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Help with IT Skills
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/
Teach yourself essential Internet skills for all areas
The RDN Virtual Training Suite aims to help students, lecturers and researchers in UK higher and further education to develop their Internet information literacy and ICT skills (though it is also freely available for any one else to use).
It offers a set of FREE "teach yourself" tutorials, delivered over the Web, each of which offers Internet skills training in a particular subject area. There's a tutorial for most of the subjects taught in universities and colleges.
The tutorials offer "any time, any place" training and include quizzes and interactive exercises to lighten the learning experience. They offer a subject-based approach to Internet skills training, enabling you to:
- TOUR key Web sites for your subject
See the sites that can help with essays, course work, research and teaching. - DISCOVER how to search the Internet
Find the best search tools and techniques. - REVIEW and JUDGE Web sites
Learn how to avoid common pitfalls on the Internet, by evaluating the information you find. - REFLECT and PLAN to work efficiently
Decide how to make the most of the Internet for your own study, teaching or research.
To work through all the sections takes around 1-2 hours, though you might prefer to do one chunk at a time over more than one sitting, or focus on the sections of most relevance to your work.
The tutorials can be used by individuals as a "teach yourself" tool, or by lecturers, librarians and trainers wanting to teach Internet skills to their students. Supplementary "Resources for Teachers and Trainers" can be found on each tutorial. The tutorials are ideal for incorporating into taught courses or VLEs (Virtual Learning Environments). They can be embedded into university and college courses and can support training in information skills and key skills in ICT.
http://www.creatingcareers.net/
Studying one of our FREE online e-learning courses will help you to develop new skills, train for work, learn with new people and achieve a UK recognised qualification – for FREE.
Vision2learn e-learning courses are all studied online via the internet, so there are no classes or exams to attend. All training courses come with free tutorial support from an online college tutor. All you need is a computer with an internet connection.
Courses are suitable for people aged 16+, and you could study for FREE if you live in England. If you have any questions about our online courses take a look at our Any questions? section.
http://www.caithness.org/links/freeeducationalcoursesonline.htm
This web site gives links to lots of free courses
On this website they aim to support all aspects of e-learning. Whether you are a teacher, librarian, technician, researcher, staff development manager, principal or policy-maker, we can help you make effective use of ICT and e-learning. There is something on Ferl for You. Ferl is a big website. As well as the advice sections on Teaching and Learning, Policies and Strategies, Technology for E-Learning and FPP, there are also over 250 case studies, 150 "how to"s and 600 teaching resources here, along with a wealth of other materials
This web site gives you a table which includes links to lots of free IT courses the table is shown below
Provider(s) |
Title & Link to course website |
Description |
Qualification |
Whatever your level of internet experience (from absolute beginner to advanced user), this excellent service from the BBC, running in conjunction with FE colleges, will provide an opportunity for all to develop their internet skills. There is no need to register. |
You have to attend a Webwise learning centre to take the assessment, and once you have passed the BBC Becoming Webwise unit, you can use it to work towards several national Internet qualifications. |
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Manchester Institute for Information Delivery & |
Three courses are offered: Advanced Internet Training, which is the foundation course covering all aspects of the Internet; HTML Tools, which introduces you to the basic tools needed to design a simple website; and Realtime Communications, which teaches students advanced skills in MUDS, MOOs, MUSHs, Telnet and Internet Relay Chat. |
On successful completion of each course you are eligible for a nationally-recognised ABC Certificate qualification. Advanced Internet Tools is Level 3 (Advanced), HTML Tools is Level 2, and Realtime Communications is Level 3. |
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Netskills, University of Newcastle (partially funded by the JISC) |
TONIC (The Online Netskills Interactive Course) |
The course provides an introduction to the Internet and computer networks in general, describing and illustrating the main software tools for navigating the networks. The course also looks at types and examples of networked information, at the means for searching that information, and at the communication facilities and resources on the net. |
None |
There are four IT courses: First Steps in IT (introduction to computers, word processing, email and the Internet), Next Steps in IT (includes desktop publishing, spreadsheets, databases and HTML), Wizard on the Web (e-commerce and website development) and Web Entrepeneur (website development and entrepreneurial techniques). There is online support from college tutors. |
First Steps in IT leads to the NCFE Level 1 Certificate for IT Users, Next Steps in IT leads to the NCFE Level 2 Certificate for IT Users, Wizard on the Web leads to the NCFE Advanced Certificate in Telematics, and Web Entrepeneur leads to the NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Telematics. |
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E-learning Centre |
E-learning centre is a commercial American training provider, but they always offer several free online courses, which are all complete 3-6 hour online training courses. The free IT courses currently on offer include Excel 2000 Working with Cells, Windows 2000 Server Controlling Access to Files and Folders, HTML Start Creating Your Own Web Page and A+ Certification Networks. |
None |
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A set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills. There are 16 tutorials aimed at the FE sector, and these are subject-related. There is also a reference tutorial, which is a more general course for researchers and information workers. |
None |