WORK IN PROCESS

Hugh McLain – 18 November 2014

RESEARCH QUESTION

Can Moodle be used to help support new entrants into a Central Government Department?

LITERATURE REVIEW

AREAS COVERED Research

Moodle installation into large organisation

Induction Training

RESEARCH Grix J. (2002),

Introducing Students to the Generic Terminology of Social Research, Politics 22-3 P. 175-186, Blackwell Publishers Ltd.

This article gave a very good overview and definition of Ontology – Epistemology – Methodology – Methods and Sources for research. It gave me a clearer understanding of these terms and how they lead on to each other,

RESEARCH Creswell, J. W. (2009).

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approach (Third ed.). London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

Cousin, G. (2009). Researching Higher Education: An Introduction to

Contemporary Methods and Approaches. New York: Routledge.

Denscombe, M. (2010). The Good Research Guide: for small scale social

research projects (Fourth ed.). New York: Open University Press.

RESEARCH Flick, U. (2007).

Designing Qualitative Research, London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

Silverman, D. (2013). Doing Qualitative Research (Fourth ed.). London:

SAGE Publications Ltd.

SEARCH STRATEGYMoodle installation Induction Training Central Government

eLearning management Job Performance Public Sectore-learning Job Satisfaction Large Organisation e learning Learning Strategies StateLearning Strategies Socialisation Federal GovernmentCollaboration Productivity Public InstitutionsLearning Management HRMBlended LearningVirtual Learning Environment

MOODLE / BLENDED LEARNING Graf & List (2005)

An evaluation of open source e-learning platforms stressing adaptation issues. Advanced Learning Technologies, 2005. ICALT 2005, P163 - 165.

Ilin, G. (2013). Moodle: A Way for Blending VLE and Face-to-Face Instruction in the

ELT Context?. Turkish Online Journal Of Educational Technology – TOJET, 12(4), 103-112.

Stewart et al (2007) Choosing MOODLE: An Evaluation of Learning Management

Systems at Athabasca University. International Journal Of Distance Education Technologies, 5(3), 1-7.

Good articles that support Moodle as a leading learning management system

INDUCTION TRAINING Korte, R. (2010).

‘First, get to know them': a relational view of organizational socialization. Human Resource Development International, 13(1), 27-43.

This article looked at new comers into a large organization. It did highlights the importance of learning for the new comer.

INDUCTION TRAINING Natarajan, N. K., & Nagar, D. (2011).

Induction Age, Training Duration & Job Performance on Organizational Commitment & Job Satisfaction. Indian Journal Of Industrial Relations, 46(3), 491-497.

This article looked at different influences on

induction of employees in a large public sector organization. It showed that early induction training leads to higher job satisfaction.

PROJECT PLAN

PROJECT PLAN Ethics Committee submission Recruit managers to take part in focus

groups Recruit managers to complete

questionnaire Draft questions for focus groups and

questionnaire Send out questionnaire (Dec 2014) Convene focus groups (Jan 2015)

TARGET JOURNAL

TARGET JOURNALSAt present there are a couple of options: The Training Journal

Innovations in Education and Training International (IETI)

E-PORTFOLIO

E-PORTFOLIO Literature

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