{"id":17295,"date":"2008-09-10T02:53:52","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T18:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/virtual-tutors-on-trial-at-curtins-regional-centres\/"},"modified":"2008-09-10T02:53:52","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T18:53:52","slug":"virtual-tutors-on-trial-at-curtins-regional-centres","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/virtual-tutors-on-trial-at-curtins-regional-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual tutors on trial at Curtin\u2019s regional centres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"title\">\n<div id=\"titledesc\">\n<p>C250\/08<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span>10 September 2008<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In a first for Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology\u2019s regional  students will have 24 hour access to tutors, in a trial across the University\u2019s  10 regional centres, from this week.<\/p>\n<p>The program, known as SMARTTHINKING, guarantees each student personalised  support from a real tutor, available any time from any computer connected to the  internet.<\/p>\n<p>Curtin\u2019s Head of Regional, Remote and E-Learning Associate Professor  Christopher Brook said the program would provide valuable additional tutoring  support to students in remote regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly reports from other trials suggest that the program results in students  achieving improved grades, developing increased confidence in their academic  ability and an increase in unit completion rates,\u201d Associate Professor Brook  said.<\/p>\n<p>The SMARTTHINKING tutoring program will join a suite of Web 2.0 tools that  are being used at Curtin\u2019s regional centres, designed to take advantage of  contemporary technologies to support students who are geographically removed  from resources available in major cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnologies like Blogs, Wikis and VOIP (voice over internet protocols) are  just some of the tools that have become central to the delivery of an  outstanding teaching and learning experience in our regional centres,\u201d Associate  Professor Brook said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to these technologies, country students are no longer at a  disadvantage to their city counterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the trial, Curtin\u2019s regional students will be able to ask their  SMARTTHINKING tutors for assistance in understanding assignment topics, in how  to construct an answer and in academic writing and referencing techniques.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSMARTHINKING tutoring will never replace face-to-face tuition and it is not  intended to, but it does provide an immediate, convenient and effective way to  access that little bit extra support that is sometimes needed,\u201d Associate  Professor Brook said.<\/p>\n<p><span>Modified: 10 September 2008<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a first for Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology\u2019s regional students will have 24 hour access to tutors, in a 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