“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 — ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the rapid digitization of higher education, online courses and course materials remain prevalent. A new survey from Bay View Analytics found that while ...

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 ...

About 40% of California’s community college courses are online now, redefining education. These courses are more accessible, ...

The success of online learning depends on several interlocking components: (1) course design, (2) class community, (3) class communications and interactions. A well-designed online course focuses not ...

In Fall 2021, several faculty members came together throughout the semester to discuss how we can facilitate more active learning in large (greater than 35 students) courses. In our initial discussion ...

Between time delays and trying to initiate dialogue through a screen, Zoom has changed the way instructors are facilitating synchronous classes online. Whether the class is large or small, ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

The proposed intervention is aimed at ensuring uninterrupted teaching in key subjects such as mathematics, science, computer science and commerce ...