Epic propels ICT challenge

Epic was recently invited to sit on a Round Table also comprising Cambridge University Press, Atomic Assets, UKLearnOnline, Intel and the United Nations Global eSchools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) to formally launch an e-learning partnership to advance the agenda for e-learning in the developing world.

The partners are working together to benefit countries where learning content is a critical issue, initially focusing on Namibia and India, and are looking to provide students and teachers in these developing nations with access to quality e-learning objects and a systematic way of researching and integrating content into a national ICT in Education initiative. The group will also concentrate on the provision of learning objects into the E-Learning Asset Network (ELAN), a digital framework which allows educational institutions access to both free and for-purchase content through a web-based portal.

Harnessing ICT to strengthen education and communities is vital in the fight to reduce poverty in some of the poorest parts of the world and the alliance will seek to explore the digital content challenge for developing nations.

The Round Table event was held at the Cass Centre, Cambridge University Press on April 20th and tackled topics such as how UK education stakeholders can help developing nations with specific regard to digital content.

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