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President Pratibha Patil
launches national teachers' portalPresident of
India Pratibha Patil launched a national portal for teachers
www.teachersofindia.org, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion
of Teachers' Day. The Azim Premji Foundation has developed the
Portal...
IIT-B,
Wipro sign MoU to enhance engineering faculty
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay and Wipro
have signed an MoU on Mission 10X to enhance engineering
faculty through innovative teaching across the country.
Intel
announces INR 5000 desktop for Indian market
Chipset maker Intel announced the launch of a
desktop range that starts at INR 5,000 (around US$125) in a
move that could trigger a major computing revolution in the
country.
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Feature Article
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Building an online learner support
system Dr. Vijay SP Srivastav, Head-Computer
Division, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New
Delhi Indira Gandhi National Open University is the
largest university in the world today with more than 1.8
millions of students enrolled. Meeting the student
requirements at such level is indeed a great challenge.
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INTERVIEW
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Key To ICTs In Education Is
Human-ware, Not Software Sam Carlson,
World Links Sam Carlson has worked on
improving education systems in developing countries for over
fifteen years. Sam started World Links within the World Bank
and has worked in Africa, Latin America, the Arab Region and
Asia.
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Learning
Community this Week
Central university in each state by
2012
The University Grants Commission
(UGC), which maintains standards for university
education in India, is formulating the National
University Act for the establishment of 30 central
universities in the country.
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US$600 mn World Bank loan cleared
for SSAIndia signed a Financing Agreement
for the second elementary education project -
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan II - with the World Bank for
a total assistance of US $ 600 million. The
project aims to significantly increase the number
of 6-14 year old children, especially from special
focus groups, enrolled, regularly attending and
completing elementary education and demonstrating
basic learning levels. |
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India towards Integrated Knowledge
Network The government is putting in place
an Integrated Knowledge Network that would have
nodes in all major institutions of higher
education. The network would help institutions of
higher learning connect with each other and carry
on the relevant inter-disciplinary
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 Events
Digital Resources for the
Humanities & Arts (DRHA08)
14 - 17
September 2008
Cambridge, United Kingdom
VIDLATEL '08 - 1st
International Workshop on Visual Design Languages and
Applications for Technology-Enhanced Learning
17 September 2008
Maastricht,
Netherlands
Asia-Pacific
Regional Preparatory Conference for the 2009 World Conference
on Higher Education
24 - 26 September
2008
Macao, SAR Macao, China
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 Announcements
Call for
Papers-eAsia2008
eASiA 2008 is an
open ICT for development cooperation platform for Asian
countries for discussing opportunities and challenges for
promoting growth of ICT for development in Asia through
consultative dialoguing, strategic planning, knowledge
networking and business partnering. The conference and
exhibition organosed by Centre for Science, Develpment and
Media Studies (CSDMS) is co-host by Ministry of Water, Energy,
and Communications (KTAK), Govt of Malaysia. The
organisers invite papers on the above mentioned conference key
themes. Abstracts should be submitted, in no longer than 400
words, at papers@e-asia.org. Last date for
submissions: 7 October 2008.
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Power Presentation
Leading Change in
e-Education Rajeev
Katyal, Director Education, Microsoft
Microsoft has established its foothold in the
education sector under the aegis of Project Shiksha programme.
The company is now geared with huge investments to fuel IT
education and training across India. Rajeev Katyal,
Director-Education, elaborates on the various projects,
programmes and initiatives by Microsoft in India planned for
IT education, with insights into the Indian education
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 Tools &
Technology
Up Close and FAST
!
FAST (Free Assessment Summary
Tool) is a user-friendly online assessment tool that allows
students to anonymously submit feedback about their course
and/or instructor. The data goes directly and only to
individual teachers. It allows instructors to open an active,
ongoing dialogue with their students about the course,
content, instruction and the learning process. It also allows
a teacher to easily and quickly develop an online assessment
questionnaire.
For more log on to http://www.getfast.ca/
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