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‘Baby Steps’ to Reduce Textbook Costs

University of Utah faculty members balked at the idea of moving to open educational resources, so a team that includes library and bookstore employees is promoting 13 options -- including OER.

The Pulse: Conversation With Ken Hartman

This month's episode of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Ken Hartman, a veteran of online learning and currently CEO of Degree Quest.

Coding: Not Just for Geeks

Apple selects six community colleges to receive curriculum on creating apps. One president took the course and said it was easy to learn -- even though she hadn't taken a programming course in 30 years.

Bumpy Road Ahead for Purdue-Kaplan?

The proposed arrangement between the public research university and the adult-serving for-profit institution could reshape online learning and public higher education -- but regulatory hurdles await.

Maryville's Big Bet on Faculty Training

Administrators at the Missouri university realized that an initiative to give every student an iPad wouldn't pay off if professors didn't buy in. Its hefty investment in training has been rewarded with significant adoption and strong student results.

Trial and Error: File Sharing

The biggest challenge in the University of Arizona's efforts to consolidate its digital assets was getting organized.
Opinion

Learning by Doing

Amy Rottman and Salena Rabidoux suggest three examples of effective online applied learning.