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Education Grid Launched Jointly by Immersive Education Initiation and The Ford Program-Global Education Initiative
In March 2008, the Media Grid, a Boston-based public utility for digital media founded by computer grid pioneer Aaron Walsh, and the Ford Program-Global Education Initiative, an international donor NGO, formed a joint initiative to further education in underserved communities worldwide.  The Ford Program-Global Education has developed three innovative approaches for delivering applied-learning science-engineering programs for K-12 youth and teachers in underserved communities worldwide.  Media Grid has launched two open source education initiatives in less than a year. The Immersive Education Initiative, begun in 2007, is an international consortium of 300 universities, colleges, research institutes and companies that are supporting the development of virtual reality and game-based learning and training systems.  In June 2008, the initiative launched The Education Grid in partnership with Sun Microsystem’s Laboratory’s Project Wonderland, to conduct classes more...
July 1, 2008
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Materials from a variety of Health Science and Technology (HST) courses, including syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, and media presentations are available in this open educational resource made available through the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. This link takes you directly to the OpenCourseWare page listing available HST courses.

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  August 28, 2008

This system for writing and reading signed languages consists of thirteen lessons presented in a logical, visual and easy-to-follow format, designed to illustrate the teaching methodology of sign language. This English version is a translation of the materials produced in Spanish with sample signs and texts from Spanish Sign Language (LSE) and more particularly from the Madrid dialect.

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  August 27, 2008

This site provides a free physics textbook that tells the story of how it became possible, after 2500 years of exploration, to answer such questions. The book is written for the curious: it is entertaining, surprising and challenging on every page. With little mathematics, starting from observations of everyday life, the text explores the most fascinating parts of mechanics, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, electrodynamics, quantum theory and modern attempts at unification.

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  August 26, 2008

A web hosted courseware of undergraduate single and many-variable calculus for physics and engineering students, with animated and interactive graphics. It is based on a course 'Mathematical Introduction for Physicists' of the Tel-Aviv University. In addition to text, examples and exercises, the courseware takes advantage of modern technology with interactive and animated graphics (over 110) that can be projected in class, and accessed at any time by the students. Math Animated is technically ba more...

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  August 26, 2008

TeacherTube was created in order to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. The webmasters seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is intended to be a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill. TeacherTube was the idea of Jason Smith, a 1 more...

Added by  John Daly  August 20, 2008

ALISON has launched the Perfect Global IT Skills Certification. Free and self-certifiable IT skills training is now available to everyone.

Continuing to lead its revolution of online learning, ALISON today announced the launch of the ALISON ABC IT certification. The certification can be achieved via the study of highly-interactive multimedia courseware which is freely accessible for study by anyone once they are a registered learner with ALISON. Whether a person is completely new to compute more...

Added by  Mike Feerick  August 14, 2008

This page provides various statistical information on Latin American and Carribean countries.

Added by  Imran Uddin  August 14, 2008

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