A few years ago, Cynthia B. Schuster began teaching online courses at the University of Baltimore, where she is a specialist in instructional technology. Nothing went awry, but, looking back, she says ...

Baylor College of Medicine is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA). As a ...

Norfolk State University has received a quality standards certification from the United States Distance Learning Association for its distance education program. According to the USDLA website, a ...

The blackboard might look a little fuzzy from a distance, but before you chalk it up to poor vision, it might be time to take a closer look. Distance education has been around for centuries, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover education as a sector and as the bedrock of all sectors. In 1970, Coastline Community College became the first college ...

In 1840, Sir Issac Pitman, the English inventor of shorthand, came up with an ingenious idea for delivering instruction to a potentially limitless audience: correspondence courses by mail. Pitman's ...

The digital craze accentuates the tendency to distance ourselves physically from one another. Some even imagine that a life ...