This page describes some recent changes to the PATSy system.

2005 Vicarious learning project website created at www.vicarious.ac.uk

2004 Chapter on PATSy in book: Cox, R. & Lum, C. [2004] Case-based teaching & clinical reasoning: Seeing how students think with PATSy. In Brumfitt, S. (Ed.) Innovations in professional education for Speech and Language Therapists, Whurr.

June 2003 Funding for a new PATSy project is announced: Vicarious Learning and Case-Based Teaching of Clinical Reasoning Skills, funded under Phase III of the ESRC's TLRP programme. Here is a press release.

May 2003 The CaSTLe project begins, funded under HEFCE FDTL4. Aim is to embed and disseminate innovative case study based learning and teaching methods within the allied subject areas of Audiology and Speech and Language Sciences. More information.

31st October 2002 PATSy is one of approximately 250 projects to be included in the alpha release of LESTER (Learning Science and Technology Repository), an online portal developed by Rice University and sponsored by Microsoft Research that tracks innovations in education and technology... LESTER aims to bring greater visibility to exemplary projects, organizations, and researchers, ... for those working at the intersection of education, cognitive science, computer science and engineering, psychology, and academic domains. click here

April/May 2002 Extensive work on PATSy's administrator 'back end' to permit user departments to add their own cases and data to the system more autonomously.

28th March 2002 Launched "Raw data output" mode on PATSy which presents PATSy test results in plain text format suitable for importing into Excel to allow statistical analyses of test data. For further details, click here

26th February 2002 FAQ and Trouble-shooting lists installed on PATSy under "About PATSy and further information".

10th February 2002 National Grid for Learning badge awarded. Contributor's, publications Web pages tidied. New 'Other related cases' menu line installed.

1st February 2002 Two new domains introduced to PATSy: Neuropsychology and Medical Rehabilitation. These add to the existing domains of Speech & Language and Dyslexia.

November 2001 New "Educational Support" table from the test list containing domain-specific links. These links include IPA charts, and researcher-specific guides to tests. A new distinction between "Demonstration" and "Research" classification of cases on PATSY introduced. Consent documents installed on PATSy.