ASU receives digital publishing grant

<p>ASU has been selected as one of 14 universities worldwide to receive the 2006 Hewlett Packard Digital Publishing for Teaching and Learning grant. The university&#39;s Department of Technology Management received an award package of HP products and a faculty stipend, together valued at about $73,000.</p><separator></separator><p>La Verne Abe Harris was the principal investigator for the proposal. Jon Duff, Thomas Schildgen and Michael Churicuzio were the co-principal investigators.</p><separator></separator><p>The grant is designed to promote innovations in teaching and learning through the effective use of digital publishing technologies. ASU was selected for the award after submitting a plan that included digital publishing innovation designed to improve teaching and student learning in the higher education environment.</p><separator></separator><p>The 2006 HP Digital Publishing for Teaching and Learning grant awarded about $812,000 to 14 universities in nine countries. From 2004 to 2006, Hewlett Packard has committed more than $36 million in grants to more than 650 schools worldwide to support the company&#39;s broader education goal of transforming teaching and learning through the integration of technology.</p>