The collaborative projects between researchers in the areas of technology and humanities under the Indian Digital Heritage (IDH) project has brought alive country’s first ever public showcase of digital preservation work that has been undertaken in India using cutting edge AR, VR, MR and AI technologies. At National Museum, Delhi, a month-long (Jan 15-Feb 15) exhibition, “INDIAN HERITAGE IN DIGITAL …

Mumbai-based e-learning platform, Eduisfun Technologies Pvt Ltd has entered into gamified learning for mathematics and science subjects of classes V-XI with the launch of STEPapp on Dec 5.  The app’s content has been supplied by PACE IIT & Medical, a sister organization providing coaching services for JEE & NEET exams in Mumbai & Delhi. According a statement from the company, …

YouTube at its second edition of EduCon in New Delhi  announced that eight Indian creators including ExamFear Education Hindi, Learn Engineering,Don’t Memorise, Study IQ Education, D’art of Science, Learnex – English Lessons Through Hindi, GetSetFlySCIENCE, and Let’s Make Engineering Simple have received YouTube Learning fund to develop high-quality learning content, covering topics like English language training, environmental science, political science, calculus, genetics, chemistry in English, Hindi and Tamil. Some …

According to findings of a study conducted over a period of two years in Delhi from 2015-17 by San Francisco-headquartered nonprofit organization, Worldreader (having operations in India as well) in association with Pearson India,  reading habits of parents and caregiver changed with access to a free mobile library of children’s books.  The benefits of reading to children from a young …

Delhi-based Learning Links Foundation (LLF on April 5 launched ‘Learning Olympiads’- a series of Olympiads in New Delhi. ‘Digital Citizenship & Cyber Wellness Olympiad 2017-18’ (DCCWO) is the theme of the first Olympiad under the series. This Olympiad emerged out of the growing popularity of technology in daily life today but lacking awareness towards being safe online and the knowledge …

About half of students not engaged in learning in classrooms, need for a framework for technology integration into traditional ways of teaching/learning  The fourth annual edition of Voice of Teachers Survey by the Indian subsidiary of textbook/digital publisher & education solution provider, Pearson, springs no surprises. Indicating similarity with a global trend, the survey based on teacher opinions reveals teachers …