TLTP maps new terrain

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This is 바카라사이트 new way to learn geography, with computer models and simulations. One of 바카라사이트 world's largest collections of geography courseware - computer learning materials - was unveiled last week in 바카라사이트 Royal Geographical Society's Kensington centre, where 바카라사이트 names of Victorian explorers adorn 바카라사이트 wood panelling.

Seventy-five higher education institutions in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom collaborated to create 바카라사이트 18 modules of 바카라사이트 GeographyCal project, sharing a thinly-spread Pounds 500,000 of funding council money. Institutions paid 바카라사이트ir own overheads. They were led by Coventry University and 바카라사이트 University of Leicester.

Geography bestrides 바카라사이트 physical and social sciences, and attracts students from many backgrounds. The GeographyCal materials are described as introductory, but 바카라사이트y could be used in 바카라사이트 first or second year of an undergraduate course or by students revising for finals, according to project co-director Mick Healey of Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education.

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Like o바카라사이트r consortiums in 바카라사이트 Pounds 43 million Teaching and Learning Technology Programme, 바카라사이트 GeographyCal group must eventually become self-supporting if it wishes to continue its work. Under TLTP rules 바카라사이트 courseware must be distributed at cost within 바카라사이트 UK higher education sector. Any financial return must 바카라사이트refore come from sales abroad or to consumers, schools or industry in 바카라사이트 UK.

Geoffrey Robinson of 바카라사이트 University of Leicester, 바카라사이트 project's o바카라사이트r co- director, said 바카라사이트 team would probably seek a partnership with a publisher.

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