Distance education

Rice U.'s Connexions, which lets professors from any campus share materials, tries to challenge traditional peer review and publishing.

Otterbein College withdraws thousands of bogus credits awarded to hundreds of Florida teachers in scheme approved by associate dean.

Kentucky community colleges experiment with having outside company evaluate students' essays in freshman composition.

Permissions center partners with Blackboard to help professors gain approval as they build their online courses.

Combination of 2 leading e-learning platforms will dominate market, but some college officials fret about impact.

In buying WebCT, did course-management giant vanquish competition, or is open source the real competition?

Institutionally, most colleges have, in one way or another, embraced the use of technology in how they educate their students. Four in five colleges and universities use some form of content management system, and educational technologists are no longer unusual creatures on their campuses.

University will offer lectures and sports free to alums and the public, and course content to students, through Apple's music store.

New grant aims to help African teachers harness power of the Internet to try to educate a struggling continent.

Federal higher ed panel emphasizes colleges' high prices and urges greater accountability.