If you are a student on the University of Leicester‘s new distance learning MSc in security, conflict and international development you might be working, and far from the internet. How does the university make sure remote students have all they need to carry out their studies?
Prof Adrian Beck, pictured, head of the department of criminology, says: “When you’re doing that sort of thing, you can’t be carrying huge folders of printed material. It struck us that we needed to find a way for them to transport our materials that is highly flexible but low-weight, and gives them access to all the material they will need while on the go.”
The answer: giving every student on the course a free iPad, which they could download a bespoke app onto, and all the course materials. It’s featured in an article in The Guardian newspaper – online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/feb/18/distance-learning-through-technology.
