These invitations follow the familiar pattern of being visually simplistic and not giving away any specifics other than confirming the date and that it will be based around an educational announcement.
Now that this event data and topic have been confirmed speculation can begin on the actual specifics of the event and the nature of the announcement that Apple will be making. Back in December 2011, the Michigan Institute of Education announced the launch of an online learning initiative which will offer a select portfolio of MIT courses through a web based platform. It is well known that Cupertino has a long standing relationship with MIT and people are wondering if this is what the announcement will be about.
Other stories have centred around the fact that the announcement could be related to the iBooks store and application which users can download free of charge and many are thinking that learning text books could become available on iBooks. Others are wondering if Apple are going to introduce a platform where people can create and upload their own books to the iBooks store similar to Amazon Kindle.
The iPad is also something that many are taking about and many are wondering if the adoption of the iPad into educational learning environments could be on the cards. Whatever January 19th brings you can be sure that we will be reporting and bringing you all the details.
