A report finds that online education "has failed to reduce costs and improve outcomes for students," even as it becomes the fastest-growing segment of higher education, particularly at for-profit institutions. Researchers say hybrid models that involve some face-to-face interaction with instructors and other students have fewer problems.

Simon Sjöholm arbetar som produktspecialist inom it-relaterade hjälpmedel. Här berättar han om hur han klarade skolan med goda betyg trots sin språkstörning.

Johanna Kristensson berättar om hur olika digitala verktyg kan fungera som stöd vid läs- och skrivsvårigheter. (webb-tv)

Video games improve communication, adaptibility and critical thinking – just the attributes that employers are looking for.

När barn spelar analoga spel blir det en helt annan aktivitet än när de spelar digitalt. Till exempel när det gäller den sociala interaktionen, visar Malin Nilsens forskning.

The education sector, both higher education and K-12, is particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks as efforts to secure its networks lag behind those of other industries, a report from security company SecurityScorecard finds. Company Co-founder Sam Kassoumeh says systemic underfunding of IT departments has contributed to the problem.

La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, is piloting a companion robot for students with special needs in a Victorian school. Based on teacher input, the highly interactive robot, Matilda, teaches social and academic skills, such as offering fun activities for students who can wait their turn.

Developers should consider the science around learning and memory when building education apps, suggests psychologists from the Swiss Distance Learning University, the University of Bonn in Germany and the University of Bern in Switzerland.

Researchers are considering strategies to help improve test results for students taking massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Among the issues, according to researchers at the University of Leuven, is that the current use of multiple-choice questions rewards guessing in some cases.