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“India FoodBanking Network (IFBN) Food Drive Challenge” Food Drive Challenge Dates: 5th October – 12 October 2012

“India FoodBanking Network (IFBN) Food Drive Challenge” Food Drive Challenge Dates: 5th October – 12 October 2012

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FOOD DRIVE “India FoodBanking Network (IFBN) Food Drive Challenge” Food Drive Challenge Dates: 5th October – 12 October 2012 WORLD FOOD DAY CELEBRATION & Felicitation of Food Heroes – 16th October 2012 100,000 Individuals raising 100,000 Kilos of Food to feed 500,000 Meals Background Hunger and malnutrition pose real problems for India with a quarter of the world’s hungry and a third of all malnourished children living in India, putting us behind even Sub-Saharan Africa on the more...

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Video: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education

Video: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education

This is a TED talk filmed in June 2012 and posted in August, 2012 Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. Each keystroke, comprehension quiz, peer-to-peer forum discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed and, most importantly, absorbed.

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Help feed 5000 in August

Help feed 5000 in August

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Food is the stepping stone for Social Stability for Any Society, Community or Country The Delhi FoodBanking Network which was launched by Mr. Sam Pitroda has opened its first Pilot called the Delhi Food Bank. The Delhi FoodBank Initiative is implemented by The Aidmatrix Foundation. In a country like India where Food is wasted by many and left alone to rot – there are millions who go hungry. Hunger strikes rural, urban and suburban household. It affects every ethnicity, every race, every more...

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'Reports of malnutrition deaths of 24,000 children partially true'

'Reports of malnutrition deaths of 24,000 children partially true'

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'Reports of malnutrition deaths of 24,000 children partially true' Maharashtra government today admitted as "partially true" reports of death of over 24,000 children in the state due to malnutrition. "Partially true," Minister for Women and Child Welfare Varsha Gaikwad told the legislative assembly in a written reply. Jitendra Awhad and Shashikant Shinde (NCP) and Sudhir Mungantiwar (BJP) had, through a starred question, wanted to know from the government if there was truth in reports that more...

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Indian food hoarding and hunger coexist

Indian food hoarding and hunger coexist

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India There are two things to excess – food and hunger. Over the past few years, this vast emerging national grain harvest to a record, but the food but not the hands of the poor. the past few grain harvest record, but India still about half of child malnutrition. Countries have acquired a lot of food, but these food has not only to the hands of the poor, hundreds of tons of food is still open rot. in New Delhi, outside of a parapet wall of the granary, sacks of flour are piling up fast and more...

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Food, employment security MDGs elude India: UN

Food, employment security MDGs elude India: UN

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Though, India has achieved the goals of poverty reduction, slum development and access to water three years ahead of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), it is far behind in achieving food and employment security, reveals this year’s UN report on MDG. Though, the country has done well on the health front, it is likely to miss the goal of reducing maternal death at the current rate which is one maternal death every 10 minute. The current Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of India is 212 per one more...

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Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources

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OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) has worked on Open Educational Resources (OER) in the past, which led to the publication Giving Knowledge for Free – the Emergence of Open Educational Resources (2007). This working paper thus builds on exploratory and forward-looking research in CERI and invites countries to consider the policy implications of the expansion of OER, its benefits and associated challenges. A small OER expert group was established to discuss the subject more...

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Hewlett OER Grantees Meeting 2012

Hewlett OER Grantees Meeting 2012

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The 2012 Hewlett OER Grantees Meeting brought together key stakeholders to address questions around OER and open education from different perspectives, describe the current state of OER from a field perspective, and work together towards a roadmap for action. Many of the talks presented at the meeting are available in streaming video here. http://www.youtube.com/user/BerkmanCenter?feature=watch

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Open Educational Resources: Analysis of Responses to the OECD Country Questionnaire

Open Educational Resources: Analysis of Responses to the OECD Country Questionnaire

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OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) has worked on Open Educational Resources (OER) in the past, which led to the publication Giving Knowledge for Free – the Emergence of Open Educational Resources (2007). This working paper thus builds on exploratory and forward-looking research in CERI and invites countries to consider the policy implications of the expansion of OER, its benefits and associated challenges. A small OER expert group was established to discuss the subject more...

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AAAS Project 2061 Science Assessment Website

AAAS Project 2061 Science Assessment Website

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The assessment items on this website are the result of more than a decade of research and development by Project 2061, a long-term science education reform initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Here you will find free access to more than 600 items. The items: Are appropriate for middle and early high school students. Test student understanding in the earth, life, physical sciences, and the nature of science. Test for common misconceptions as well as correct more...

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John Daly on May 3, 2012 Shared by

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Cogito.org

You're passionate about math and science. You already like to think about, talk about, and do math and science, but you also want to know what else is out there—and who else is out there. Or maybe you're someone with a developing interest in math or science and trying to figure out what's out there for you and who's out there to share your ideas with. Either way, Cogito is just the place for you. On Cogito, you can learn about amazing scientists your own age, what they're doing and how they more...

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Clinical Center Grand Rounds

Clinical Center Grand Rounds

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The Center for Information Technology (CIT) of the U.S. National Institutes for Health makes Grand Rounds for Clinical Fellows available to viewers on the VideoCast web site http://videocast.nih.gov. Viewers from outside the NIH network can download the lastest free tools (Adobe Flash Player, Macintosh RealPlayer, Free RealPlayer- links available on website) for streaming the videocast or view the lectures as podcasts after the event- see http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent. more...

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Slave Routes: A Global Vision

Slave Routes: A Global Vision

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This is the title of the educational and informative documentary supported and produced by UNESCO. It presents the diverse histories and heritages stemming from the global tragedy of the slave trade and slavery. Aimed at a general audience, it provides an overview of the massive deportation of African populations to different parts of the world including the Americas, Europe, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, and Asia. The DVD highlights the African presence across continents, the more...

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John Daly on December 23, 2010 Shared by

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