digitalLEARNINGMagazine by Elets
The international conference of E-9 countries on ICT for Literacy, which was recently concluded in New Delhi recognises illiteracy as one of the key impediments to development and empowerment of the people.
Cisco has announced to invest $10 million to support ICT strategies in Africa.
The Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd. (MKCL) has launched a Digital University or eSuvidha Scheme for students.
Nigeria’s premium bank, First Inland has donated computers to the undergraduate library of the Niger Delta University.
Google and IBM have teamed up to offer a curriculum and support for software development on large-scale distributed computing systems, to help students and write software for parallel computing applications.
Intel announced introduction of its World Ahead Programme aiming at providing information and communication technology (ICT) education and its access to the general population in Bangladesh.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected 78 recipients for the grant of US$ 22.3 million for distance learning and telemedicine in 31 states.
The Latvian State Education Development Agency has developed a national database on learning opportunities www.niid.lv.
Intel Microelectronics, Thailand is donating 3000 PCs to 60 government-based schools under its project ‘ICT for Education’ with the help from the Ministry of Education.
Philippines moves to support the cyber-education project to give it protection from unnecessary controversy.
The Marikina City of Philippines has deployed a wide-area network (WAN) project to connect schools and public health centers.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) set up its first ever Solar Powered IT Knowledge Center in rural Gurgaon, India. The initiative is towards nurturing and building capacities amongst village communities.