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A new tool by which students can communicate with tutors and each other is changing childcare studies. Ruth Thomson logs on.

Embarking on a course can mean learning new skills, meeting new people and developing a whole new way of thinking. Taking the angst out of this daunting prospect for increasing numbers of students is a weblog (blog).

'It took some time to get used to, but I found the blog a very useful tool,' says one Foundation degree student at Solihull College.

The college takes a 'blended learning approach' - that is, it offers courses with a combination of face-to-face teaching and out-of-class study. Course work is made available via a moodle, a Virtual Learning Environment. And that, in turn, is accessed via the weblog.

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