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febrero 2024
In this report, you can read about the network’s impact in the areas of services, thought leadership, and student engagement. In addition, we recap our 2023 network convening, introduce our new Equity First Organization partners, feature some of our student interns, and give readers a preview of what’s ahead for the network in 2024.
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agosto 2024
In this new resource, 12 instructors from a variety of two-year and four-year institutions share their experiences adopting digital learning tools to promote equity and improve learning outcomes for historically marginalized and under-resourced students. Their narratives highlight successes as well as bumps in the road as they implemented digital learning tools into their teaching.
septiembre 2023
Tyton partners’ Listening to Learners 2023 reveals that while 70% of students value representative diversity among advisors, only 30% of institutions report scaled implementation of this hr practice. Cutting-edge research identifies strategies to enhance student outcomes and create a sense of belonging in higher education.
agosto 2023
This guide presents results from an analysis of 100 academic continuity plans at U.S. colleges and universities. The results form the basis for recommended academic continuity plan best practices, tools, and templates academic leaders can use to maintain a plan that can be used in both short-term and long-term circumstances.
junio 2023
This 2023 study – the largest and longest running study monitoring digital learning in higher education – aims to identify the differences between student and institutional stakeholder experiences and preferences to suggest ways institutions and solution providers can address these differences.
junio 2021
Getting Started With Equity: A Guide for Academic Department Leaders has a very specific purpose, which is to serve as a first step for department chairs to develop and curate an educational environment that is simultaneously justice-centered and equity-advancing.
julio 2022
Time for Class 2022 examines how faculty and institutional leaders are using instructional materials to implement teaching practices that can improve student learning and outcomes, especially for students historically underserved by higher education. This report reviews how digital learning in high-enrollment introductory courses can enable instructors to incorporate evidence-based teaching practices and work to close equity gaps in courses.
junio 2022
Colleges and universities can help alleviate the burden students face every day, including restructuring mental health support on campus, providing options for digital learning, encouraging teachers to apply trauma-informed teaching practices, and connecting students with the resources they need to thrive.
junio 2022
This playbook presents six concrete strategies for academic leaders, college-level leaders, and instructional design staff to adopt now to better support their online adjunct faculty and the community of students and learners in their classrooms.
abril 2022
The equity review tool is designed for educators striving to create more validating and affirming learning experiences and environments for students. Using this tool, educators will be able to develop and evaluate their resources and the language they use to ensure they are asset-based and supportive of a more equitable teaching and learning process.
marzo 2022
This report describes the Every Learner Everywhere supports for lighthouse institutions, the experiences and accomplishments of course improvement teams at those institutions, and implications for future efforts to improve teaching and learning practices in higher education.
marzo 2022
Panelists share tenets to purposefully embed equity, social justice, and inclusion into innovative teaching and learning in face-to-face and virtual spaces.
febrero 2022
This document reports the findings of a 2021 survey of administrators about policies and practices that impact online adjunct faculty, equity, access, and quality.
febrero 2022
This webinar will highlight the findings of the WCET and OLC Adjunct Faculty Survey and provide research-based recommendations for supporting institutional leaders, support staff who work with adjunct faculty, and adjunct faculty members themselves.
enero 2022
This webinar explores how to develop and design course content that is inclusive of diverse students, perspectives, cultures, and lived experiences.
enero 2022
Presenters discuss the intersection of the Feedback & Assessment and Instructional Strategies domains of the CSU Teaching Effectiveness Framework.
enero 2022
Evidence-based frameworks to welcome and support all students, regardless of their background, abilities, identities, needs, or preferences.
enero 2022
This report focuses on building the core infrastructure needed for high-quality digital learning and is designed primarily for a mid- to senior-level academic administrators including department chairs, leaders of centers of teaching and learning, technology leaders, and academic leadership.
enero 2022
Chemistry faculty use adaptive learning platforms, static homework, in-class active learning activities, and digital monitoring to enhance student learning and engagement.
enero 2022
In this webcast, our passionate and inspiring conversationalists shared hopes and aspirations for what’s to come for Higher Education in 2022.
enero 2022
Participants consider how to make instructional design decisions that provide an inclusive learning environment.
enero 2022
Dr. Jeremiah J. Sims discusses the impact on students of the Washington State Guided Pathways Initiative in Diversity, Equity, Antiracism, and Leadership (IDEAL) Fellows Program.
diciembre 2021
This guide is meant to support leaders as they transition from managing reactively to leading strategically and offers leaders a sustainable institutional model that centers on student equity and success.
diciembre 2021
This faculty professional learning session helps faculty and educators to identify and engage a strategic set of stakeholders to support a strong implementation plan for adaptive courseware.
diciembre 2021
Faculty discuss course design choices and pedagogical practices that accompany the effective implementation of adaptive courseware.
diciembre 2021
Panelists discuss how adaptive courseware supported broader institutional and faculty-led efforts to improve student outcomes.
diciembre 2021
Students discuss their experiences with adaptive courseware and other learning technologies, and how these have affected their learning in different courses.
diciembre 2021
Academic leaders share their experiences and advice for approaching, sustaining, and scaling best practices with adaptive learning.
diciembre 2021
Faculty describe inclusive teaching strategies, alongside digital tools, to help connect the content to the student in meaningful and lasting ways.
diciembre 2021
This session will explore how faculty leverage real time learning data analytics from adaptive courseware dashboards to guide their instruction.
diciembre 2021
Faculty and educational researchers describe how to refine and improve courses; evaluate the impact of pedagogical changes; and center quality research design.
octubre 2021
Explore how adaptive learning tools and practices can transform math courses to increase student success.
octubre 2021
The study suggests that adaptive learning technology helped students who need support with prerequisite concepts, provided tools to help guide students through complex, multistep processes, gave faculty insights into concepts students were struggling with, and reduced the cost of course materials.
octubre 2021
An overview of the APLU Winter 2021 Digital-Forward Skills and Roles Workshop, which identified and described emergent digital-forward skill sets and roles.
octubre 2021
This case study examines the efforts at three of the seven ATD network colleges participating in the Every Learner Everywhere initiative who focused on these disciplines as part of their efforts to implement adaptive courseware as a tool in gateway courses to help more students persist and succeed.
septiembre 2021
Faculty at Broward College led implementation and integration of adaptive courseware efforts in introductory course design and activities.
septiembre 2021
Indian River State College considered adaptive courseware a potentially powerful tool in its ongoing efforts to improve teaching and learning in online instruction and overall engagement and outcomes for students in math, physical sciences, and English.
agosto 2021
This report summarizes the work of the Re-Writing Writing workshop where we invited a diverse range of digital learning experts to bring their distributed knowledge of digital tools to a four-session virtual workshop.
agosto 2021
Lessons Learned is made up of over 30 recommendations for improving practices in higher education. It asks where unexpected benefits showed themselves among the forced necessity of emergency remote teaching, and it encourages faculty, administrators, and academic and student support colleagues to continue collaborating to remove barriers, improve access, and update methods and tools.
agosto 2021
In fall 2020, Digital Promise administered a survey to a group of educators at selected two-year colleges and four-year universities to better understand the teaching practices they employ and the ways in which they use adaptive courseware in their gateway courses.
julio 2021
This presentation explores four dimensions of motivation and feedback, two learning science pillars that engage students in the learning process and fosters long-term memories with active and adaptive learning.
junio 2021
Learn about the development and impact of the Internet of Everything (IoE) SMART technologies (EduGadget) of mobile devices, smartphones, wearables, and virtual – augmented reality.
junio 2021
Time for Class is a comprehensive longitudinal survey of 4,000+ higher education faculty and administrators, fielded since 2014 by Tyton Partners.
junio 2021
Seven colleges implement adaptive courseware in gateway math courses and find it is a necessary corequisite in supporting student success.
junio 2021
Neuroeducation strategies can help faculty feel more effective, create a warm and equitable learning environment, and improve student outcomes.
junio 2021
A discussion about teaching equitably with strategies to combat some of the inequities that exist within the field of English Composition.
junio 2021
An overview of the tips and best practices for initiating an intentional movement to improve equity in gateway courses within your department.
junio 2021
Learn about the work of faculty at the University of Central Florida who improved accessibility and equity through the adoption of adaptive learning practices.
junio 2021
How personalized digital learning technology can support evidence-based teaching.
junio 2021
How to create an inclusive and equitable learning environment in psychology.
junio 2021
A discussion about strategies for teaching equitably in mathematics to combat some of the inequities that exist within the field.
junio 2021
A discussion about equitable and inclusive practices for chemistry education with strategies to combat some of the inequities that exist within the field.
junio 2021
Learn directly from students what it means to create an engaging and inclusive classroom and learning environment.
junio 2021
An overview of how continuous improvement strategies in our educational process and practice can be used to improve student engagement and increase academic success.
junio 2021
This playbook offers authentic and easily implementable strategies to help instructors to care for their students and ensure their success in the classroom and beyond.
junio 2021
By integrating teaching and design principles, this guide assists faculty in positively impacting student learning, especially for students who are minoritized because of race, gender, disability, or socioeconomic status.
junio 2021
This brief explores how pedagogical, content, and mindset changes can reduce obstacles for minoritized students and support equity in biology.
junio 2021
This brief shares how asset-based instruction, fostering student belonging, active learning, and flexible and differentiated coursework can reduce equity gaps in chemistry.
junio 2021
This brief explores how adjusting pedagogy, and eliminating linguistic bias can support equity in English composition courses.
junio 2021
This brief recommends resources to inform teaching to account for linguistic diversity and ability and promote a more equitable academic environment for students in English composition courses.
junio 2021
This brief suggests diverse pathways, student-centeredness, and bias training to close equity gaps in mathematics courses.
junio 2021
Joel Amidon is on a mission is to lead people to love others through teaching, providing solutions for equity in math courses.
mayo 2021
Every Learner Student Fellows overview of their internship with Intentional Futures centering student voice.
mayo 2021
The purpose of the review is to identify institutional, instructional, and learning practices mediated by educational technologies that positively influence the success of certain racial and ethnic groups of American students.
mayo 2021
This guide moves beyond getting started with blended learning to help educators realize the best of online and onsite instruction and implement research-driven techniques to positively influence student outcomes.
mayo 2021
Student Leaders Speak documents a national snapshot of diverse college students, including many who are first-generation as they reflect on their lives, their learning, their digital experiences, their challenges, their setbacks and their triumphs.
abril 2021
A panel discussion about Evidence-based teaching strategies that center equity in online and hybrid modalities.
abril 2021
In this webinar, learn simple teaching strategies to help students take charge of their learning and ensure all students master content.
abril 2021
Expert insight and tips on designing online courses with equity and engagement at the forefront.
marzo 2021
Active and adaptive learning strategies can engage students in blended and online environments, resulting in improved student outcomes and success.
marzo 2021
Instructors share their experiences in redesigning Elementary Spanish through a university initiative focused on increasing student success in gateway courses.
marzo 2021
This fall 2020 survey explores the impact COVID had on higher education faculty in STEM fields and how that experience informed their opinions of online education’s effectiveness..
marzo 2021
In this session we address key learnings about instructional practices and student learning outcomes, usage of digital tools and impact on faculty time, and share key challenges we must continue to confront as well as the strategies faculty and institutions are deploying to better ensure that every learner everywhere is able to learn.
febrero 2021
In this live Q&A panel, participants engage with Every Learner Everywhere Expert Network professionals to discuss equitable and inclusive teaching practices and digital learning to foster student-centered learning.
febrero 2021
This session facilitates participant discussion on how to connect local environmental and climate justice issues to STEM concepts.
febrero 2021
An overview of strategies and tools that engage students’ prior knowledge and supports their performance by differentiating the content, process and assessments.
febrero 2021
This guide features numerous links to resources academic administrators can draw from to effectively support a continuously improved teaching and learning environment that is sustainable for years to come.
enero 2021
In this live Q&A panel, participants get answers to their remote teaching questions.
enero 2021
Three reports in a series designed to understand the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning in higher ed.
enero 2021
Rich media tools and thoughtful student-student, student-teacher, and student-content interactions can be powerful tools in online course design that inform “how we teach” and underpin successful use of technology in the online learning environment.
enero 2021
Insights on teaching in a time of Covid from Digital Promise’s Survey of Student Perceptions of Remote Teaching and Learning in May 2020.
diciembre 2020
A virtual educator professional development session exploring why trauma-aware teaching must center diversity, equity, and inclusion.
diciembre 2020
Principles and practices for cultivating an equitable and engaging virtual learning environment.
diciembre 2020
A brief exploration on how faculty can position cultural knowledge and centering identity as a cognitive tool.
diciembre 2020
An overview of design principles and tools to apply reflective approaches to any course to redesign learning for racial justice and equity.
diciembre 2020
Panel discussion of equitable teaching practices and digital learning that foster student-centered learning and cultivate a culture of inclusion.
noviembre 2020
Combining active learning with adaptive courseware leads to a statistically significant reduction of DFW grades in foundational courses.
noviembre 2020
Stakeholder engagement and close collaboration important to the adaptive courseware implementation process.
noviembre 2020
A case study at Colorado State University (CSU), found the use of active learning and adaptive courseware, along with an intentional faculty development program, are key in the implementation of adaptive courseware.
noviembre 2020
How advances in digital courseware paired with evidence-based, equity-first, innovative teaching can better serve today’s students.
octubre 2020
Faculty discuss adaptive learning in science and how tools and practices can transform courses to increase student success.
septiembre 2020
This case study looks at how active learning and learning analytics can improve student success in biology courses.
septiembre 2020
This case study on elementary Spanish looks at how to customize a course for a students by involving them in review and updates.
septiembre 2020
This case study looks at removing barriers and increasing student success in college algebra.
septiembre 2020
This case study looks at how Calculus faculty are improving student success through multi-section coordination.
septiembre 2020
This resource provides suggestions for breaking down those barriers to international students in online learning.
agosto 2020
This case study from the University of Louisville demonstrates their approach to leveraging adaptive courseware to improve course design.
julio 2020
This case study from Georgia State University demonstrates their approach to scaling adaptive courseware and the effective use of analytics.
julio 2020
In this case study, Arizona State University shares the progress of their adaptive courseware implementation.
julio 2020
This report describes results from Digital Promise’s national, random-sample survey of more than 1,000 college students whose coursework moved suddenly from in-person to completely online
junio 2020
This case study looks at faculty support and buy-in and draws on valuable insights from student focus groups.
mayo 2020
Faculty share how they coordinated the redesign of their developmental math courses using adaptive learning courseware to successfully improve course Drop/Fail/Withdrawal rates.
abril 2020
This webinar conversation highlights how students can navigate an unknown fall academic year and how administration can support students.
abril 2020
In this webinar, the APLU follows up with two provosts four weeks into the pandemic and how they’re planning for teaching remotely in the summer and fall terms.
marzo 2020
This case study from Northern Arizona University demonstrates the increase in student success that can result from the implementation of adaptive courseware.
marzo 2020
APLU’s Powered by Publics hosts a panel discussion of digital learning experts to help institutions move quickly to remote learning during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
marzo 2020
The report Every Learner Everywhere & Lighthouse Institutions shares first-year experiences of 2- and 4-year colleges piloting new versions of gateway courses incorporating adaptive learning.
febrero 2020
This analysis identified seven major and three secondary trends in digital learning innovation. The goal of adaptive learning and OER implementations is to advance institutional efforts in providing access and quality while improving student success.
enero 2020
In this webinar, faculty share their experiences at scaling adaptive courseware, reducing section variability, and supporting the implementation of adaptive courseware through Centers for Teaching & Learning.
noviembre 2019
Academic leaders share their experiences working on the adoption and deployment of adaptive courseware initiatives and digital learning resources at their institutions.
noviembre 2019
The New Learning Compact Framework is a cohesive resource that includes: Core Values, Core Principles, Inquiry Questions for Self-assessment and Planning, and Guidelines for Implementation and Evaluation.
octubre 2019
In this webinar, faculty share how student experiences and feedback has improved their overall use of adaptive courseware.
septiembre 2019
In this webinar, faculty discuss the resources needed for a successful implementation of adaptive courseware and the importance of the relationship with a courseware vendor.
septiembre 2019
A courseware selection rubric for evaluating courseware products during the adaptive courseware selection process.
agosto 2019
This is a sample syllabus statement to introduce the adaptive courseware component of your course to students.
julio 2019
This brief provides an overview of the current research on the effectiveness of adaptive courseware broadly and in the discipline of Biology.
julio 2019
This brief provides an overview of the current research on the effectiveness of adaptive courseware broadly and in the discipline of Chemistry.
junio 2019
The Digital Learning ROI Resources are a set of issue briefs and case studies designed to help postsecondary institutions develop a comprehensive approach to measuring return on investment (ROI).
abril 2019
This resource is a set of tools to help you review your adaptive courseware license agreement.