Asia’s premier magazine on education, digitalLEARNING was founded in the year 2005. digitalLEARNING’s mission is to raise awareness about how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing a seminal role in enhancing the scope, reach and quality of education.  In essence, digitalLEARNING offers an unbiased presentation of the myriad issues that lie at the core of this ‘technological innovations in education’ versus ‘traditional educational methods’ debate. 

Connections: history of science and inventions

"Connections" masterfully combines popular science and detective work to retrace the steps that led to eight inventions that ushered in the technological age: the computer, the production line, telecommunications, the airplane, the atomic bomb, plastics, the guided rocket, and television. A brilliant examination of the ideas, inventions, and coincidences that have culminated in the major technological achievements of today.

James Burke, the BBC's chief reporter on the Apollo missions to the moon, was awarded the Royal Television Society silver medal in 1973 and the gold medal in 1974. 

 

 

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The advent of the Information Society is marked by the explosive penetration of information technologies in all aspects of life and by a related fundamental transformation in every form of the organization. Researchers, business people and policy makers have recognized the importance of addressing technological, economic and social impacts in conjunction. For example, the rise and fall of the dot-com hype depended a lot on the strength of the business model, on the technological capabilities available to firms and on the readiness of the society and economy at large sustain a new breed of business activity.

Towards Learning and Instruction in Web 3.0

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