Case study

Using chat rooms within social policy education


Case study summary
Author Lorraine Harding
Organisation University of Leeds
Contact l.m.harding@leeds.ac.uk
Disciplinary focus Social policy
Publication date 21 August 2002
Keywords chat rooms, children's rights

Description

The use of chatrooms on two level 3 modules, Children's Rights and Children's Rights Project are discussed. Student feedback is encouraging and the lecturer felt that the use of chatrooms and its informal approach aided in seeing what students were thinking and how they understood issues. An excerpt from student guidelines is also attached.

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