DNA (Bangalore edition)
Manipal Education, launched its next generation learning system - EduNxt - to transform distributed learning in India.
Affordable and easy to use, EduNxt enables a collaborative and interactive environment for learning and includes small group mentoring, virtual classrooms, simulation and other interactive and self-study content, recorded presentations and shared browsing. This innovation from Manipal Education shifts the Education paradigm from being 'faculty-centric' to a 'learner-centric' environment. Students can now experience a 'portable campus', 'carry along mentors' and have access to over one million online books and journals.
It will be launched first for Sikkim Manipal University's Distance Education (SMU - DE) students in July 2009. Speaking at the launch, Anand Sudarshan, CEO, Manipal Education said, "EduNxt is truly transformational and has the potential to change higher education in India.
Manipal Education is partnering with Microsoft, BSNL and netbook OEM suppliers to provide quality affordable education.
Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation Pvt Ltd, said, "The EduNxt distance learning platform is a great example of how information technology can extend the reach of great educational resources."
Adding to this, Ravi Venkatesan, chairman, Microsoft India, said " Education in India has a chance of being transformed if various players, public and private, come together."
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