Teaching administrative and therapeutic aspects of information technology (IT) in an Increasingly crowded curriculum demands an innovative approach to teaching and learning in order to maintain sound educational practices. At Glasgow Caledonian University, the students use an authoring system to create a simple piece of software, appropriate to a therapeutic environment, it is argued that this very practical exercise maximises the students' awareness of the therapeutic potential of IT and develops practical, transferable IT skills.
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