Theme: Online Learning

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1. ALISON.
   

   http://alison.com/
   "A free learning resource of interactive certification-based learning. ALISON stands for Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online. The learning is provided free of charge to individual learners. The mission of ALISON is to enable anyone, anywhere, to educate themselves for free. Through ALISON, the cost-barrier to learning can be removed."
2. BBC : Information Technology.
   

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/information_technology.shtml
   Links to online resources for learning about computers and information technology.
3. BBC : Learning.
   

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
   Online learning, support and advice.
4. BBC : Online Courses.
   

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/onlinecourses/
   Links to BBC online courses, many subjects.
5. BBC : WebWise.
   

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/
   The BBC's beginner's guide to the Internet, with an online tutorial. Used extensively by Hackney Silver Surfers and the Agewell Computer Club. The first unit (which is about the course itself) sometimes confuses new learners -- but works well as a group activity with the pages projected onto a screen.
6. BBC : WebWise : Computer Tutor.
   

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/computertutor/computertutorone/
   A resource for people who don't know how to use a keyboard, mouse or computer screen. Very useful -- but only if your computer has sound which you can hear and understand.
7. BBC Webwise : Absolute Beginners' Guide.
   

   http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/abbeg/abbeg.shtml
   Absolute beginners' guide to using computers. A very good starting point. Most learners can get to the end in a single two-hour session, and are rewarded by a certificate that they can print off. Does not require sound.
8. Culture Online.
   

   http://www.cultureonline.gov.uk/
   Interactive projects to enable learning and participation.
9. HelpWeb.
   

   http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/
   "A guide To getting started on the Internet".
10. Intute Virtual Training Suite.
    

    http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/
    "A set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills."
11. Living Internet.
    

    http://www.livinginternet.com/
    "This site is a free, in-depth reference about the Internet, prepared to provide living context and perspective to this most technological of human inventions through popular access to a concise, complete description. The site includes 700-odd pages about the Internet's history, design, use, advanced use, key important features, security issues, help resources, and references to more information, and has received input from many people that helped build the Internet."
12. OpenLearn.
    

    http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
    Access free educational resources from The Open University.

1. Computers and Internet : Computers and Safety.
2. Computers and Internet : Search : Tutorials.
3. Contact and Communication : Contributing.
4. Hackney : Adult Education.
5. Hackney : IT Learning Centres.
6. Information Sources.
7. Services and Advice : Libraries.