Research
Research Carried out / Ongoing

• Research on EU Policy on open distance learning for PhD thesis.
• Research on online pedagogy for Socrates Funded project.
• Research on market for ODL in Ireland. Funded by HEA.
• Research on management learning and development. Collaboration with DCU Centre for Research on Management Learning and Development.

• The use of Internet-based tools in open and distance learning.
• Development and use of on-line, interactive tutoring and assessment tools in the teaching of quantitative subjects to adult learners at a distance.
• Comparative studies of adult learning performance based on prior learning, socio-economic status, age and gender.
• The teaching of mathematics and science at a distance.

Research visits / Travel

• Visit to AEC and Open University, Singapore with a view to presentation of Oscail programmes in Singapore and Malaysia.