1. The curriculum in the digital age Steven Fawkes, Policy Adviser BBC Learning & Interactive steven.fawkes@bbc.co.uk

2.  independent of Government  established by Charter, reviewed by Government (DCMS)  Public Service  commercial arm - BBC Worldwide  provision for 4 Nations of UK

3.  Primary schools  Secondary schools  Colleges  Adults  (in all 4 Nations of UK)

4. BBC RaW  http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/

5.  England:  National Curriculum  Dept. for Education and Skills, QCA  Wales  National Curriculum  Welsh priorities (language, history etc.)  Welsh Assembly, ACCAC

6.  Scotland:  National Guidelines  Scottish Executive, LTS, SQA  Northern Ireland:  National Curriculum Dept. for Education NI, CCEA

7.  www.becta.org.uk www.becta.org.uk  www.curriculumonline.gov.uk www.curriculumonline.gov.uk  www.teachernet.org.uk www.teachernet.org.uk  www.teachers.tv www.teachers.tv  Connecting the UK, the Digital Strategy (DTI and Cabinet Office) - parents and digital divide  Extended Schools  DfES e-strategy / ICT in schools  QCA Futures

8.   Transform teaching and learning..   Engage ‘hard to reach’ learners..   Build an open accessible system..   Achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness..   Priority to provide A common digital infrastructure to support transformation and reform

9.   We need better digital resources.. We must support innovation in the market by improving our knowledge of where e- learning works particularly well.. And we must keep the curriculum moving, to take advantage of new methods in all subject areas, and to keep demanding a better response from the technology.

10.  Responding to national needs, and local communities  Supporting formal and informal learning  Mounting campaigns to encourage action  Languages Strategy  www.bbc.co.uk/languages www.bbc.co.uk/languages  www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/  www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/

11.  digital context, all schools connected by 2006  commercial sector response  ELCs  DCMS approval and conditions  ‘Distinctive and complementary’

12.  stimulating, supporting and reflecting the diversity of the UK  continual innovation, distinctiveness from and complementarity to services provided by the commercial sector  not selling or marketing a commercial VLE or textbooks to accompany the service  not allowing use of ELCs for purchase of DC resources  not covering more than 50% of learning outcomes  commissioning in distinct categories – max 22% core, max 30% non-core, 26% Nations, 22% minority  publishing an outline plan for 5 years at least 15 months before the launch of the service, and learning outcomes 12 months before launch

13.  reference to Curriculum Online, and to alternative sources of supply, for which ELCs are available to schools, in promotion of the Digital Curriculum  monitoring by the BBC Governors of implementation of the service  review of the service by the Secretary of State within two years of the launch of the service  OJEC process  http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissio ning/dcp/ojec_front.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissio ning/dcp/ojec_front.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissio ning/dcp/ojec_front.shtml

14.  Broadband offering  Learner-centred  Launch January 2006  Branded October 2005 : BBC Jam  Not accessible outside UK

15.  21CC  Broadband library  Creative Archive  Blast  Who do you think you are?  World War II  Picture of Britain

16.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/21cc/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/21cc/  www.bbc.co.uk/schools/broadband/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/broadband/  http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/archives/the_bbcs _plans/index.html http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/archives/the_bbcs _plans/index.html http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/archives/the_bbcs _plans/index.html  www.bbc.co.uk/blast www.bbc.co.uk/blast  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/index.sh tml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/index.sh tml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/index.sh tml  http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/  http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/apictureofbritain/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/apictureofbritain/