Bridgend College

From Researching Virtual Initiatives in Education

Bridgend College is a further education college based in Bridgend, Wales. Founded in 1928 as the Bridgend Mining and Technical Institute, the college today has four campuses in Bridgend, Pencoed and Maesteg.

Courses offered include NVQs and BTECs. The college also offers a range of higher education courses, including HNCs, HNDs and degrees. It is the largest provider of higher education courses of any FE college in Wales.

Its web site is http://www.bridgend.ac.uk/

Bilingual college

At Bridgend College, both Welsh and English languages are used: http://www.bridgend.ac.uk/bilingualism/

e-learning

Distance learning

Bridgend College offers a range of courses at a distance online with Learndirect. http://www.bridgend.ac.uk/PT/

Online learning for on-campus students

The Learning Resource Centre/Library includes e-books and computers for internet research. http://www.bridgend.ac.uk/LRC/

Open Educational Resources (OER)

No evidence of OERs found.

VLE

Moodle is the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) at Bridgend College.

For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgend_College

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