Online courses designed for young learners finishing secondary education.

1. What about those who
cannot go to university?
(Or don’t want to!)
Brian Mulligan – bit.ly/brianmulligan
Online Learning Innovation
Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland
WCOL2019, DCU, November 2019

2. Why might a young person leaving school
NOT go to college?
• Disability
• Social Anxiety
• Carers
• Cost
• Not appealing

3. Can existing online education help?
• Mostly designed for adults
• Upskilling at work
• To get a job (or a better one)
• To complete a degree
• Higher levels of self-efficacy

4. Is there more needed?
• 18 / 19 years old
• Lower levels of self-efficacy / maturity
• Higher proportion of disability
• Physical, social, mental
• Other responsibilities

5. • 3 days paid per week
• 2 days studying online
3 years in the
workplace
• Income
• Live at home
More
affordable
• In the workplace
• In their studies
Better
performance
Work-based Learning

6. HigherEd4All Project
• 3 Degree programmes
• Online study (minimal attendance)
• Student not necessarily working
• But room for “personal” learning required
• Enhanced monitoring (analytics)
• And intervention
• Enhanced supports
• Disability, other (UDL), career development
• “Community engagement”
• Locality
• Interest groups
• Fellow students
• The institution
• Includes a research PhD

7. We need your help!
• Previous work done
• Your opinions
Brian Mulligan,
Online Learning Innovation
Centre for Online Learning
Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland
mulligan.brian@itsligo.ie
bit.ly/brianmulligan