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Get to Know Biz/ed

Get to Know Biz/ed. RSC Event N. Herts College 30 th April 2004. Biz/ed. Biz/ed history: Began in 1996 Aimed at teachers and learners Business, Economics, Accounting Leisure, Tourism, Sport Now a JISC Service. Biz/ed Sections. The main sections of the site are: Internet Resources

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Get to Know Biz/ed

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  1. Get to Know Biz/ed RSC Event N. Herts College 30th April 2004

  2. Biz/ed Biz/ed history: • Began in 1996 • Aimed at teachers and learners • Business, Economics, Accounting • Leisure, Tourism, Sport • Now a JISC Service

  3. Biz/ed Sections The main sections of the site are: • Internet Resources • Data • Company Info. • Learning Materials • Virtual Worlds • Current Topics • Educators

  4. Guiding Philosophy • help teachers • save time in the preparation of relevant materials • allowing the focus to be placed on the development of student learning • appeal to different learning styles

  5. Key Areas for Development • site navigation • more dynamic resources • improved relevance • enhanced currency • service for educators

  6. What Does This Mean in Practice? • better home page • new ‘educators’ section • rotating ‘What’s new on Biz/ed’ • visitors see regular changes to content • lesson plans, presentations and activities geared to exam specs

  7. Internet Resources The Internet Resources section contains resources selected and described by subject experts. • Over 4300 high quality Internet resources to browse or search • All resources evaluated against quality criteria

  8. Data The data section includes: • TimeWeb – data skills materials and data • ONS data • Penn World data • UK and International In the News archive

  9. Company Info This section contains data, case studies and FAQs on a wide range of business organisations. • Business Profiles • Ratio Analysis – theory and practice • Financial Database • Times 100 Case Studies

  10. Learning Materials A variety of resources including Internet-based worksheets and presentations. Main subject areas are: • Business • Economics • Accounting • AVCE • MBA

  11. Virtual Worlds This section contains large-scale learning resources which have been developed exclusively by Biz/ed. • Virtual Factory • Virtual Economy • Virtual Developing Country • Virtual Learning Arcade

  12. Current Topics Economics, Business and Leisure and Tourism ‘Magazine’ featuring: • Mind Your Business • At Your Leisure • Topical business stories analysed in ‘In the News’ • Guardian newsfeed of business stories

  13. ’Mind Your Business’ • topical news issue • basic background information • theoretical underpinning • tasks geared to higher order skills • builds into archived resource

  14. ‘At Your Leisure’ • Addressing dearth of quality L & R resources • MindMaps for easier visual understanding • early work on drugs in sport, DIY industry, football club ownership

  15. Mini Research Projects • twice-termly • larger scale resources • research and synthesis of information skills relevant to higher education • early examples: illegal drugs industry, the music industry and EU enlargement

  16. Educators Resources aimed at helping teaching and learning in: • Economics, Business, & Accounting • At AS/A2, AVCE, Nuffield, undergraduate Includes lesson plans, activities and presentations, as well as access to syndicated Biz/ed content

  17. Other Key Developments • Biz/ed already caters for assessment of knowledge and application • interactive and non-interactive worksheets in learning materials section • focus on adding resources aimed at higher order skills

  18. Coming Soon • Additions to our Virtual Worlds section • New resources aimed at Leisure, Tourism and Sport • Newly-commissioned materials for HE • Improved range of business profiles • Key economic data resources

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