Online Learning Update

July 31, 2010

Smithsonian, FCC and USDA Announce Online Learning Registry

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by Rahul Gaitonde, Deputy Editor, BroadbandBreakfast.com

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the creation of the Online Learning Registry which will provide access to the thousands of documents, photos and other data housed at the Smithsonian. This online registry was one of the many recommendations made by the National Broadband Plan. “No technological innovation in our lifetime has greater potential to transform education than high-speed Internet,” said Chairman Genachowski. “But computers and connections alone are not enough to seize the opportunities of broadband for education. The National Broadband Plan recommended that the federal government increase the pool of high-quality digital resources that educators can easily find, access, and combine with other content to help their students learn. I am very pleased to see this recommendation being adopted. The Learning Registry will put a library of world-class educational content at the fingertips of every American student and teacher.”

http://broadbandbreakfast.com/2010/07/smithsonian-fcc-and-usda-announce-online-learning-registry/

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