The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business is the first business school in the country that will be using Amazon’s new Kindle DX, an electronic book reader, in the classroom. The business school is one of five schools selected to participate in Amazon’s Kindle pilot education project, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced May 6th at a press conference in New York City introducing the device…

The School’s goal is to make the device available to two groups of students in the fall. Plans call for one group from the School’s full time MBA program and another group in its MBA for Executives program to receive, test, and assess the Kindle DX.

Amazon first introduced the Kindle in November 2007. It has undergone changes and upgrades since its introduction. The latest version, the Kindle DX, was introduced today. The education project is the first company-sponsored project for Amazon that involves students and institutions of higher learning.

Students in the pilot program will be able to take advantage of Kindle DX’s popular features, such as its larger screen, auto-rotation, wireless, cellular connectivity, the ability to take notes and highlight, search across the library, and access a built-in dictionary. It provides the opportunity for students to carry all of their books and case studies in one lightweight device. Darden professors and students participating in the pilot program will receive orientation on how best to use the Kindle DX for teaching and learning.”