Double E-Learning Award Wins

Two showcase projects, BBC Upfront Online produced by the BBC Academy in association with Atticmedia and The Legula Adventure for learndirect have been recognised with prestigious E-Learning Age Awards.

BBC Upfront Online and The Legula Adventure took Gold and Silver respectively in the Excellence in the Production of Learning Content - Public Sector at the annual awards which celebrate the breadth and quality of the UK's e-learning industry.

The BBC has introduced a dynamic new online element to its staff induction programme as part of its investment in the BBC Upfront blended learning programme. Produced by the BBC Academy and developed by Atticmedia, the online course creates a unique immersive, rich 3D space which allows the user to travel along a pre-determined path between 10 different modules. 

The Legula Adventure, a free interactive educational game, has also been nominated for a Children's BAFTA in the interactive category.

BBC Janala Launches in Bangladesh

The BBC World Service Trust has launched a major new initiative which is changing the way people learn English in Bangladesh, and in other communities of Bangladeshi origin worldwide.

The multi-platform media project provides high quality English learning tools across mobile, television and the internet to millions of people, many of whom live on less than £2 a day.

We were appointed to design the online BBC Janala brand, create the website designs and create and develop the brand guidelines.

We worked closely with the BBC World Service Trust in Bangladesh, conducting user testing on learning and design approaches in both the capital Dhaka and rural villages. BBC Janala builds upon our growing portfolio of creative design led e-learning approaches for developing world countries.

It's a WildLife…

Our new youth website for Wildlife Watch - the junior branch of The Wildlife Trusts is now live. The site is designed to increase youth membership and ensure existing young members form a stronger relationship with the Wildlife Watch brand.

Although the site contains many online-specific activities for young people to enjoy, it is designed to be as connected to the real world of wildlife as possible. For example users can create their own "Wildlife Spotting Sheets", which they can use in real-world wildlife environments such as one of The Wildlife Trust's 2,256 nature reserves around the UK. This connection with the real-world is also present in an online directory of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts' local groups, each of whom have their own profile page on the Wildlife Watch site.

1-2-1 Rolls Out as Secure Webspace for Families

We are looking for new Local Authority partners to aid the national roll out of our new private, moderated 1-2-1 web space.

The 1-2-1 Space allows children and young people to communicate with their parents, families, relatives and carers securely and privately online. Developed by us with funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, 1-2-1 is part of the Parent Know How Programme.

The service is designed for families where face to face contact is either limited or difficult. But it's different from other social media spaces like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo because two users connect on a totally private basis.

1-2-1 has been successfully used for the past 12 months by the charity Respect, with more than 35 families being referred to it via Cafcass and other children's services. Now we'd like to white label the service to Local Authority Social Services teams, Education & Children's Services.

Visit the 121 space or email info@the121space.com for further information on how it works.

LSIS Launches Brain Games

Brain Games is a new resource that we have created for LSIS to support learners in achieving the National Literacy and Numeracy tests. It was launched at the recent LSIS Skills for Life conference and it will shortly be available in a form that can be downloaded onto a memory stick so it can be used in outreach situations where there is a computer but no internet access.

Want a BETT?

Our sister agency BDP Learning has been shortlisted for the 2010 BETT awards for the 'Supporting learner progression' resource, produced for LSIS. It's part of the Teaching and Learning programme, click here to see what it looks like.