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Becta awards Open Source schools project

The Open Source community is apparently ' up in arms' following Becta's decision to award a £270K Open Source project contract to AlphaPlus Consultancy . This follows previous work with Becta on e-learning vocabularies . Mark Taylor of Sirius...

Open Source! ... about to be taken seriously by Becta?

Becta are encouraging the use of open source software in its latest framework agreement for software. The four year agreement will start in October and replace the current software licensing framework that has been in place since 2005. Up to 10 suppliers...

Microsoft referred to Office of Fair Trading

Hot on the heels of the EU fine , It would appear Microsoft are now facing pressure in the UK from Becta. The issues of the EU decision were complex, and arguably the act of forcing Microsoft to hand over its Intellectual property to competitors is highly...

Personalised Online Learning Space = Kent Learning Zone!

Schools may have recently received an email from Becta on their Oct 2007 ICT Advice Alert . The states the Government target that all schools should have a 'personalised online learning space' by August 2008. The alert also suggests that schools contact...

e-Portfolio Research Report

Becta have released their " Impact study of e-portfolio's on learning " conducted by a team of researchers from University of Nottingham led by Helen Barrett . The study provides eight case studies from across education, from primary to adult learning...
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