by Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed

When Jon Stewart asked Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty last week for some examples of how he intended to administer ?limited and ... (Read More)

by Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed

Just about everywhere you turn, state leaders are searching for a way to use online learning to expand the reach of their ... (Read More)

Adobe Systems' Photoshop graphics editing software has hit the 20-year mark. Adobe Photoshop turned 20 on Feb. 19 and is still going strong. In a news release the previous day, the company said: ... (Read More)

Students aren?t getting enough instruction in school on how to use technology and the internet in a safe and responsible manner, a new poll suggests. Released by the National Cyber Security ... (Read More)

Note from Ray - Hi! As regular readers know, it is rare that I post a request on this blog. I am looking for an invitation to join the beta testing of Google Wave. If a reader has an invitation ... (Read More)

Now that Google Wave has opened up to one million users and there are countless unused invites floating around, just about anyone who wants to take Google?s new collaboration tool for a spin can ... (Read More)

One hundred and twenty new students joined University of the People for its second term. University of the People, one of the newest members of the free online education arena, is adding academic ... (Read More)

Blackboard on Wednesday announced that it was purchasing Angel Learning for about $95 million, shaking up the course management industry. While Blackboard is clearly dominant in the market, it has ... (Read More)

Technology adoption is on the rise in America's K-12 schools, and it's having a positive impact on learning outcomes. That's one of the findings from a new national trends report released Thursday ... (Read More)

Daily Spotlight on Education 01/16/2009

Welcome to the BrainyFlix SAT Vocab Contest - Brainyflix Enter your videos to help teach SAT videos and win prizes. Get 1 free itunes download for ... (Read More)

With more than 50 million users visiting Twitter in July, the microblogging service has become quite the destination for short updates about what we're doing in the moment. In addition to being a ... (Read More)

After launching his career with the Medford Police Department, Sgt. Mike Budreau wanted to finish his bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Southern Oregon University. His work schedule ? 8:30 ... (Read More)

A longstanding and popular distance learning program that graduated Skidmore College?s oldest student may soon be scrapped. The reason: time, money and increased competition. The University ... (Read More)

Children asked to come up with ideas for life in 2020 have designed labour-saving devices, magic pencils to do their homework and, of course, robots. Some 85,000 young inventors have submitted ... (Read More)

Every morning Ryan Hartkopf is up at 6:45 a.m., but instead of loading the bus and heading to Westby high school with his senior classmates, he heads to the dining room and starts up his computer, ... (Read More)

Hi- As you know, I rarely address readers of this blog directly. First, thank you for reading the Online Learning Update - knowing there are readers such as you makes this worthwhile. I want to ... (Read More)

Internet Explorer is used by the vast majority of the world's computer users. Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw ... (Read More)

The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On

An MS-Word version of this essay is available at http://www.downes.ca/files/future2008.doc In the summer of 1998, over two frantic weeks in July, ... (Read More)

The New Narrative? Comics in Literature, Film, and Art - Toronto conference

The FREE conference will take place at University of Toronto on May 10th and 11th. Full program schedule ... (Read More)

NECC 2008 - Day Two - Session One

Today is the second full-day of NECC activities. The first session of the day didn’t start until 11:00 and I slept in… apparently there was a ... (Read More)