That would be me! I bought a digital SLR a couple of years ago, and at the end of last year I took an OU digital photography course which was really good, although some basic skills were needed before hand. The thing it did for me was force me to think more about the pictures I was taking. Feel free to add me on Facebook to take a look at my pictures, or go through the photos section on here as I posted a few.
There are a few magazines out there which offer some tips each month, and one of them runs a digital SLR skills course (online I think) for free. I'll see if I can dig out the article.
I haven't really looked on the site for basic skills but you could try
www.dslruser.co.uk which is the site for one of the magazines I subscribe to.