Textbooks, those long-entrenched staples of classrooms, could soon be pushed from their place of prominence by a high-tech alternative: online lessons that can be downloaded, customized and updated — ...

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At the introductory level, student typically study classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism (EM). The upper level physics courses focus on quantum mechanics and then more advanced versions of ...

Augmented Physics: This web-based tool uses machine learning to create interactive physics simulations from textbook diagrams. By semi-automatically extracting content, users can embed dynamic, ...

“He is a physics educator and researcher, who is famous for his two-volume book 'Concepts of Physics' which has revolutionised Physics education at school level,” the President's office tweeted.

In the academic world, professors and faculty often meet with representatives of textbook publishers. These book reps like to stop by, or send an email, every so often to ask what my colleagues and I ...

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (publ. 2/4/2015, pg. A4) A story about free online educational resources displacing textbooks incorrectly reported the location of Design Tech High charter school.The ...