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MITx Could Revolutionize Higher Education

Submitted by admin on Jan 31 1:56pm GMT

Original article was written by Kevin Carey for The Chronicle, questions asked by AntiWorldNews
MIT has invented or improved many world-changing things—radar, information theory, and synthetic self-replicating molecules, to name a few. Last month the university announced, to mild fanfare, an invention that could be similarly transformative, this time for higher education itself. It’s called MITx. In that small lowercase letter, a great deal is contained.
 

MIT has invented or improved many world-changing things—radar, information theory, and synthetic self-replicating molecules, to name a few. Last month the university announced, to mild fanfare, an invention that could be similarly transformative, this time for higher education itself. It’s called MITx.

How Publishers Should Prepare for EPUB 3

Submitted by admin on Jan 19 5:31pm GMT

The future of e-books is now.
The approval of a new coding language for e-books, developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), a global trade and standards organization for the promotion of electronic publishing, means that soon it will be a relatively simple matter for e-books to contain video, audio, dynamic content and all sorts of interactive features.

This original article was written by Jeremy Greenfield and can be found at http://www.digitalbookworld.com
 
The future of e-books is now.

Flat World Knowledge Celebrates Free Comic Book Day With a Graphic Novel Approach to College Textbooks

Submitted by kclavin on May 05 11:17am GMT

This article was provided by Flat World Knowledge and was originally published by Marketwire.com
 

May 5, 2011- Professors and college students celebrating Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 7, can bring this beloved American art form into the classroom with two new graphic novel textbooks from Flat World Knowledge, the largest publisher of free and open college textbooks for students worldwide.

Free sample chapters of Tales of Garcon: The Franchise Players and University Life: A College Survival Story are available to read online on Flat World's website.