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  • BBC to launch new digital curriculum in the UK in Janaury

    MUMBAI: The BBC will launch a new learning service for five to 16 year olds in the UK in January 2006. This new public service BBC Jam which will be delivered over broadband will continue to roll out until September 2008. BBC Jam is a key part of the BBC’s role in developing digital Britain. .

    BBC controller of learning and interactive Liz Cleaver said, “This is the most significant new learning service from the BBC and I hope it will really appeal to children. We wanted a name reflecting the spirit of the service that was lively and fun and would resonate equally well across our target audience of five to 16 year olds. BBC jam tested really well with all audiences.”

    BBC jam will exploit the latest digital technologies to deliver a brand new learning experience combining video, games, audio and animation in a way not seen before. The service will also attempt to inspire children who are not achieving their potential to try an alternative way of learning.

    BBC Jam is looking to bring online interactive learning into the home as well as the classroom. It will help pupils learn at their own pace in a way that interests and suits them most.

  • BBC’s future vision involves connecting the global audience

    BBC’s future vision involves connecting the global audience

    MUMBAI: The BBC has unveiled its future vision. As per this at some point in time everyone in the UK will have equal access to digital services – on demand, portable and personalised.

    The broadcaster is also looking to transform the relationship with the audience by connecting them with each other locally and globally.

    The report is called Building Public Value. It lays out a nine point manifesto and actions for how the BBC can take a lead in building a fully digital Britain. The aim is to ensure that no one is excluded from the second stage of the digital revolution.

    While building platforms and better access to more affordable digital technologies is a first step to a fully digital Britain, the second is about opening up the creative potential and public, as well as private, value.

    Innovations like access to the BBC’s Creative Archive and the Digital Curriculum – due to launch in 2006 – are already underway. However pilots such as BBC News’ iCan, which enables active participation in civic life, and Media Player (iMP) which, like the enormously successful Radio Player, allows people to download any TV programme within seven days of transmission, give audiences more freedom from schedules than ever before.

    BBC DG Mark Thompson added, “An economist might conclude that the BBC has an important role in preventing various kinds of market failure in the new digital world. Our vision is far bolder. We look forward to a future where the public have access to a treasure house of digital content; a store of value which spans media and platforms, develops and grows over time, which the public own and can freely use in perpetuity.”

    Thompson also said that the beeb was hoping to achieve switchover from analogue by 2012. The most urgent priority for the BBC in the future is not further expansion, but completing the challenge of creating a fully digital Britain. That is what will enable the BBC to deliver its vision of universality the report stated.

    Thompson however went on to say “We can help build an infrastructure but digital Britain will only come to life if it also becomes a creative space in which the best ideas and the best talent can meet audiences who are hungry for originality and quality.

    “In the end, the future will not be about pathways and platforms but about content. Universally available, outstanding, distinctive content has always been and remains the point of the BBC.”

    Three reviews are currently underway. One is looking into the BBC’s production base and commissioning needs, including a level playing field and a fairer deal for independents. Another is examining the BBC’s commercial services and a third is focussing on general efficiencies.

  • Digital Curriculum puts BBC at heart of online learning

    MUMBAI: The BBC’s Digital Curriculum, a new public service, will provide interactive learning materials via the internet to support the school curriculum.
    The BBC will now play a significant role, as part of a public/private partnership, in the development and introduction of the world’s first comprehensive ‘Curriculum Online’ service launched by the British Department for Education and Skills in 2002.
    The new BBC service will use the power of interactivity to provide a range of compelling multi-media content. Students will be offered a mix of digital learning resources including video, flash animations, interactive games, printable worksheets, text pages and illustrations providing a variety of ways to learn.
    These will be offered within a ‘Virtual Learning Environment’ which will provide the space online where students can interact with the resources, giving them flexibility to navigate through the service in the way best suited to their style of learning.
    It will also allow teachers to personalise and manage the service. The ?150 million service will be built up over a five-year period and will cover subjects from across the curriculum at all levels, including minority subjects and materials for those with special educational needs.
    The BBC’s service will be available via the internet at school, at home or in the community (for example at community centres, libraries or internet cafes), or for whole class teaching using an interactive whiteboard. Users with a simple narrowband connection will be able to access around 70 per cent of the materials and to download the more sophisticated elements for storage and use offline, while users with broadband links will be able to use the entire service in real time online.
    The conditions set by Britain’s Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell while approving BBC Digital Curriculum included requirements to:
    – Innovate and promote educational and technological experimentation- the service must innovate continually, and exploit the extensive archives of the BBC and its media rich resources, and promote technological and educational experimentation.
    · Work closely with the DfES Curriculum Online Content Advisory Board. The BBC must follow the Board’s recommendations, where possible. Curriculum Online is a DfES initiative providing access to high quality digital content to all teachers.