$35 Computer Will Make Online Learning Cheaper and Easier to Implement

Elearning! writes, "The UK-based Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a $35 computer. This miniaturized, low-cost piece of equipment could help make it affordable to implement all kinds of computer based learning."

The Raspberry Pi computer goes on general sale

Dr Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation shows Rory Cellan-Jones how the computer works.

The Raspberry Pi is a bare-bones machine, about the size of a credit card. It is sold without a case, keyboard, mouse or monitor, but it can be hooked up to any existing equipment a training department has. The Pi has an Ethernet port, so it can be hooked up to a high speed Internet connection. The machine is designed to run Linux, the open source operating system.

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Source: Elearning! and BBC News