Online teaching and learning is a form of distance education. While distance education has been offered since the early 1700s, the first online courses were offered in the late 1960s. Original ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic may have thrust online education and distance learning into the spotlight in 2020, but it's not new. In fact, 1 in 5 public schools already offered courses entirely online during ...

Recently, I participated in the annual Faculty Convening of CODEL (Cooperative Online Doctorate in Educational Leadership) doctoral program. CODEL is a partnership doctoral program offered by ...

Similar to attending a physical campus and learning in person, there are advantages and disadvantages of attending a virtual classroom and learning online. Among the many benefits of online learning, ...

What Is the MATTC Program? Navigating your path to teaching is easier when you're backed by a top-tier institution. SCU’s MATTC program was recently named the #2 Online Master's in Education program ...

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. After all, in-person was ...

It’s been five years since colleges moved their teaching and learning online in response to the COVID pandemic, and Inside Higher Ed’s 2025 Survey of Campus Chief Technology/Information Officers, ...

“Thank you so much for taking the time to treat me like a person,” wrote Stephanie in an email to me. A student in one of my online courses, she had fallen behind and couldn’t see a way forward — ...

We understand and would like to make things a little easier for you. In response to the mounting pressure for faculty to switch to online teaching within a very short time, we have compiled some ...

We are excited you are here! Ready to get started? Let's go! Online teaching continues to grow as an educational option to meet learners' needs for flexibility and completing their educational goals.