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Pioneering College for Adults Struggles in Middle Age
Excelsior College, founded to help adults complete degrees online, staggers after curtailing its biggest program over quality concerns. Administrators say "repositioning" is working, but a more competitive market awaits.
A Blended Solution to Serving Indigenous Students
Residents of First Nations communities can earn a master's degree in school psychology thanks to a blended program that accounts for their needs.
How to Break Into Instructional Design
Tips, links, resources and words of wisdom for early-career instructional designers.
Trial and Error: Virtual Reality ‘as Memorable as the O.J. Simpson Case’
Police officers in the making at George Washington University can tap into a virtual crime scene as the foundation for learning across multiple courses.
Making ‘Academic Innovation’ Meaningful
Calls to create a discipline around the term risk reinforcing existing problems with how it is used -- and misused -- in higher education, Rolin Moe writes.
Georgia Tech Envisions Research University Education of the Future
A Georgia Institute of Technology committee created three years ago to craft a vision for the education the institution should...
Professor Bans Laptops, Sees Grades Rise
At an institution that prides itself on its use of technology, one professor goes in the opposite direction -- banning all electronic devices in his classes.
Next Steps Uncertain After Online Learning Catalyst Closes
The Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium served the state's online initiatives for two decades. Now the challenge -- or opportunity -- for the institutions is to continue that work as the consortium closes.