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CARET is the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge in the UK.
CARET helps University staff discover the potential of e-learning by:
- Providing advice and practical help to individuals and departments to develop programmes that meet their needs.
- Giving academic staff and students the opportunity to work with CARET experts and use CARET resources while creating new elements for their courses.
- Evaluating the contribution of new learning technologies to Higher Education.
- Encouraging the sharing of ideas and information by reporting on innovations in teaching throughout the University of Cambridge.
Its web site is at http://www.caret.cam.ac.uk/
It is active in the eChina project.
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