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London (UK), December 2012 - The British Council has signed two new agreements with Microsoft that aim to improve educational opportunities and digital access for millions of teachers and learners in developing economies around the world. » MORE

Karlsruhe (GER), December 2012 - Two years ago, Prof. Ludger Pfanz founded the "Expanded Cinema 3Digital Laboratory", a research center for stereoscopic film and television content established in collaboration with the "3D Alliance Karlsruhe". Pfanz is a 3D thinker who - as a theater and literary critic as well as a director and author with competence in video, film, sound, 3D, multimedia, and stage studio - has thought intensively about all aspects of the topic and has developed a new script theory. » MORE

Mannheim (GER), December 2012 - "Digital Relevance: Why Learning on the Computer Has a Future ... and Critics Are Not Always Right," is the topic of the talk to be given at the LEARNTEC Congress by Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer, Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Mannheim. Professor Vorderer recently sparred verbally with the psychiatrist Manfred Spitzer in the German newspaper die ZEIT about the question "Does the computer make us stupid?". He supported the thesis that computers possess great potential for learning. » MORE

La Jolla, CA (US), November 2012 - The global population is expected to hit nine billion by 2050, and there's an urgent need to reform food production to meet the rising demand. The new four-part YouTube series "9 Billion Mouths to Feed: The Future of Farming," now available on University of California's YouTube channel UCTV Prime, examines these challenges and demonstrates how UC Davis researchers and students are working together. » MORE