The Virtual Training Suite

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Learners will learn how to save time and improve the quality of their work when searching the Internet for information for coursework, literature reviews or personal research.

Each tutorial enables them to:

  1. TOUR the best of the Web for their subject
    See the sites that can help with their course work.
  2. DISCOVER how to search the Internet effectively
    Find the best search tools and techniques.
  3. JUDGE which Web sites are worth using for research
    Learn how to avoid common pitfalls on the Internet, by critically evaluating the information they find.
  4. Read SUCCESS stories to inspire them
    See some practical examples of how others are using the Internet to support their research and studies.

These are teach-yourself tutorials which can be done at the time and place that suits them. There are quizzes and interactive exercises to lighten the learning and no one is monitoring or marking them.

To work through all the sections of a tutorial will take around an hour, though learners might prefer to do one chunk at a time over more than one sitting, or focus on the sections that are most relevant to them.

Visit the intute: Virtual Training Suite at http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/.

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Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Produced and edited by John Dalziel (eLearning Adviser) JISC RSC-Northwest - Lancaster University