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The Computer Literacy Project 1980-1989
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Richard Millwood
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Apr 04, 2026
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pioneering,
journey,
BBC computer literacy project
In the 1980s, the BBC explored the world of computing in The Computer Literacy Project. They commissioned a home computer (the BBC Micro) and taught viewers how to program.
The Computer Literacy Project chronicled a decade of information technology and was a milestone in the history of computing in Britain, helping to inspire a generation of coders.
This site contains all 146 of the original Computer Literacy Project programmes plus 121 related programmes, broken down into 2,509 categorised, searchable clips.
Watch any of the 267 programmes
Explore 2,509 programme clips by topic or text search
Find out how the BBC Computer Literacy Project came about
Run 166 BBC Micro programs that were used on-screen
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Early days in Fife with Microcomputers
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Kevin Thompson
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Jun 22, 2008
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Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM
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story
Kevin Thompson develops the use of early microcomputers in school, evening class and university in the eighties
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HELP - Henley Extended Learning Platform
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Matty Smith
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Jul 15, 2008
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Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM
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story,
distance learning
Early use of dial-up connectivity to support distance learning students at Henly Management College
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Making web pages to exhibit science work
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Danny Nicholson
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Jul 15, 2008
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Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM
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pioneering,
story,
web authoring
In the early days of the internet, one class publishes work on renewable energy in web pages, leading to some rewarding outcomes
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Your demonstrations have got to work
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Sue Owen
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Jul 15, 2008
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Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM
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story,
journey
A story of early use of computing, punched cards and failure to deliver, but also of business simulations and 'fellow experimenters' learning together with the teacher
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Embedding Video Conferencing in a Multi-site University Setting
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Andrew Wood
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Nov 20, 2008
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Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM
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story,
university,
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embedding,
video conferencing
An experience of the development and deployment of video conferencing while leading a university media production department:
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Multi-choice questionnaires for revision
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Phillip Lawton
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Apr 07, 2014
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Jun 08, 2015 02:48 PM
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story,
higher education,
first use,
educational software,
assessment
The engineering Science Project - one of the 30 projects of the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning
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Micros in the Mathematics Classroom - 14 teaching units
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admin
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Apr 03, 2026 08:03 PM
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educational software,
mathematics,
pioneering,
teaching
This document authored by the Shell Centre for Mathematics Education at Nottingham University and the ITMA Collaboration gives operational, pedagogical and descriptive accounts of fourteen programs for use in Mathematics teaching
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Micros in the Mathematics Classroom
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19840700 Computers in the Curriculum Newsletter 6 July 1984.pdf
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by
Richard Millwood
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Apr 03, 2026 08:05 PM
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pioneering,
mep
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39 Technology at Brentwood
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by
Richard Millwood
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Apr 03, 2026 07:57 PM
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pioneering,
education,
embedding,
secondary education
"This paper describes how Brentwood School are incorporating aspects of micro technology within the life of the school. They are using a design based, problem solving approach which serves to bring together applications in both science and the arts This paper has been specially written by Alan Robinson, who is head of the Applied Science and Technology Department at Brentwood School. The Centre is grateful to him for his contribution. July 1984."
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The Independent Schools Microelectronics Centre