College professors take their lesson plans into the digital realm. PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 27, 2009— -- In colleges across the country online textbooks are inching their way to the top of the class, ...

Florida State College at Jacksonville faculty have created 20 electronic textbooks that are accessible on a free online platform that lets students take notes in the margins, search for key terms, and ...

When Regina Kizer took online nursing classes in two graduate nursing degree programs, she bought textbooks in all different formats. “I’ve tried eBooks; I’ve tried Kindle. I’ve tried purchasing them ...

Lighten your load and save your wallet by buying or renting digital textbooks this school year. I've been writing about technology since 1992. My focus is special projects; I've run PCMag's ...

Looking for the cheapest place to buy college textbooks? We got you! With all of the options to buy books, gadgets, and school supplies online, college bookstores are becoming more obscure, and ...

Changes in how students take classes could also mean changes in how they prepare for them. With the increasing availability of online courses, the role of textbooks is evolving. The explosion of open ...

Forums: Join an online discussion about whether there will ever be a market for electronic textbooks, and why students remain uninterested in them so far. While buying books for her marketing class ...

Former college president James Rion McKissick is said to haunt the South Caroliniana Library. He is buried in front of the building. The State file photo As the cost of college continues to increase, ...

Brandi Giles is taking a class called Earth and Space Sciences at Skyline High School in Mesa this year. But unlike students who took the class previously, she is not lugging a heavy textbook back and ...

Colleges aren’t the only enterprises interested in the possibilities of free, online courses. Publishers have begun to investigate whether so-called MOOC’s, or massive open online courses, can help ...

While Chris Dawson, resident blogging counterpart royally annoyed the hell out of an association powering over 3,000 campus bookstores in the United States, I retreated to the Zackcave where I mulled ...