Teaching & Learning

As he makes his own foray into distance education, John Thelin, who describes himself as the "archetypal Old Prof," tries to make sense of Inside Higher Ed’s recent survey of faculty views on the topic.

Jed Shahar describes how he found educational value in the tool he once held in disdain.

Bryn Mawr experiments with artificially intelligent teaching software, says "blended" online learning might reinforce, rather than undermine, mission of small, residential colleges.

At Virginia and elsewhere, would-be reformers cite technology as forcing higher education to change. But that's often an excuse for politically motivated decisions, writes Johann Neem.

Records show that board leaders who organized President Sullivan's ouster also wanted a major push into online education.

Students can earn college credit by combining MOOCs and prior learning assessment -- two potential higher education "disruptions." And experts predict many students soon will.

Steve Cohen writes that interactive online education, not MOOCs, may be the real challenge for traditional higher ed.