While Tufts freshman Ammar Khaku sat listening to a lecture for an "Introduction to Robotics" course, he wasn't suffering from the typical in-class woes: He was reclining on his bed, relaxed and ...

In November, Wolfram Burgard, a professor of computer science at the University of Freiburg, in Germany, administered an online midterm exam for a course in artificial intelligence to 54 students. The ...

Earlier this week, Inside Higher Ed's Steve Kolowich looked at the success Stanford University has had this fall by offering 3 of its engineering courses online. The courses -- Introductions to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...