Virtual Training Suite

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Virtual Training Suite
RDN
Discover the best of the Web for your subject

• Teaching Internet skills
• Free resources for lecturers and librarians who
  want to teach their students Internet research
  skills
• Case-studies and course materials to help with
  using this resource in
• Taught courses
• Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
• Library and information skills training
• Staff development
• Free posters for each tutorial to download, plus
  guidelines on embedding them in your VLEs and
  course Web pages.

• Learning Internet skills
• Free self-help tutorials for students and staff
  who want to develop their Internet research
  skills
• Over 60 tutorials for most subjects taught in UK
  colleges and universities, each offering
• A tour of key Web sites for your subject
• Tips on Internet searching
• Guidance on Web site evaluation
• Ideas for using the Internet for research
• They take around an hour to complete, with
  interactive quizzes and exercises to lighten the
  learning experience.

Since June 2002 the site has been visited by
tens of thousands of users. Feedback from
lecturers and students has been very positive  
These tutorials are beautifully put together.
The Web interface is one of the best Ive used.
The quizzes were very helpful and the links
basket is a great idea.
"I did the tutorial through my Information
Literacy module at University. I enjoyed working
through it at my own pace. An excellent way to
learn new skills."
The tutorials are now maintained as a JISC
service as part of the UKs Resource Discovery
Network (RDN) www.rdn.ac.uk
Guidelines for using the RDN Virtual Training
Suite in taught courses and VLEs www.vts.rdn.ac
.uk/teacher/
www.vts.rdn.ac.uk
email rdn-vts_at_bristol.ac.uk