Learning.
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Online learning.
BBC tutorials for beginners.
- BBC - Absolute beginners’ guide to using computers (with sound) - A very good starting point. Most learners can get to the end in a single two-hour session, and are rewarded by a certificate that they can print off.
- BBC - Absolute beginners’ guide to using computers - This version does not use sound.
- BBC - Computer Tutor - A resource for people who don’t know how to use a keyboard, mouse or computer screen. Very useful, requires sound.
- BBC - Learning Online - Information Technology - Links to online resources for learning about computers and information technology.
- BBC - Learning Online - Adult Learners - Online learning, support and advice.
- BBC - Raw - Computers - A good series of tutorials for beginners, each in two versions: Flash (interactive, practical, requiring sound) and HTML (non-interactive, all on one page). Doing both seems to work well — first the interactive Flash tutoral, reinforced by reading through the short HTML version. There is also a summary page with links to PDF copies of each tutorial.
- BBC - Skillswise - Improve your English and maths.
- BBC - Webwise - Beginner’s guide to the Internet, with an online tutorial.
- Webwise Guides - Guides to: Online sharing (photos, podcasts, social networks), Watching TV online, Getting online.
Learning Zone.
- Learning Zone - Digital Unite’s Learning Zone course content and objectives are similar to our own, and a good online destination after the BBC for learners who have learnt a little about email. After registering at Learning Zone, they have access to about 60 useful guides in PDF format. They can print them (they are all quite short), then follow the guides in their own way. Learning Zone also offers online Question & Answer support.
More advanced learning.
- ALISON - Free online learning resource for basic and essential workplace skills.
- OpenLearn - Free educational resources from The Open University.
- Virtual Training Suite - A set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills.
Other learning resources.
- Computer Mouse Tutorial - Simple mouse exercises.
- Email Etiquette - How to send an email that the recipient will definitely read.
- Free Online Tutorials - Microsoft products.
- Jigzone - Online jigsaws, good for learning mouse skills
- Money Matters To Me : Interactive Workshops - Help learners with mouse control, or with their numeracy or with samples of Internet on-line activities.
- Standard Windows Keyboard Layout - Illustration and explanation of the keys.
- Typing Test - Check your typing speed with this test from the Learn2Type website.
