An occupational therapy Internet school

Abstract

Four centres in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden have collaborated to provide Internet-based courses for student and professional occupational therapists. The basis of the Occupational Therapy Internet School (OTIS) is the concept of the ‘virtual college’. This comprises the design and implementation of a sophisticated Internet-based system through which courses can be managed, prepared and delivered on line, and through which students can communicate both with the staff and their peers. The aim is to support and facilitate the whole range of educational activities within a remote electronic environment.