaches through its Coach Education Programme (CEP). A strategic goal of the CEP is to supplement the traditional field based coach education model with a blended learning approach using online multimedia resources. Two eLearning professionals employed by the GAA are seeking to develop online resources to enhance the knowledge and skills of coaches nationwide. Whilst both professionals possess the expertise and relevant technical skills to create high quality resources, their participation in a Masters in Education and Training Management (eLearning) programme in the Institute of Education, Dublin City University (DCU) is ensuring that the multimedia resources will be based on solid pedagogical insights in order to facilitate the organisation’s move to online learning.</p></abstract>

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation. It represents in excess of 20,000 teams nationwide and is committed to supporting the development of players and coaches through its Coach Education Programme (CEP). A strategic goal of the CEP is to supplement the traditional field based coach education model with a blended learning approach using online multimedia resources. Two eLearning professionals employed by the GAA are seeking to develop online resources to enhance the knowledge and skills of coaches nationwide. Whilst both professionals possess the expertise and relevant technical skills to create high quality resources, their participation in a Masters in Education and Training Management (eLearning) programme in the Institute of Education, Dublin City University (DCU) is ensuring that the multimedia resources will be based on solid pedagogical insights in order to facilitate the organisation’s move to online learning.

The Creation of Multimedia Resources to support the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Coach Education Programme (CEP)

Innovation and Global Studies, Institute of Education, St. Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra, Dublin 9,

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The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation. It represents in excess of 20,000 teams nationwide and is...

The Creation of Multimedia Resources to support the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Coach Education Programme (CEP)

Data publikacji: 22 gru 2016

Zakres stron: 32 - 38

Otrzymano: 01 wrz 2016

Przyjęty: 01 lis 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijtr-2016-0011

Słowa kluczowe
eLearning, Multimedia, Blended learning, Practitioner research, ePortfolios, Pedagogy

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Creation of Multimedia Resources to support the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Coach Education Programme (CEP)

Data publikacji: 22 gru 2016

Zakres stron: 32 - 38

Otrzymano: 01 wrz 2016

Przyjęty: 01 lis 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijtr-2016-0011

Słowa kluczoweeLearning, Multimedia, Blended learning, Practitioner research, ePortfolios, Pedagogy

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
eLearning, Multimedia, Blended learning, Practitioner research, ePortfolios, Pedagogy