Â鶹Éç Learning Indie Commissioning Event
Post categories: Â鶹Éç Online,ÌýLearning,Ìýaccountability
| 12:30 UK time, Thursday, 20 December 2012
Hi, I'm Chris Sizemore executive editor for the Â鶹Éç's Knowledge & Learning product. Alongside Ian Myatt, head of product for Knowledge & Learning, I'm privileged to be responsible for the Â鶹Éç's digital output around the factual and educational genres.
In November Â鶹Éç Learning held its annual Indie Commissioning meeting at in Salford. This event gives Â鶹Éç Learning a chance to share our plans for the coming year with partners and indies.
We also presented an update on the Â鶹Éç's new Knowledge & Learning online product, discussing both the progress we're making and the strategy behind the product.
Saul Nassé, controller of Â鶹Éç Learning, spoke about the Â鶹Éç's overarching vision for Learning: to "inspire a life full of learning for all our audiences".
Saul laid out Â鶹Éç Learning's three main areas of focus:
- We commission TV programmes (and occasional radio programmes).
- We commission and produce face-to-face events.
- We commission and produce online content for lifelong learners and students aged five to 19 and their teachers.
Saul described Â鶹Éç Learning's job as influencing and collaborating with other parts of the Â鶹Éç, with partners and with indies to get this "life full of learning" to happen right across the Â鶹Éç's output, not just within the Learning department itself.
In that sense the department's mission is to act as a kind of 'glue'.
In keeping with this strategic approach, Saul, Ian and I want the Knowledge & Learning online product to play a 'glue' role too, helping bind the different parts of Â鶹Éç Online together for audiences.
I'd like to thank all the independent companies who gave their time to join us and share their questions and experiences. I met a lot of folks I didn't know before and from my point of view the event was a big success.
You can download the presentation from the Â鶹Éç Learning Indie Commissioning session at the About Â鶹Éç Learning website.
The range of commissioning briefs that were mentioned on the day can be found now (or in a couple of cases will be posted very soon) on our page about Learning commissioning priorities and opportunities.
Chris Sizemore is executive editor for the Â鶹Éç's Knowledge & Learning product.
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