Learning Light clarifies its comments regarding Becta material on its E-learning Centre website
Learning Light has clarified its comments about including much of the intellectual property of Becta on its E-learning Centre website, following new information which has come to light.
Learning Light, the Sheffield-based centre of excellence which, among other things, publishes research on the UK and other European e-learning markets, recently placed a wealth of Becta-owned information on its E-learning Centre website (www.e-learningcentre.co.uk).
At the time, Learning Light believed that the E-learning Centre website was the only place where this information was available - following the closure of Becta under the Coalition Government's public spending cuts.
However - as Learning Light's director of operations, David Patterson, explained: "Yesterday, we were contacted by Ian Chowcat, who is Head of Learning Innovation at Sero Consulting Limited. He pointed out that: 'The Becta website is in the National Archives and the Institute of Education is hosting the official legacy repository of Becta research documents - including some in which I was involved.'
"Naturally, we're deeply grateful to Ian for bringing this to our attention," Patterson continued.
"Of course, the fact remains that this Becta material is available on the E-learning Centre website - which regularly attracts up to 100,000 'hits' a month and contains a wealth of e-learning and learning technologies related information.
"The Becta Collection is easily accessible and freely available for viewing at http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/Resources/Becta_Collection," he added.
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