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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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Added by  Shambhu Ghatak  August 6, 2008

With experience in development sector Micro Associates introduces tools for development sector practioners and community to serve there mapping needs through the fingure tips.

Free download available Micro Mapper .
Mapping tool for capturing data from the neighborhood in rural and urban areas.


Added by  megha phansalkar  August 5, 2008

The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).This site catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.
Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory.

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  August 5, 2008

This is the self-paced version of the 'ICTs for Development' course CD-ROM. It is meant as a self-contained set of training materials to allow people to learn at their own pace, without the need to submit assignments and without communications with a facilitator or instructor. The goal of the course is to familiarize participants with key concepts and issues related to the potential and real impacts of information and communication technologies on the social, economic and political development o more...

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  August 4, 2008

A review of the OSI/Internet protocol stack with focus on the issues that are critical in wireless network implementation. The unit outlines the effect of every layer in the overall performance of a wireless network.

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  August 4, 2008

A Workshop Summary to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable. A group of chemists, chemical engineers, and others from academia, government, and industry participated in a workshop sponsored by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable to explore how bioinspired chemistry can help solve some of the important energy issues the world faces today. The workshop featured presentations and discussions on the current energy challenges and how to address them, with emphasis on both the fundamental aspects and the robu more...

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  July 30, 2008

MIT Open Courseware (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.

Added by  Moushumi Biswas  July 29, 2008

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