Filter & Sort
Learning Science for All
Carnegie Mellon spent millions of dollars developing tools to help instructors improve their teaching. Now other institutions are invited to use them, too.
Navigating the Never-Ending Online Course Cycle
Creating a system for developing and revamping online courses can be challenging -- but is increasingly essential -- for institutions with growing programs.
Online Program Tuition, Netflix-Style
Idaho's largest state university has introduced a new reduced-price tuition model, geared toward rural adults, for two of its online programs: students subscribe for a year then pay automatically once a month.
Carnegie Mellon to Open Up Its Digital Learning Tools
Carnegie Mellon University's Open Learning Initiative plans to make dozens of software tools it has developed to enable "learning engineering"...
Digital Learning in ‘Inside Higher Ed’ This Week
Among the topics: objections to online gym class; accreditor's report on unbundling; connecting community colleges' work-force programs.
Discussion Boards: Valuable? Overused? Discuss.
Instructors and students alike are growing tired of the discussion board formula. Innovative approaches point to the potential for more meaningful online learning experiences.
Opinion
Building Online Courses Communally
The master model of course development devalues all but the lead instructor and reduces students to numbers, Penelope Adams Moon argues. We can do better by building online courses together.
The Pulse: Aula Education's Anders Krohn
This month's episode of our technology podcast features an interview with the co-founder of a new communication platform designed to replace the LMS.