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Educational technology news

1. BECTA: British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
2. CETIS: Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards
3. Edupage Newsletter
4. Learning Technology Support Service
5. SMETE Digital Library

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BECTA: British Educational Communications and Technology Agency

National agency which replaced NCET from April 1998. Its remit is to ensure that technology supports the DfEE's objectives to improve educational standards, to support development of the National Grid for Learning, to support the further education sector's developing use of ICT, and in the evaluation of new technologies.
     Author: British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
     Subjects: educational technology news, educational technology use
     DeweyClass: 371.3
     Resource type: institution

CETIS: Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards

Organisation that represents UK Higher and Further Education on international educational standards and initiatives, advises universities and colleges on the strategic, technical and pedagogic implications of educational technology standards and provides strategic and technical input to JISC programmes such as X4L, and the e-learning framework programmes.
     Author: CETIS
     Subjects: educational technology news, educational technology research
     DeweyClass: 607
     Resource type: documents

Edupage Newsletter

Frequently updated summary of news items relevant to information technology and education.
     Author: EDUCAUSE
     Subjects: educational technology news, information technology
     DeweyClass: 004
     Resource type: magazine

Learning Technology Support Service

A service which provides information, advice and assistance to university staff who use, or wish to adopt, learning technology in their teaching. Includes online copies of Interact, a forum for news and views on learning technology.
     Author: Bristol University Institute for Learning and Research Technology
     Subjects: educational technology news
     DeweyClass: 371
     Resource type: documents, news

SMETE Digital Library

A digital library promoting the teaching and learning of science, mathematics, engineering and technology at all levels. Aims to gather and share information from all concerning existing SMETE digital libraries, tools and services, lessons learned, metadata standards used, user studies and publications.
     Author: SMETE
     Subjects: educational technology news, educational technology research
     DeweyClass: 607
     Resource type: directory