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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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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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CEDAR
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Richard Millwood
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Jun 07, 2011
Computers in Education As a Resource - CEDAR was established in 1979 at the end of the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning (Hooper, 1977) and operated an international information centre on computer assisted learning and training. It built up an extensive collection of books and reports which were transferred to the College library when the project came to an end in 1984.
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BBC Continuing Education Unit
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Richard Millwood
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Jul 25, 2015 11:03 AM
Responsible for adult literacy programmes in the seventies, this group initiated the BBC Computer Literacy Project in 1979, which resulted in the creation of televisons programmes, courses, books and the BBC Microcomputer.
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Industry
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Richard Millwood
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Apr 16, 2008
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Apr 05, 2011 10:41 PM
This section represents the growth and character of the educational computing industry, which has been a unique feature of the UK scene since the early eighties.
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Industry
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Richard Millwood
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Apr 16, 2008
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Jul 27, 2015 11:02 AM
This section is intended to represent the growth and character of the educational computing industry, which has been a unique feature of the UK scene since the early eighties.
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4Mation
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Richard Millwood
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Jul 19, 2008
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Apr 05, 2011 10:41 PM
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Developers and Publishers of Motivating, Fun and Engaging Educational Software since 1983
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People
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Richard Millwood
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Sep 29, 2007
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Jul 27, 2015 10:47 AM
Biographies of people who have been involved in the development of educational computing in the UK. [THIS SECTION IS AT AN EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND NEEDS SUBSTANTIAL WORK]
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Julia Duckworth
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Richard Millwood
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Sep 30, 2007
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Apr 05, 2011 11:04 PM
Julia Duckworth was Education Manager at the National Interactive Video Centre (NIVC) between 1987 and 1992.
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Richard Fothergill
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Richard Millwood
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Nov 10, 2007
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Jul 27, 2015 10:40 AM
Richard Fothergill was the director of the UK Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP) from 1980 to 1986.
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