Teaching & Learning

Much-hyped company, early player in adaptive learning, plans to take on the publishers. Some see promise; others have doubts.

Institutions are embracing instructional design as online courses and programs proliferate. Designers hope they'll soon be viewed as part of the academic landscape, rather than merely as tech support.

Institutions in several states are now required to label courses with OER and affordable materials. Proponents cheer the move toward transparency, though some challenges remain.

Responding to declining high school enrollments and state higher education austerity, some public universities are scaling up online.

In first of a series of discussions with digital learning leaders, the eLiterate analyst explores the role of the faculty, measuring effectiveness and whether tech companies are getting more realistic in their promises.

Amid the latest online brouhaha over use of devices in the classroom, educators say it’s time to focus on helping students however they need it -- laptop or no laptop.

Dozens of professors and others at one university share their ideas and examples for online learning across disciplines in a new book.