SAN FRANCISCO--Edward Vazquez Jr., 6, has numerous educational tools at his disposal. He learns math from flashcards and the alphabet from a popular electronic gadget called the LeapPad. But when it ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is going to review the patent held by e-learning software maker Blackboard Inc., in the wake of a challenge by a group advocating open source software. The ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This group of five educational ...

Computer-assisted learning (CAL) has increasingly become a focal point in education research, offering a promising alternative and supplement to traditional classroom instruction. Empirical studies ...

Hint: The answer ain’t (c). Though sales for the video game industry have hit record levels in recent years, the market for children’s educational software has imploded. Once totaling half a billion ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Conceived for a class at a public school in Minneapolis, “Oregon Trail,” is among the most popular educational computer ...

Education and publishing giant Pearson is drawing criticism after using its software to experiment on over 9,000 math and computer science students across the country. In a paper presented Wednesday ...

The dawn of the personal computer in the 1970s promised the greatest change in American instructional methods since the 19th century—which is when schools began to use standardized textbooks. While ...

Truly Heft, 18, is attending Gwynedd Mercy University, after overcoming dyslexia. (Submitted Photo) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover ...

The Oregon Trail, The Yukon Trail, Number Munchers, Word Munchers, The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary, Lemonade Stand, DinoPark Tycoon, Storybook Weaver. All games you played in school, all made by the ...