“Thank you so much for taking the time to treat me like a person,” wrote Stephanie in an email to me. A student in one of my online courses, she had fallen behind and couldn’t see a way forward — ...

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. After all, in-person was ...

Online teaching and learning is a form of distance education. While distance education has been offered since the early 1700s, the first online courses were offered in the late 1960s. Original ...

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Determining whether students learn better with in-person classroom learning or online is a multifaceted question. Both modalities offer unique advantages and challenges, impacting student engagement, ...

A new analysis of Inside Higher Ed’s annual Student Voice survey underscores the significance of belonging and relevance of content and assessment for online learners. It’s been five years since ...

In March 2020, news of the pandemic struck just as peak K-12 teacher recruitment season was getting underway. As schools quickly pivoted to online learning, K-12 recruiters canceled in-person career ...