The following is an extract from a speech delivered by Stephen Crowne, the CEO of Becta, at Becta's "Further Education & Skills, Next Generation Learning" conference on March 5th, 2009. Becta is the UK government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning. In the speech, Hibernia College's online M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Medicine is held up as an ideal of "next generation learning".