Cengage Learning is expanding its presence in the online program management market with the acquisition of ed-tech company Learning Objects and its learning platform, Difference Engine. Cengage CEO ...

New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the usefulness of objects by playing with them -- similar to human baby behavior. Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea ...

Blended Learning is a term used to describe instruction using both face-to-face contact and online interaction. As this instructional mode became more widespread, concerns among instructors at ...

One measure of intelligence is being able to learn the name of an object after only hearing it a few times, a cognitive ability known as 'fast mapping'. Humans can quickly associate an object's ...

Small imperfections in a wine glass or tiny creases in a contact lens can be tricky to make out, even in good light. In almost total darkness, images of such transparent features or objects are nearly ...