Younger students taking distance learning courses, often part-time to enable them to attain employment and earn money as they study, are on the increase according to ...

In 1840, Sir Issac Pitman, the English inventor of shorthand, came up with an ingenious idea for delivering instruction to a potentially limitless audience: correspondence courses by mail. Pitman's ...

Between 1957 and 1982, “Sunrise Semester” broadcasted lectures from NYU faculty to the general public. Screenshot via YouTube In May 1962, the New York Times profiled Cora Gay Carr, a 37-year-old ...

From Mississippi to South Dakota, states are seeing increased enrollment in courses that rely on at least one form of technology as colleges expand online and hybrid options.

Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU), located in Portales, NM, is using lecture capture technology to produce and offer distance learning courses to graduate, undergraduate, and high school students.

Baylor College of Medicine is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA). As a ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a new list of higher educational institutions (HEIs) authorised to run Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and online programmes for the 2025-26 academic ...

Beginning in 2020, online learning, also known as distance learning or e-learning, has gained more popularity due to disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. As restrictions loosened, enrollment has ...

Delhi University now permits students to earn two degrees simultaneously, one through regular courses and another via Open and Distance Learning. This offers flexibility but may increase workload and ...

Students must check the entitlement status of the HEIs before taking admission. The University Grants Commission (UGC) released the University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning Programmes ...