I’ve had the privilege of being a teacher both in person and remotely, otherwise known as distance education. I first started teaching in the late 90s, after getting my university degree in primary ...

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 U.S. Department of Education (ED) last month proposed new guidelines to strengthen its oversight and data-gathering practices for distance education. According to a January proposal outlining ...

The Better Learning Together conference Wednesday will feature hour-long sessions and panels designed for program coordinators, instructors and those interested in integrating online tools and ...

The Education Department wants to collect much more information about distance education courses and the students enrolled in them as part of a broader effort to increase oversight of online programs.

Teachers, for example, need training and to attend meetings, but schools can't afford for them to miss classes to do so; nor can they afford to pay substitutes. Distance learning is one solution.

The field of simulations includes immersive solutions ranging from internships to computer reproductions and virtual reality.