The Chronicle of Higher Education

New Book by Critic of Distance Education Describes Privacy Threats

Distance education threatens the privacy of students and professors because online class discussions can be monitored in ways that are impossible in traditional classrooms, argues David Noble, a ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Distance-Education Critic’s Book Takes Aim at Army’s Efforts

The U.S. military’s growing involvement in distance education could lead to greater standardization that would threaten academic freedom, argues David F. Noble, a history professor at York University, ...
Inside Higher Ed

Reading Thelin’s ‘A History of American Higher Education’ as an Amateur Futurist

Why is most thinking about higher education's future mostly mediocre? Lots of reasons. Uncritical acceptance of applying (mostly discredited) business theories to academia. (Hello, disruptive ...
The Conversation

Distance learning changes lives, but comes with its own challenges

Ashley Gunter receives funding from, The Arts and Humanities Research Council UK, British Academy UK, National Research Foundation, Newton Fund UK. Across Africa, distance education has become one of ...
KARE 11

Children's mental health expert on rethinking the approach to distance learning

MINNEAPOLIS — Many students across the Twin Cities just wrapped up their first official week of full-time distance learning as COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations continue to climb across the ...
usace.army.mil

Cadet Command implements distance learning options in response to COVID-19 pandemic

FORT KNOX, Ky. (April 6, 2020) – Along with the way most of America is making changes to how they do day-to-day business, so is U.S. Army Cadet Command. With social distancing and travel restrictions ...