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Having read the posts related to definitions of what constitute digital skills I have decided to take a slant that is more relevant to my own teaching context.  I deliver a year one HE module on developing business modelling skills for marketing professionals.  My search for resources is based around that.

In my searching I was not impressed with Ariadne at all.  Where I was able to find a listing of a potentially useful resource it inevitably led to a dead link.  The most useful for my topic was MERLOT.

1: Assessment of spreadsheet skills: http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/10949/1060
Good.  Found from the Jorum site.

2: Advanced spreadsheet skills:
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/excel2007/Excel2007.html
Good.

3: Pivot tables
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/results.aspx?qu=pivot%20table&filter=3
Good

4: Scenario Manager
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/evaluating-scenarios-with-excel-2007s-scenario-man.html
Good.  Again, I found little from OER sources but this resource is readily available

5: Marketing applications for spreadsheets
From Merlot
Good: There are a range of materials here that I will be able to use in the future.

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