Learning Resources

An important new reference document that is raising the standard of e-learning developments was launched at this year?s BETT conference, the annual educational technology show. Tweet
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BECTA announced the results at BETT 2004. Tweet
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Looking South: The annual BETT education technology trade show opened this morning with a keynote speech from secretary of state for education and skills, Charles Clarke. Tweet
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Virtual learning environments (VLE) are waiting on the blocks at the British Educational and Training Technology (Bett) show 2004, along with powerful, portable new ways of using software tools. Tweet
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Pair e-learning with entertainment, and you’ve got a major new market Tweet
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Continuing this pre-Christmas theme of whisky, this article published by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, explores the idea that the water is a crucial ingredient to a good malt. You?re learning a lot this week! Tweet
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The Daft Days – in Scotland this was the name given to the time between Christmas Day and Hogmanay – i don’t know if anyone still calls it that. This is Robert Fergusson’s poem to celebrate the time, when a glass of whisky may be drunk to keep out the cold of “December’s dowie...
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This document contains the earliest known reference to whisky. In 1494 Friar John Cor, a monk, was allowed 8 bolls of grain to make aqua vitae for the king. Tweet
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Murray Allan Project Officer, SFEU X4L (the JISC Exchange for Learning project) has been motivated by the imperative to make the most of the considerable investment that has taken place in a range of content which has high potential value for use in learning. X4L is lead by 25 projects from across the UK...
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A huge archive of television and film footage is being made freely available on the internet. The collection comes from the British Film Institute (bfi) National Film and Television Archive. James Mason fills you in on the details… Tweet
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