Technology/Faculty

In the most comprehensive review to date of automated essay grading software, U. of Akron researchers find little difference between grades of robot and human readers.

Several weeks into MIT's massive open online teaching experiment, faculty ponder how it could change the university.

In a major plot twist in the battle between open-source and proprietary learning platforms, Blackboard buys a major open-source service provider and plans a division around it.

Lasell College mandates that all faculty use basic features in the online learning platform, sparking discussion of traditional colleges, LMS usage and the "data revolution."

Austin Peay University says its new automated advising engine can look at a student's proposed schedule and predict her semester GPA within two hundredths of a point.

Two former Arizona State University professors say that the university violated copyright laws by using their online course material without permission.

Two Stanford professors spin off their experiments with massively open online courses (MOOCs) into a company that could serve as a platform for similar projects.

The nation's largest university moves to embrace distance ed, hoping to solve growing capacity issues. Some faculty are dubious.

A legal spat over e-textbook "enhancement" tools highlights the importance of digital content as tech companies clamber for customers.

With the help of a young entrepreneur and thousands of willing college students, campus-specific Web gags go viral.