CoNETS
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CoNETS（Connecting to the Next Education for Teachers and Studentas) has been established in September, 2013 with major 12 textbook publishers and an SIer named Hitachi Solutions, as a consortium in order to promote digital textbooks for primary, junior-high and high schools in Japan.
Summary
The consortium consists of 13 companies including
Dainippon Tosho, Jikkyo Shuppan, Kairyudo, Sanseido, Kyoiku Geijyutusha, Mitsumura Tosho, Teikoku-Shoin, Taishukan Publishing, Keirinkan, Yamakawa Shuppansha, Suken Shuppan, Nihon Bunkyou Shuppan, Hitachi Solutions, and each textbook publishers totaled 12 companies leads in National language, Mathematics, Physics, Social studies, History, Geography, Music arena.
The consortium has been developing a distribution platform for textbooks and the system can be used for other textbook publishers.
An adopted data format is EPUB 3 and its viewer for iPad, Windows 7 and Windows 8 is being developed and released.
Chronology
- September 5, 2013 CoNETS established
- December 20, 2013 A prototype has started with Ritsumeikan Primary School.
- May 21, 2014 Exposed at fifth EDIX (Educational IT Solutions Expo)
- September 17, 2014 Exposedin technical at EDUPUB Tokyo 2014
External links
- CoNETS
- 大日本図書 Dainippon Tosho
- 実教出版 Jikkyo Shuppan
- 開隆堂 Kairyudo
- 三省堂 Sanseido
- 教育芸術社 Kyoiku Geijyutusha
- 光村図書 Mitsumura Tosho
- 帝国書院 Teikoku Shoin
- 大修館書店 Taishukan Publishing
- 啓林館 Keirinkan
- 山川出版社 Yamakawa Shuppansha
- 数研出版 Suuken Shuppan
- 日本文教出版 Nihon Bunkyo Shuppan
- 日立ソリューションズ Hitachi Solutions
- 教育ITソリューションEXPO(EDIX)
- EDUPUB Tokyo 2014