This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Who, what and why

Hello,

My name is Kate Simpson, I am a research student based at Edinburgh Napier University. I have recently begun to teach and in the last few years have been working as an assisted study skills tutor. I am very conscious that-to use a superhero phrase-technology can be a force for good! But often, as Mary Clements from Wests Suffolk College said, 'it is an ''add on' for the sake of it.'
I think TEL options will finally allow all students to have a level playing field; whether isolated by geography, limited physically or with assisted skills needs. Yet, it [...]