Online Education Blog

One Laptop Per Child was a dream proposed before the economic downfall, before dreams started to take the wrong turns. This particular dream came to fruition though, and now OLPC is a thriving non-profit organization established to provide an educational tool to impoverished children. The mission of OLPC is to provide one connected laptop to [...]

A study released last Friday by the U.S. Department of Education found that distance learning–or blended learning (also known as hybrid learning), where campus study is combined with online study–is considered a more effective approach than traditional learning behind the desk.

Florida Virtual School (FLVS), one of the leaders of high school online education, released an online history class done completely through a computer game. The game, called “Conspiracy Code,” is meant to aid students that otherwise have difficulty learning through an interactive and entertaining environment. The game was designed in cooperation with 360Ed. It is [...]