Thursday, August 08, 2013

Concerted effort for learning materials

It is really interesting to see how governmental initiatives are picking up on creating educational material, mostly nowadays OER. An announcement by U.S. Secretary of Education at the Global Education Summit
... we're poised to make the first free, U.S. government-funded digital learning materials—designed to improve postsecondary training in high-demand careers—available for use and improvement. We're excited to see how providers around the globe use and customize these materials for the needs of their learners.
The report that he mentions:
A NEW FACE OF EDUCATIONBRINGING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CLASSROOM IN THEDEVELOPING WORLD