R P. Agrawal, India’s secretary of higher education, told the newspaper that online courses are the only way to bring quality education to remote areas of the country. He added that the ministry is working out ways to beam lectures from the Indian Institute of Technology across the country. “We will be providing free e-content to students,” Mr. Agrawal said. Read more

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This is an interesting video from the TED conference network on the XO Computer initiative. Nicholas Negroponte is very engaging in explaining how the XO laptops can be integrated into developing communities in ways that bring children into the spotlight. Read more

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The development community is experiencing an explosion of interest in providing low cost devices, such as laptops, to students in developing countries.

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Some critics wonder whether a computer initially designed for children in poor, rural parts of the world--and primarily using its own non-Windows operating system--is the right learning tool for students who eventually will seek to join the general computing population in the U.S... Read more >>

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