A microchip off the old block
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Research undertaken at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, indicates that students who are experiencing difficulties with conventional lectures may be assisted by computer-aided learning. Imaginative courseware software may allow course material to be made much more real to struggling students than is possible in an ordinary lecture. Using computer-aided techniques, students are able to experiment with their own solutions to particular problems. The research indicates that courseware must bring together a range of activities and styles of presentation in order to be effective.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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Skill breaks disabled block
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Deborah Cooper is head of the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, or Skill, a UK organization which aims to provide help for disabled students. Cooper provides information and encourages universities to aid disabled students, for example by allowing them to tape lectures. She has also influenced the Open University, which has over 5,000 students with disabilities and has awarded her a masters degree on an honorary basis for her work helping disabled students.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995
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