If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make ...

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 ...

Despite all the school cancellations this year caused by the winter weather, many students may not have to make up the missed ...

The bell rings at 10:00 a.m. A teacher begins explaining quadratic equations. Some students lean forward, pencils ready. Others stare at the clock. A few are still turning yesterday’s lesson over in ...

Virtual courses have several advantages for teacher and student alike, such as flexibility and self-management of learning, and they require a very active role from the student. However, even when ...

I keep hearing the same complaint from parents: “I don’t want my children on these long videoconference calls. It is making them miserable.” These long, synchronous classroom calls which have become ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William Arruda covers personal branding, leadership, and careers. The explosion of on-demand learning has made courses on ...

The image used in this post is of a small group of students sitting in a room together, (seemingly) energetically talking about the issues at hand. This is an example of synchronous discussion—the ...