Tuesday, 12 July 2011

South Korea plans to withdraw printed textbooks from schools by 2015

Thanks to Diana Scullard for passing this one on :-)

http://www.gizmag.com/south-korea-digitize-textbooks-2015/19109/

The South Korean ministry of education has announced a ground-breaking plan to digitize all textbooks which are in use in Korean schools and thus completely phase out printed materials by 2015. This opens a huge market for manufacturers of tablet PCs, laptops and smartphones as the Korean education ministry has revealed it will spend US$2.4 billion on buying appropriate devices and digitizing content for them.

Read the full article at:
http://www.gizmag.com/south-korea-digitize-textbooks-2015/19109/

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