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This report presents the findings of an international review undertaken to inform the creation of an eHub Pilot Project or e-school with virtual classrooms to support Irish-medium post-primary schools participating in the Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme. The e-Hub pilot project will connect a number of small Irish-medium schools or Irish-medium units in Gaeltacht areas so as to extend the range of curricular choices available to students, particularly at senior cycle, in these schools (Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022; p.21).
The report is divided into 5 sections as follows:
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Virtual Learning Case-studies
Section 3: Essentials of Good Online Learning
Section 4: Recommendations for Gaeltacht e-Hub
Section 5: Key Roles and Procedures.

A key aim of the Department of Education and Skills’ Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017–2022 is to strengthen Irish-medium educational provision in post-primary schools in the Gaeltacht. The provision of a wide range of subject choices through the medium of Irish poses a challenge for post-primary schools due to a lack of availability of suitably qualified teachers with high levels of proficiency in Irish and the generally small size of schools in rural Gaeltacht language-planning areas. In seeking to address this challenge, the Policy identified the potential for the establishment of a pilot Irish-medium e-learning hub to extend the range of subject choices through Irish available to students in small post-primary Gaeltacht schools and Units (Aonaid).

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