Reuters reports that Blackboard might be on the market with a $3 billion price tag attached to it. According to sources, majority owner Providence Equity Partners LLC, who took Blackboard private in 2011, hired Deutsche Bank and Bank of America to run an auction for the company. Providence paid $1.64 billion four years ago and hopes for a valuation 14 to 17 times EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) which is currently around $200 million according to sources. The valuation would be based on comparable subscription-based SaaS companies. Founded in 1998, Blackboard currently serves 19,000 clients in 100 countries, including 80 percent of the top academic institutions according to the company. In recent years Blackboard has come under pressure from startups like Instructure Canvas which managed to take away market share from Blackboard. Launched in 2011 Instructure, which raised around $90 million in venture capital and aims for an IPO later this year, quickly grew to over 1.200 clients. Earlier this month Blackboard announced the launch of a redesigned LMS called New Learning Experience at its annual conference. Related The Reeducation of Blackboard, everyone’s Classroom Pariah | Wired Blackboard unveils totally redesigned learning platform | eCampus News Instructure Canvas - The next Dominant Education Platform? | EDUKWEST Further Reading Exclusive: Education company Blackboard seeks $3 billion sale - sources | Reuters Links blackboard.com

Today, Asia in all its variety is likely the most interesting market for education technology. Although it is mostly China, with its dominance and enormous potential for growth, we hear about when it comes to massive investment rounds, it is lesser covered Asian countries, like Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam or Indonesia, that go through rapid development and quick evolution, which now have the potential to leapfrog some of their more mature Asian neighbors. [purchase_link id="11464" text="Purchase" style="button" color="blue"] Innovation in education in Asia largely equals with mobile technology. China alone has 557 million mobile internet users. Indonesia, on the other hand, is expected to become the fourth largest market for mobile devices, surpassing 100 million monthly active users in 2018. The country also has the ambitious goal to replace textbooks with tablet devices. Even nations like Bhutan, that are far from being on the map when it comes to EdTech, are actively looking into the possibilities of e-learning to benefit their education system. The rapid development in different Asian EdTech markets is fueled by a plethora of incubators and accelerators that startups can join as well as investment opportunities. But there are also problems. While South Korea is still benefitting from its perfect test scores in international comparison, cracks in the education system start to show. Japan, these days, makes more headlines about its depressed youth and the fear for jobs that make the e-learning industry bloom, rather than reforming its educational system and pushing innovation. For this Reading List: EdTech Asia our team selected over 20 articles from leading sources, covering K-12, Career & Skills, the EdTech Startup Ecosystem and Mobile. If you’re interested in learning more about the opportunities and challenges in the Asian e-learning industry outside of China faces, you will find great value in our new EdTech Reading List Asia. At EDUKWEST we go through a large number of articles each day for our own research, and we put together the 24 most relevant ones on EdTech in Asia for you in this reading list, covering the months of January to July 2015. With a price of €10, this means that an articles is less than 50 cents. Conveniently pay via PayPal or contact us for other payment options. [purchase_link id="11464" text="Purchase" style="button" color="blue"] Offer: Buy our package containing the Reading List EdTech Asia and the Reading List EdTech China we offer you the two for the special price of €22.50 € (instead of €25, you save 10%). [purchase_link id="11471" text="Purchase" style="button" color="blue"]

NewSchools Venture Fund launched a new accelerator program called NewSchools Ignite. The program will focus on underserved niches in the K-12 sector. Along with the launch, the non-profit announced the first grant program that aims to support edtech entrepreneurs in the STEM field. The Science Learning Challenge in partnership with WestEd will provide $1.5 million in grants to up to 15 edtech companies and non-profits. The grants will range between $50.000 to $150.000 and the winners will also receive coaching and mentorship through a virtual accelerator program. Applications to the first NewSchools Ignite program are open until September 4th. Further Reading Introducing NewSchools Ignite: Accelerating Innovation in K-12 EdTech Market Gaps Links ignite.newschools.org

In this episode of MEP, John Danner, co-founder and CEO of Zeal.com, joins us to talk about his story, going from the software industry, and becoming a teacher and making a positive impact in the education space. Guest Bio John is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zeal, a software startup pioneering the next generation of online social learning. John’s first partner in this venture is Rocketship Education, where John was co-Founder and CEO for the previous eight years. Rocketship is the highest performing school system for low-income students in California and the first blended school system in the country, currently serving 3700 students. John was a fifth and second grade public school teacher before starting Rocketship. John’s first startup was NetGravity, the first Internet ad server company, where he was co-Founder and CEO. John took NetGravity public in 1998 and sold the company in 1999. John has a BS and MS Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a M.Ed. in Education Policy from Vanderbilt University and is an Ashoka Fellow. John is a 1999Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He was the 2010 winner of the John P. McNulty Prize. Show Notes (01:35) John’s background (11:50) That process going through the Department of Education. Tell me about that process for you in getting the first 1,2,3 schools of Rocketship through the California state system. (14:58) What do you think is the future of public education? What can public schooling look like in the next 5, 10, 20 years? (15:41) Public education has to come to grips with the fact that all children are online. (17:52) Learning what you need to learn individually at the right time for you is much, much more effective than learning what you kind of approximately should at your age. (21:17) With Zeal, for some reason I just started to think about the potential of Zeal and what internationally what Sugata Mitra was talking about The Hole in the Wall and self-organized learning environment. Do you see potential in what you’re doing now with Zeal in moving that sort of student-centric approach forward? (23:34) What’s the number one book that you usually give as a gift to people you care about- friends, family? Talent is Overrated (25:15) So when did you feel that you found your passion? At what age? (25:51) What’s your favorite documentary? Waiting For Superman 26:52 If you could have dinner with one person you admire, past or present, who would it be and why? A great, great, great grandfather who was one of the pioneers of Wyoming Links http://zeal.com http://twitter.com/jwdanner For more episodes featuring thought leaders in education visit MeetEducationProject.com, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow Nick DiNardo on Twitter.

Name: InvolvEdu Website: www.involvedu.com Headquarters: Minneapolis, USA Vertical: K-12, Higher Education Tech: Web App, Mobile App Introduce your startup and give a short description of what you are doing. InvolvEdu is a free app for High School and College students that allows them to get credit for what they do outside of class. Who are the founders, how did you meet, what are your different roles in the startup. Founded by Joe Janiszewski. Joe has been able to expand the InvolvEdu team by networking and finding the right people who are not only talented, but also share the same passion for involvement. How was the idea for your startup born? InvolvEdu was born out of necessity. As a student at the University of Minnesota, Joe noticed the inefficiencies with getting involved on campus, and also wanted a way to track and validate his participation in activities outside of class. What is the main problem in education that you aim to solve. Gradual grade inflation is causing the GPA to become much less relevant. This is causing an uptick in extracurricular (student groups, study groups, volunteering) activities as students need to find other ways to set themselves apart on their resumes. The problem is that none of this involvement is regulated or tracked in any way. InvolvEdu solves this problem by offering the platform to validate participation, and export a student's involvement into a fully-vetted transcript for use in college applications or job interviews. Who are your main competitors? What sets you apart from them? Our biggest competitor is actually email. Email is the primary way that groups communicate with each other and with students about their events. There are also other companies that offer features similar to InvolvEdu, but none of them are completely free for students and groups. Every single one of them first requires a subscription from the school in order for students to use it. That is the biggest point of differentiation for InvolvEdu - we don't rely on subscriptions from schools in order to make money. In which markets / regions are you active. What markets / regions are next. We are active in the Minneapolis area (which also happens to house some of the largest school districts and Universities in the United States). We are planning to expand this market to the surrounding schools and other states in the Midwest as well upon our initial roll out. Who is your target audience. Our target audience in High School and College students. We've also built in features for the officers of student groups/organizations, as well as school administrators. How do you engage with your target audience. How do you convert them into users of your product. Our app is free for any student and student group to use at any school. Without having a large barrier such as cost, we're able to acquire users of our product much easier than our other competitors. We engage with our users via direct, on-campus marketing efforts. By working with school's student associations on school outreach efforts, we're able to easily showcase the features of InvolvEdu. Once students are able to see how InvolvEdu works, conversion becomes much easier. There's also a network effect that happens because it benefits both the students and the student groups when there are more of each on the platform. How many users / downloads does your service have? We initially launched a closed beta with a select group of students and organizations at the University of Minnesota. Since then we have been iterating on our product, and rolling out additional features based on feedback and market research. We've launched a kickstarter campaign to raise the funds that we need to accelerate the development of our v.1 product set to launch prior to the start of the Fall 2015 school year. What is your business model. How much does your product / service cost. InvolvEdu is completely free for all students and groups to use. There are some premium features that students and groups can opt for, but the free version still comes with all of the tracking and validating features of the core offering. We also have a component that's strictly for school administrators to easily manage their extracurricular programs. Are there milestones you are especially proud of and would like to share. Throughout our short start-up life, we've received numerous awards from business model and other start-up competitions. The most notable of which would be our semi-finalist finish in the 2014 Minnesota Cup competition (www.mncup.com) - the largest statewide new venture competition in the United States. What are the next steps in growing your startup. Once we launch, it'll be a boots-on-the-ground marketing effort in order to acquire the users that we need in order to show significant adoption, and growth that we can use to jump start additional fundraising. How can people get in touch with you. Email: joe@involvedu.com Twitter: @InvolvEdu Twitter: @JoeSzewski Room for anything else you would like to add. We're so honored to be featured on blogs such as EDUKWEST. We're also excited for what the future may hold on our quest to make it as easy as possible for students to get involved on campus, while also giving them a way to document and showcase their involvement.

The Google Translate team introduced a bunch of new languages to the mobile app. Based on the technology of WordLens, a startup Google acquired last year, you can now instantly translate texts from 27 languages into English using a smartphone camera. Google also tweaked the instant conversation mode of the app, making it useable in areas with slow mobile networks. Instant Conversation enables users to communicate with people in other languages, using the smartphone as interpreter. Google also shared some data on the Google Translate community which was launched last year. Millions of language lovers have participated in the crowdsourcing community so far, adding more than 100 million words. In an interview with TechCrunch, Julie Cattiau, product manager at Google Translate pointed out that the team sees the app as a language learning aid rather than a replacement. Based on the feedback of learners who use Google Translate as a language learning tool, Google Translate added a feature that lets them hear translated words more slowly. Related Translation App Word Lens acquired by Google Google enters Crowdsourcing with launch of Translate Community Google adds Word Lens to its Google Translate App Further Reading See the world in your language with Google Translate Google Translate’s App Now Instantly Translates Printed Text In 27 Languages | TechCrunch

Unizin, a consortium of higher education institutions, acquired e-textbook platform Courseload. Part of the team will join Unizin, further terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Courseload offers a suite of services around digital textbooks including Open Educational Resources and an online learning and collaboration tool called Courseload Engage. Courseload Engage offers features such as highlighting, annotation, bookmarking and search,as well as sharing study notes. Robin Littleworth, Chief Operating Officer at Unizin states in the press release "The Courseload software lends itself well to the Unizin services roadmap for content and analytics. We're excited about aligning our two similar missions and continuing to provide innovative solutions. For Unizin Members, it will provide a complete path for faculty to create content, deliver it across a range of student-preferred devices and gain insights to improve instruction." Founded in 2009, Courseload raised a $1.6 million Series A in 2012 led by Innovative Indiana Fund. Further Reading Unizin Acquires Courseload Software | PR Newswire Links courseload.com | unizin.org

Barnes & Noble Education, the new spin-off company operating the college bookstores, plans to acquire digital businesses to accelerate its growth rather than just growing organically. Trading under BNED, Barnes & Noble Education had its IPO on Monday. The company’s CEO Max Roberts stated that BNED has a competitive advantage over Amazon and Chegg with its 724 on-campus bookstores and deep relationships with faculty. There is also room for growth with 52% of schools still operating their own bookstores. The IPO also gives Barnes & Noble Education the opportunity for M&A. Before the separation from the parent company, BNED invested in FlashNotes, a study notes marketplace. BNED’s main competitors for the on-campus and textbook business are Amazon and Chegg. While Chegg is in the midst of completing its transition to 100% digital revenue, Amazon opened its first on-campus pick-up location at Purdue university in February. Further Reading Barnes & Noble Completes Spin-Off of Barnes & Noble Education | BusinessWire Being on site is our advantage vs. Amazon - BNED's Huseby | Reuters Barnes & Noble Education CEO on IPO: we have opportunity to do M&A | Yahoo Finance Barnes & Noble Education to Consider Digital Takeovers | Bloomberg Link bned.com

University Ventures, an investment firm focused on the higher education market, announced its $5 million seed portfolio. The fund already made initial seed investments in a couple of edtech companies, namely technology distribution network Entangled Ventures, job skills platform ProSky, ePortfolio company Portfolium, and SaaS platform CampusLogic. University Ventures Announces $5M Seed Portfolio and Initial Investments Early Stage Fund Stems Critical Gap in Education Markets NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jul 28, 2015) - University Ventures, an investment firm focused solely on higher education, announced today an allocation to a $5 million seed portfolio to support early-stage education technologies that address existing and emerging challenges in higher education and workforce development. Leveraging the firm's expertise in education, the investments aim to close a growing gap in education markets by helping the most promising solutions reach the market and scale. "There is no shortage of opportunities to invest in early-stage companies, but many investors unfamiliar with education end up funding new technologies that don't address the real pain points for institutions, students or employers," said Ryan Craig, Managing Director of University Ventures. "Our thesis-based approach has provided insight into the kinds of technologies universities need and can adopt, as well as a terrific pipeline of early-stage companies seeking to work with us." The Fund has already made initial seed investments including Entangled Ventures, a technology distribution network founded by education entrepreneur Paul Freedman; jobs skills platform ProSky; ePortfolio company Portfolium; and SaaS platform CampusLogic, helping colleges and universities manage financial aid more efficiently. "To be successful, emerging companies need more than just access to capital. They also need access to market insight, relationships, and domain experience," said Freedman, founder of Entangled Ventures. "University Ventures is regarded as a knowledgeable and connected investor in higher education. It is very exciting to now see them focus on enabling start-ups in the space." University Ventures' approach is to partner with institutions to build public-private partnerships that enable the institution to innovate from within. With various existing investments in service providers and academic institutions, University Ventures provides entrepreneurs with an environment to quickly test and iterate their solutions, while ensuring capital is being spent on the most viable innovations. "We are excited to be a part of the University Ventures family," said Crystal Huang, CEO of ProSky. "Their understanding of the future of higher education has been vital in much of our strategic planning. They have already and will continue to help us make strong connections and partnerships with key colleges. Because University Ventures is so entrenched in higher education, we have been able to meet with key decision makers." About University Ventures University Ventures partners with top-tier institutions and strategically directs private capital to develop innovative programs of exceptional quality that address major economic and social needs. With the deepest respect for the missions and traditions of colleges and universities, University Ventures pursues a differentiated strategy of 'innovation from within' and is confident that through innovation, these higher education institutions will be successful in fulfilling and expanding their missions. CONTACT INFORMATION Media contact: Sarah Herring Email Contact 202-479-7149

In this episode of MEP, we have Jakob Garrow, the Co-Founder and CEO of EdTrips. We talk about what EdTrips is and the problem that he’s trying to solve. We also talk about education, experiential learning through the importance of travel, and also about business and building an entrepreneurial mindset. Enjoy the podcast! Guest Bio: Jakob Garrow co-founded EdTrips, an online platform for planning and organizing educational field trips, so that teachers can easily give their students the experiences that change their lives. Before EdTrips, he founded WorldBrain, LLC, a company that enhances and expands the global experience for educators and travelers. Prior to that, he spent a year teaching in China, participated in the creation of two successful businesses, and managed a federal contracting company. In the Edtrips website, Jakob shares that his favorite field trip is the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museums. Jakob is a graduate of St. Lawrence University. Show Notes: (02:01) Jakob’s background (04:12) What is it about travel that is so important to learning and development? What is it about that experiential thing that we get out of travel that’s so important? (04:30) Jakob: Experience is the most powerful tool we have in education. (06:00) Let’s take a look at the market. What’s the market size and what makes EdTrips unique in this market? (07:29) So this isn’t just for teachers inside of schools, this is also for parents looking to bring  this sort of experience to children outside of the class , or even scout leaders, boy scouts, girl scout that sort of stuff? (08:01) What sorts of venues have you partnered with that are taking advantage of your solutions? (08:33)  So what do you see as next for EdTrips now that you have gotten this momentum? What are the next moves in 2015 - 2016 that you’re focused on? (09:23) Most achievers have a close relationship with failure. Can you let the audience in on a failure you’ve experience and how you as a person or the company has been able to grow from it? (12:03) You put in all this work into a product and it ends up not being the right venue and you have to pivot. From a mindset perspective, how do you persist and grow your resilience personally? (14:40) What is the book that has most influenced you and why? Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (16:00) Do you watch documentaries, and if so, what’s your favorite? (16:21) If you could have dinner with one person you admire, past or present, who would it be and why? General George Patton: "A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." Link: edtrips.com For more episodes featuring thought leaders in education visit MeetEducationProject.com, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and follow Nick DiNardo on Twitter.

by John K. Waters, Campus Technology Udacity created quite a buzz at the annual Google I/O conference this year when the for-profit online education provider unveiled its new Android Developer Nanodegree program. Udacity later made the headline-grabbing announcement that it will refund half the tuition ($200 per month) for students completing the program in 12 [...]

by Douglas Belkin, Wall Street Journal Rick Levin, Chief Executive of Coursera, gestures at a session in Davos, Switzerland while president of Yale University in 2011. Mr. Levin said his company’s new offerings will enable companies to expand the global pool of available talent. One of the largest providers of massive open online courses is teaming [...]

by Audrey Penner, Evolllution Postsecondary education (PSE) is experiencing a perfect storm and I call this confluence of events "21st-Century PSE: Normal 3.0." This perfect storm includes advanced educational technology (simplistically referred to as Online Learning), declining demographics, a world-is-flat distribution model, an Internet of Things, and globally driven industry demands for highly skilled labor. Normal [...]

I am glad to inform you all that my profile has been selected for inclusion in the print version of forthcoming reference work ‘Emerald Who’s Who in Asia’ by Rifacimento International, Publishers of Specialised Reference Books. To know more about it, click here.

I have written over 250 posts classified as Friday’s Finds. These are compilations of what has passed by me on social media over the past week or two. Originally these were posted once a week and now once per fortnight. With a critical mass of posts I now have an additional resource to mine for... Read more »

Often we find the term "green energy" or "clean energy". What does that mean exactly? In simple terms, this means that the source and method of energy that does not pollute the environment. The system is linked to the nature of the source and therefore, if the source is chosen correctly, the levels of pollution ...

Kathryn Cave, Editor at IDG Connect writes, "What role will robots play in tomorrow’s office?"This is a London street in 2040. A throng of workers are demonstrating in solidarity with their robot brothers and sisters. The banners read:"Robot Rights!" - "Equal Pay For Robots!" - "I Love My Robot - Jayne - She Deserves MORE!"Photo: IDG ConnectThe role of robots in the workplace is developing at a furious pace. This looks set to continue. And while the portrait above may be pure fantasy, it is not inconceivable. So, how are robots likely to develop in the workplace?Ocado Technology is currently working on a new project to build physical robots to offer a second pair of hands to employees. This will use artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced vision techniques to find out where human workers need help with technical maintenance jobs. It should be complete in five years. As Jonathan Wilkins, director at European Automation puts it, in future combined with M2M, robots will have an "increased ability to learn and make predictions based on previous scenarios". This can be seen in virtual assistant Amelia by IPsoft or the experiment where a neural network of 16,000 processors taught itself to recognise cats after a week of watching YouTube videos.At present work robots are still in their early stages though. And as usual cultural differences come into play. In the West they are mostly being used in manufacturing and, occasionally, a high profile receptionist. In the East they emerge in more ‘caring roles’.The Japanese, particularly, have always had a distinct relationship with machines. And this June, Pepper a humanoid robot, which can feel emotion and helps people by talking to them, made the headlines as its entire run of 1,000 sold out within one minute of going on sale.It is this more human side of robots that will always draw the most fascination. This is the stuff of science fiction. And the film Her has already explored the relationship between a man and his virtual assistant. While Dr Helen Driscoll from Sunderland University Psychology Department believes that:"Robophilia may be alien now, but could be normal in the near future as attitudes evolve with technology".This is a long way off. But things do seem to be moving in that general direction. "Robots are likely to offer different kinds of human machine interactions by encompassing social skills. It means machines will talk to people - in limited ways - but they will be able to trigger some kind of actions in our normal day lives," says Dr. Antonio Espingardeiro, Senior Member of the IEEE.Read more... Source: IDG Connect 

This whitepaper by Charles Jennings in association with The Open University, explores the overlooked factors beyond technology that really make modern blended learning developments successful.Download NowIn the foreword Mike Dutton, Executive Director, The Open University, writes "This white paper by Charles Jennings, a leading thinker and practitioner in learning, development and performance, looks at where technology has brought L&D and considers its potential for now and the future. He looks particularly at blended learning and what needs to change, exploring how learning professionals can increase their skills and understanding to harness technology and expertise in a way that increases the impact, efficiency and return on investment of L&D."I hope that you find the insights and recommendations in this paper valuable. As an organisation that has both used and led innovations in technology and teaching to deliver learning to individuals and employers for over 40 years, we welcome the opportunity to contribute to the thinking on ways to deliver learning with greater impact.AbstractTechnology has a big role to play in most modern learning and development strategies, but the effectiveness, impact and success of these strategies is almost always due to factors beyond technology.Without robust design principles and capable and experienced professionals who know how to harness the technology and exploit the ‘best’, then technology offers little. Blended learning is a start, but we need to move ‘beyond the blend’.Download NowSource: TrainingZone

One of the participants in my Toxic Workplace Course brought up the discomfort that comes with acknowledging to herself that she's in a toxic work situation. If she admits this then it opens up the question that she must DO...

By Joy Church Millard, Sr. Editor, Expertus Editor’s Note: Welcome to the sixth interview in our "Learning Luminaries" series — where we showcase conversations with the brightest and most innovative minds in the world of enterprise training and development. This month, we feature John Leh, CEO and Lead Analyst at Talented Learning, LLC. John is an LMS selection…

Building a module of online learning is like developing a lesson plan that you will deliver in a vacuum. You will not see or hear the reaction to what you deliver and you will have no clues to tell you if your audience is engaged, bored, or still there. In this article I will share some insight on content curation in order to help you engage and entertain your online learners. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

The 9th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL 2015) will be held at the Nord-Trondelag University College, Steinkjer, Norway on October 8-9, 2015. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

Follow on Twitter as @IWroteThisForU"I have a clear memory of my father's thesis which earned him his PhD in accounting. The big red leather book sat on a table in our entrance hall and it was one of the first things you saw when you walked in. I also, just as clearly, remember my older brother's bedroom wall covered with certificates and awards for his ridiculously high academic grades in math, science, geography, biology, computer science and so on.  according to Iain S. Thomas, South African born #1 bestselling poet behind the I Wrote This For You project and blog, under the pseudonym 'pleasefindthis.'And me? Well, I was pretty good with words and pictures but in the context of my older brother and father that didn't seem to count for much. Not that they were ever mean to me or purposefully made me feel inadequate. On the contrary, my father was the kindest, gentlest person I've ever met. And I love my brother, as much now as I did then. But regardless of the loving environment I grew up in, I was sure that it didn't actually matter how good I was with words or pictures because of how bad I was at math and science, the things they were good at. Because what I was good at was so different from the examples I had of successful behavior and skills, I was sure I was destined for failure. And to be clear, by failure I mean destitution: Living in a cardboard box on the street without a penny to my name. I still wake up at night, absolutely sure that everything I've done will be taken away, that someone will tap someone else on the shoulder and say, "We really shouldn't be buying this guy's books, clearly he's an idiot." More than 100 000 books sold later, I still need to talk to my therapist about it often...I don't have a PhD in accounting, but I know that there are pilot programs and researchers working out how we can do better, by all of us. Those programs, ideas and the people testing them, who are much smarter than me and my pretty words and pictures, need our support because there are writers, artists, humanitarians and philosophers on par with Aristotle, Picasso and Hemingway flipping burgers somewhere next to a highway because that's what they have to do to survive. What if the question "What would you do if you could do anything?" wasn't a question we asked once as a thought experiment but an everyday expectation for all of us? A robot can flip burgers. Let's let Hemingway write books.Read more... Additional resourcesHow to be Happy: Not a Self-Help Book. SeriouslyCentral Avenue Publishing is proud to publish another book by the widely acclaimed poet Iain S. Thomas. As many have noted on various social media platforms, there have been some issues that have led to the delayed release of this book.I Wrote This For You (blog)Source: Huffington Post

‘Small Is Beautiful’ - A popular quote, derived from the book of the same name, is synonymous with the world-renowned British Economist E F Schumacher,who picked it up from his teacher Leopold Kohr. The 4-part book (‘The Modern World,’ ‘Resources,’ ‘The Third World,’ and ‘Organization and Ownership’ captures the brilliance of the economist, who believed […]