Distance Learning

The Canadian province of Ontario is mandating that high school students complete two online courses as a graduation requirement. This requirement places Ontario at the forefront of the movement to require online courses for high […]

An article in Forbes discusses the ratings given to online MBA programs by recent graduates and the results are encouraging. Graduates of online MBA programs reported definite positive impacts on their careers from their online […]

As online learning has grown and matured, there is evidence that while it allows some students who would otherwise be unable to access education to pursue their studies, in the case of other students the […]

One of the challenges for online learning programs is developing a sense of community and connection among the students and the faculty. Social connections can arise spontaneously when education takes place in a physical space […]

The University of Michigan has announced that it will invest $50 million to create a Center for Academic Innovation, which will include curricular innovation through new online and hybrid offerings, educational data, and software tools […]

Writing in the Harvard Business Review, Leah Belsky, Senior Vice President at Coursera, sketches a future for online learning that includes institutions of higher education at the center of a global shared learning ecosystem. This […]

I have previously called attention to the challenges posed by online program managers (OPMs), those companies that manage some or all aspects of online programs for colleges and universities. A new report from the Century […]

If you care about the future of distance learning and you have not yet encountered Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski’s Learning How to Learn MOOC on Coursera, you are in for a real treat. The […]

Sometimes it is easy to miss the most important point in an article, particularly if you are not looking for it. In a recent piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education Goldie Blumenstyke reports on […]

I have previously taken stock of the variety of online activities engaged in by colleges and universities. The list of possibilities for forms of online learning is lengthy, and it is sometimes difficult to understand […]