Researchers at MIT have released a video and audio search tool that solves one of the most challenging problems in the field: how to break up a lengthy academic lecture into manageable chunks, ...

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You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A growing number of students say they prefer asynchronous learning over other course delivery methods ...

In recent years, massive open online courses (MOOCs), through the likes of Coursera, have attracted hundreds of thousands of students from across the world. Many teachers are using a "flipped" ...

James Nowick has got the world on a screen. He’s logged into a big map of the planet and is cross-referencing it with a YouTube list of the top countries in which people have viewed one of his online ...

Jeremy Gleick is a sophomore in bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. May 7, 2012 Any system that helps people learn is worthwhile, and online courses definitely help people ...

A pilot program at Northwestern is giving students who spend lecture on Facebook and Sporcle a second chance to watch what they may have missed. Students in Prof. Thomas O’Halloran’s Chemistry 103 ...

If you’re pondering a career shift, looking to learn a specific skill or just plain bored, consider a web-based class to broaden your horizons. By J. D. Biersdorfer Have extra time at home? Want to ...

You don't need an Ivy League education to get a world-class education. There are many online education websites that offer academic courses for a fraction of the cost of traditional colleges and ...

Over the last few months, I’ve been trying to educate myself on our financial crisis. To that end, I dropped in on a class at Yale that examined real estate finance and the roots of the federal ...

Dilani Gedera works for and receives funding from Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Cheryl Brown receives funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment. Dianne Forbes works for ...