Article from Daily Californian: As the semester progressed, UC Berkeley lecturer Dan Garcia noticed one group of students falling behind: those taking his course without ever setting foot on campus. Of the 320 students enrolled in “The Beauty and Joy of Computing,” the 60 students taking the course online consistently underperformed compared to the in-class [...]

Article from PS News: The Australian National University (ANU) has become the only Australian university to join an online learning enterprise founded by the United States’ Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   ‘edX’ aims to provide education to one billion people worldwide within 10 years and an expansion of the enterprise was recently [...]

Article from T.H.E. Journal: Distance Learning | News Edgenuity Expands Blended Online Learning Courses for Summer Education Programs By Sharleen Nelson 02/21/13 Online learning provider Edgenuity (formerly E2020) will boost its summer school program by enhancing 185 courses on its roster of Common Core and state standards-aligned curricula. The program, which includes courses covering core [...]

Article from Massillon Independent: Marine biology, calculus, Latin. Starting next school year, Washington High School students could be exploring those and other subject areas from their home computer. During its monthly board meeting Wednesday, the City Schools Board of Education approved an online course curriculum that is presented in collaboration with the Massillon Digital Academy [...]

Article from T.H.E. Journal: Learning Resources | News lynda.com Buys Multi-Language Online Training Company By Dian Schaffhauser 02/19/13 Online training company lynda.com has expanded its line-up of videos in other languages with the purchase of video2brain, a European company with a team in the United States that provides online video training in German, French, Spanish, [...]

Article from Business 2 Community: I don’t know where you are this President’s Day, but I’m waking up at Disney World for the Training 2013 Conference. It’s 70 degrees and sunny. Sorry. It’s a fascinating place. Within sight of the Coronado Springs resort is a huge replica of Mt. Everest in one direction, a haunted 14-story [...]

Article from Arizona Republic: By J. Craig Anderson The Republic | azcentral.com Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:39 PM As online education matures, its audience continues to get younger. One Scottsdale company is at the forefront of that trend, producing Web-based learning tools for students in Grades 6-12, as well as for college students in need [...]

Article from Financial Times: From Mr Robert Moulton-Ely. Sir, Why do some pay for a BMW when a Toyota Camry would do just fine? Same thing for Harvard, Yale, Cambridge etc (Gillian Tett, February 2). It is the sloppy middle and also-rans that need to fear online learning. Robert Moulton-Ely, Lake Forest, IL, US Copyright [...]

Article from OPB News: Education | News OPB | Feb. 06, 2013 5:26 p.m. | Updated: Feb. 07, 2013 12:06 p.m. | Portland, OR Show Hide Article Extras Contributed By: Rob Manning Video: >> Read the full article Related News: Online Education For DummiesFrom admission to graduation-your personal guide to studying onlineOnline Education For Dummies [...]

Article from Globe and Mail: I am supposed to be giving a lecture tonight to my class at Dalhousie. But it will not be in the usual 200-person auditorium at Dalhousie University. No, the Halifax airport is shut down today, and I have been stranded looking for a flight to get home. This is not [...]