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Statewide Data on OER Savings
North Dakota students saved more than $1 million on textbooks after the state invested just $110,000 to help instructors use open educational resources. Audit identifies successes and ongoing challenges.
Who's Taking Nondegree Courses -- and Why?
Most students enrolled in nondegree online programs already have degrees, and a minority actually want a credential, new data show.
Learning Across Cultures, With Help From Technology
A new project will use technology to build bridges between classrooms in the U.S. and Japan. A pedagogical model of international collaboration facilitated by technology is gaining steam worldwide.
Opinion
Open Educational Resources: What We Don't Know
Free, accessible curricular materials may have many benefits for students. But the research conducted so far hasn't delivered the required proof yet, Regan Gurung writes.
LinkedIn Expands Its Learning Library
The Microsoft-owned workplace social platform will for first time make content from other providers -- including Harvard Business School -- available to its higher education and corporate customers. Its aim: to be the "single destination for learners."
Online Education Ascends
Number and proportion of college and university students taking classes online grew solidly in 2017, as overall postsecondary enrollments fell. A third of all students now take at least one online course.
How Will Unresolved Research Questions Get Answered?
Technology-enabled learning might be the future of education, but empirical studies haven't caught up to the hype. Funding is tight and approaches are scattered.
Digital Learning in ‘Inside Higher Ed’ This Week
Among the topics: Two universities go big on big data; Arizona State and Uber team up on online degrees; federal investigations into web accessibility; dealing with GDPR.