autology

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autology

An obsolete term for the science of self-analysis.

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So it is that if children are to learn from the Autology programme they need to be taught by a teacher beforehand exactly what sort of information they are looking for, what will be useful for their particular project and how to construct a coherent piece of written work, presenting their findings, all the things that only a knowledgeable teacher can offer on a personal level.

AGENDA: What we need are super teachers - not a super highway

Autology provides an online learning tool for schools and home-based study which enables students to access paid-for content from educational publishers including Pearson, Letts Lonsdale and World Book.

Autology's chairman, Julian Harley, said: "Autology is achieving rapid progress as a provider of easily searchable digital content to school and college students.

Early enquiry levels suggest that Autology will be just one of many exciting investments that will form part of our Digital and Creative portfolio."

Digital fund's first foray backs online learning firm

Autology is an educational off-shoot of a software system called Autonomy developed in the late 80s by an academic at Cambridge University.

"Autology can match concepts to the syntactic relationship that exists between words.

Intelligent software could give students a real push; EDUCATION An 'intelligent"' research tool used by security services, news agencies and bluechip companies is being tested on pupils in Birmingham. Called Autology, it could radically transform the way children learn, virtually making text books a thing of the past. Education Correspondent Shahid Naqvi reports