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University Study Praises Educational Value of MySpace, Facebook

University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.

The same study also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically savvy as their counterparts. The university says this goes against what results from previous studies have suggested.  

University Study Praises Educational Value of MySpace, Facebook
Last Updated on Sunday, 22 June 2008 07:27
 

Indian Tech Universities Put Lectures Online For Free

"The most sought-after Indian institutions like IIT and IISc have put their course lectures on YouTube. The site is up from last December and is slowly gaining momentum in terms of lectures available online. This is India's own program similar to MIT's OpenCourseWare. Good to see the competition, and that students have many sources of knowledge for free."  
Indian Tech Universities Put Lectures Online For Free
 

IGNOU increase higher education outlay

New Delhi : In a recent move, Indira Gandhi National Open University has proposed a ten-fold increase in the outlay for higher education in the XIth plan. The decision was announced by the vice-chancellor of the varsity, Prof. V N Rajasekharan Pillai.  
IGNOU increase higher education outlay
 

Harvard Law faculty votes for 'open access' to scholarly articles

In a move that will disseminate faculty research and scholarship as broadly as possible, the Harvard Law School faculty unanimously voted last week to make each faculty member’s scholarly articles available online for free, making HLS the first law school to commit to a mandatory open access policy.   <a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2008/05/07_openaccess.php">Harvard Law faculty votes for 'open access' to scholarly articles</a>
Last Updated on Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:02
 

Serial Scribblings: Internet offers invaluable education opportunities

Ever since I was young, I have been fascinated by their timeless qualities. During vacations to various cities, public libraries were always top on my sight-seeing list (though, shockingly, not on the lists of the rest of my family).   
Serial Scribblings: Internet offers invaluable education opportunities
 


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