Tag Archives: audiovisual resources

The spooky BOOC : books with talking heads and books on white walls

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Christina Egan

When I was little, a book was a book. It did not have buttons to press to produce squeaky sounds or sacks of felt puppets to re-enact the story. It did not give links to online videos or interactive maps … Continue reading →

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BBC’s Knowledge & Learning website

Posted on October 9, 2013 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

Arriving over the coming months is a new website from the BBC to support learning and teaching. Building on the already invaluable material available for classroom use, the refreshed site, currently in beta, will bring together factual and learning content … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton – the Beckenham years

Posted on September 5, 2013 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

Just added to our stock is a new DVD on the early life of children’s author Enid Blyton. Produced by Footprint Productions in Bromley, this production looks at the formative years of the woman who would later go on to … Continue reading →

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Moving Image Gateway – a source of inspiration?

Posted on February 9, 2013 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

The Moving Image Gateway, hosted by the  British Universities Film & Video Council, links to over 1,300 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. Check out the latest additions, browse using the subject links (including Education) or try the search function. Also included are … Continue reading →

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Audiovisual citation – a research project & user survey

Posted on December 13, 2012 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

A colleague recently remarked that there were around 2,000 citation formats available in EndNote. One major area of weakness in all of the current citation systems has been the citation of audiovisual media, whether in physical, broadcast, or online forms. … Continue reading →

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Resources that schools can get and we can’t…

Posted on October 19, 2012 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

Although the Library has a range of audiovisual and other resources available to PGCE students, see for example our Audiovisual Resources Online LibGuide, there are some sources only available to schools which might be worth keeping an eye out for … Continue reading →

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British Library boosts its online sound content

Posted on February 29, 2012 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

The new British Library Sounds website, which replaces the original Archival Sound Recordings site, lets you listen free to some 50,000 tracks of music, spoken word and environmental sounds from the library’s sound archive. For IOE staff and students there is also the … Continue reading →

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Looking for online audiovisual resources?

Posted on November 7, 2011 by UCL Institute of Education Library and Archives

It’s very tempting to go to Google, but the Library has access to several major resource collections which come with the assurance that the material is cleared for educational use. One of these resources is SCRAN, which is part of … Continue reading →

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