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Is Distance Ed Rule DOA?
Education Department finally issues rule on state approval of online programs, but with opposition in Congress, it may never go into effect.
Opinion
Why Faculty Still Don’t Want to Teach Online
As a teacher, you may prefer traditional classrooms full of residential students, but virtual education is here to stay and offers significant benefits, writes Robert Ubell.
The ‘Computerless’ Computer Lab
After realizing virtually all students bring their own laptops to campus, Wisconsin liberal arts college opened an unorthodox computer lab.
'Augmented Intelligence' for Higher Ed
IBM picks Blackboard and Pearson to bring the technology behind the Watson computer to colleges and universities.
Opinion
How to Create and Sell Courses Online
Kirsten Drickey provides some concrete advice for leveraging your teaching experience and subject matter expertise by teaching online courses beyond the academy.
‘The Pulse’: Labster
This month’s edition of the “Pulse” podcast features an interview with Mikkel Marfelt and Aaron Knox of Labster, which develops interactive laboratory simulations.
'First Step' Toward More Digital Undergrad Experience
Georgia Tech, having enrolled thousands of students in its well-regarded online master's degree program in computer science, expands its experiments with low-cost online education for undergraduates.
Impact and Nonimpact of Online Competition
Paper finds growth of fully online degree programs led to increased spending and falling enrollments at some place-based colleges, but had little impact on tuition rates.