“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 — ...

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 ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

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 ...

The Purdue Repository for online Teaching and Learning (PoRTAL) digital repository is the go-to resource for anyone interested in online teaching and learning. Are you thinking about moving your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I share insights from the intersection of education and industry. For a while now, online education has been a good option for ...

People often ask me to name my favorite online teaching tool. My answer is always the same: Hands down, it’s online discussion forums. As a veteran online teacher, I view discussion forums as the meat ...

Survey finds confidence in virtual learning is growing, particularly among younger Americans. But a third still say in-person is better. Nearly half of Americans have developed a better opinion of ...

I have taught online for nearly 20 years. As an online professor at George Washington University, my courses continued through the 9/11 terrorist attacks, beltway snipers, Hurricane Isabel, the H1N1 ...

The Online Teaching and Learning Certificate is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to effectively design and deliver instruction online. The program aims to meet the ...