Online courses aimed at adults sometimes lose the personal touch. Academics at two institutions discuss how to use short, informal videos to bring the courses alive. GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Two years ...

Unlike their face-to-face counterparts on campus, online courses are predominantly asynchronous where the students (and faculty) each determine when they will engage and participate in their online ...

Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design. Many institutions now offer effective ...

Distance learning far precedes the digital age. Before online courses, people relied on print materials (and later radio and other technologies) to support formal education when the teacher and ...

Maintaining academic integrity in the age of generative AI is a headache for all professors. But those who teach large-enrollment and asynchronous courses are in a particularly challenging spot. If ...

Millions of students take online courses annually, and online learning remains one of the largest and most steadily growing enrollment segments. What’s changing in 2026 is how online courses are ...

Understanding how time “works” in online teaching and course design is often a challenge for online instructors, especially those new to online education. Four distinct yet related questions can ...

With the right strategies and technologies, hybrid-flexible courses that combine face-to-face and online classes can create a seamless learning experience for students. During the pandemic, many ...