By Carl Straumsheim. Seven member institutions of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities will participate in a three-year project to test adaptive courseware, the organization announced on Thursday. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Corporations are growing increasingly dissatisfied with their learning management systems, and many are looking to switch in the near future, according to a study by the Brandon Hall Group, a research and advisory services firm. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. The hype has some colleges wondering if now is the right time to jump in. High costs and development issues suggest the technology is still years away from making a difference. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. A group of sociologists and librarians said on Saturday that they, in partnership with the Center for Open Science, will develop a new open-access archive for social science research. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. New York University at Shanghai experiments with educational videos to study how it can reach Chinese students online. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Blackboard's parent company, Providence Equity Partners, is acquiring the higher education financial company Higher One for $260 million. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Even if they could cheat without being penalized, most students will take an honest stab at homework questions, study finds. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. HathiTrust, the book digitization consortium and digital library housed at the University of Michigan, is making more than 14 million books available to blind and print-disabled readers. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim and Doug Lederman. A conference on online learning promises "A Universe of Opportunities," and attendees interested in faculty development are getting their money's worth. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Excelsior College and publisher Cengage Learning on Tuesday said they would partner to create self-paced online degree programs to give students an alternative pathway to college credit. Read more...