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A Short History Off-line
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Richard Millwood
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Oct 24, 2009
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Feb 24, 2012 03:49 PM
Richard Millwood has produced a thorough history of the developments of hardware from the teletype to the smartphone and of software from punched card input to LOGO to cloud computing. Graphic displays, office productivity tools, interactive multimedia and social networking are considered in the context of the educational imperatives of the time and the development of communication and creativity among learners in each decade since the 1970s. The article looks at the implications of the way that technologies and pedagogies have interacted in the past to focus ideas for the educational technology of the future.
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BBC's Tomorrow's World presents Nellie - a computer set to revolutionise the classroom.
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Richard Millwood
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Sep 20, 2009
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Apr 05, 2011 10:42 PM
The BBC's Tomorrow's World, 1969. "While many pupils might wish they could hand their schoolwork over to a computer, the boys of Forest Grammar School have turned a computer into schoolwork. Dubbed Nellie, the machine can be programmed to solve mathematical equations or even play music. Lessons also include computer maintenance - something of a necessity, considering the likelihood of Nellie crashing..."
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BBC Computer Literacy Project
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Richard Millwood
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Jul 20, 2009
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May 24, 2012 12:53 PM
The BBC Computer Literacy Project was conceived of in 1979 by the BBC's Continuing Education Television Department and led to a launch in January 1982 of a television series based on the BBC Microcomputer commissioned from and designed by computer company Acorn.
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The Domesday Project
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Richard Millwood
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Jul 13, 2009
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Apr 05, 2011 11:02 PM
From 1984 to 1986 the Domesday Project, organised by the BBC, gathered film, photographs, descriptions and data to cover the United Kingdom, publishing it all on an innovative variant of laser disc technology, LV-ROM in November 1986 in celebration of the 900th anniversary of the Norman Domesday Book.
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The Camileon Project to rescue BBC Domesday
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Richard Millwood
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Jul 13, 2009
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Apr 05, 2011 10:42 PM
The CAMiLEON Project is developing and evaluating a range of technical strategies for the long term preservation of digital materials. A key proof of concept case study for CAMiLEON is the rescue of BBC Domesday and the implementation of an emulation strategy to preserve this remarkable but fragile digital resource. These pages provide a description their work with BBC Domesday
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The BBC Domesday Project - November 1986
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Richard Millwood
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Jul 13, 2009
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Apr 05, 2011 10:42 PM
A web site about the project and its subsequent preservation challenges created by Andy Finney
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Microelectronics Education Programme - The Strategy
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Richard Millwood
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Apr 05, 2011 09:07 PM
The strategy document published by Richard Fothergill in April 1981 to guide the MEP programme from 1981 - 1986
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Richard Fothergill's personal archive
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The Domesday Project
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Richard Millwood
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May 14, 2009
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Apr 15, 2011 03:16 PM
From 1984 to 1986 the Domesday Project, organised by the BBC, gathered film, photographs, descriptions and data to cover the United Kingdom, publishing it all on an innovative variant of laser disc technology, LV-ROM in November 1986 in celebration of the 900th anniversary of the Norman Domesday Book.
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The National Health Service University
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Richard Millwood
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Mar 19, 2009
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Apr 05, 2011 11:02 PM
The National Health Service University (NHSU) was set up in 2001 in response to the Government‚'s commitment to establish a university especially dedicated to health and social care and survived until 31 July 2005.
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The Voices Project
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Richard Millwood
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Mar 19, 2009
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Apr 05, 2011 10:42 PM
What do our past experiences of using ICT for teaching and learning tell us? A project to look into into the experiences of teacher educators who have engaged with developing the use of ICT in school and teacher education and to give voice to the achievements and concerns of these colleagues during the short history of ICT in school.
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