A cooperative venture by several major universities to build free course-management software is expected to release the first version of its product today, together with the complete source code, so ...

NEW YORK -- The students in Howard Budin's democracy and technology class hold spirited discussions and go on course-related field trips. But physical interaction with classmates is strictly optional.

A research team that is building free course-management software plans today to release the first technical standards that provide the framework of its forthcoming software. Although the group is ...