However, Dr Don Smith, course director of information systems at the University of East Anglia, criticised the 'online-only' nature of the course, claiming the lack of human contact could be a stumbling block for students.
Online access to the entire human genome is just one example of this. Princeton Research asked Nobel Prize winners for their views on how the internet will promote the development of education and the wellbeing of citizens over the next 20 years.
We have to recognise our very human tendency of sticking within comfort zones, understand the extent and limitations of these confines before we can break out of them. However, the human element is getting lost.
The pledge today is recognition that our world, the nation and our region - now more than ever - can and should dramatically improve equity in health, education and access to information and human services for vulnerable families," Gates said in a...
Bearing Point Korea on Friday submitted a final advisory report for NEIS to the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MOE), the organisation managing the project. The largest open-source project in the South Korean public sector...
Only very high levels of automation can compete against low-cost human labour. Might we expect even more production than ever before of new products, services and solutions based on new technologies and radically new production techniques involving...