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February 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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August 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.
February 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.
September 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.
August 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.
April 2023
The focus of this resource paper is to assess the effectiveness of digital learning in decreasing equity gaps as well as the impact digital learning has on specific student populations: those who identify as Black, Latino, and Indigenous; students from low-income backgrounds; and first-generation students.
February 2023
The report describes the key features of research-practice partnerships between colleges and Every Learner Everywhere partner organizations.
September 2022
A resource about meaningful learning experiences written by college students for faculty.
September 2022
This report synthesizes commentary, research, and original interviews about how higher education has grappled with disaggregating and using student data to confront and close equity gaps for particular student populations.
June 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.
June 2024
In this report, we first describe our survey design. Second, we discuss the survey respondents’ demographic data. Third, we present the survey results broken into two main sections: one focused on use of culturally relevant instructional practices and one focused on use of culturally relevant course materials. This report concludes with implications for practice and future research on culturally relevant content in postsecondary education and gateway courses.
April 2024
Faculty at New York City’s Lehman College participating in an intensive professional development project radically rewrote their syllabi and, indirectly, transformed their course design and teaching practices to put students at the center of learning.
February 2024
A virtual workshop for Leveraging Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Technology in Online Education Leadership
December 2023
Through professional learning, faculty can develop their capacity to be change agents both inside and outside of the classroom. This guide clarifies what it means to create opportunities for professional learning that are explicitly equity-minded.
December 2023
Culturally responsive pedagogy is a framework that is inclusive of culturally responsive and relevant teaching, and culturally affirming and sustaining instructional methodologies that validate and engage students’ cultural identities. These practical instructional strategies and practices guide the implementation of culturally responsive teaching and learning into educational spaces.
December 2023
The Equity-Minded Digital Learning Strategy Guides help faculty intentionally and authentically affirm, uplift, and liberate students. As higher education continues to address eliminating inequitable outcomes in teaching and learning, these guides will help institutions embed equity, culturally responsive teaching, social justice education, and open pedagogy through evidence-based teaching practices.
December 2023
Being able to choose course design, content, assignments, assessments, and instructional approaches based on the context of the learners and the current events of the times allows students to relate all areas of the course to their lives and equitizes their experiences and outcomes. This guide is designed to support faculty with operationalizing open pedagogy through a culturally responsive lens.
December 2023
Advancing social justice in education requires establishing educational spaces that foster students’ critical consciousness and ability to analyze systems, policies, and practices that lead to inequitable and unjust experiences and outcomes. A social justice approach to education involves two strategies that will be featured in this guide: anti-racist teaching and abolitionist teaching.
December 2023
This paper describes the outcomes of a Digital Learning Equity Analysis project undertaken by two award-winning educators, Sarah Straub and Rachel Jumper, who sought to implement suggestions from the microcredential training hosted by Every Learner Everywhere. This training focused on promoting equity in digital learning and provided a structured protocol for conducting reviews of online courses.
May 2023
A student panel discusses their experiences with digital learning at the Online Learning Consortium Innovate Virtual Conference April 2023
February 2023
Dr. Mary Rice and Dr. Xeturah Woodley engage in a conversation about the renewal that emerges alongside intersectional online course design.
February 2023
Dr. Christine Latulippe shares her findings from student stories about what good teaching looks like and feels like to them.
February 2023
Dr. Aireale Rodgers introduces the Equity First Framework for Digital Learning: a tool to support equitable and just student learning.
February 2023
Dr. Bryan Dewsbury discusses reconnecting classroom practice with the values, behaviors and mindsets needed for a socially just society.
February 2023
Every Learner Everywhere’s second annual impact report highlighting accomplishments in 2022 and setting goals for 2023.
Creating an Equity-centered Experience: Lessons from the Every Learner Everywhere Student Fellowship
December 2022
This resource provides guidance to organizations and institutions seeking to establish equity-centered fellowships for community members and students.
November 2022
This guide outlines necessary components to adopting and utilizing digital learning tools equitably for postsecondary digital learning.
November 2022
This Every Learner Everywhere strategy guide details our eight equity principles for teaching and learning in higher education.
July 2022
discuss strategies for getting to know our students and using this knowledge to inform our teaching choices, assessment types, and communication throughout the course.
July 2022
Instructional design experts providestrategies that faculty can use in their classrooms today to connect with and engage their students.
July 2022
In this webinar, join your peers in deep discussions about the pedagogical challenges facing faculty who are teaching within the sciences.
July 2022
In this webinar, join your peers in deep discussions about the pedagogical challenges facing faculty who are teaching writing.
July 2022
A diverse panel consisting of both faculty members and students will discuss their unique perspectives on several pedagogical approaches.
June 2022
Teaching specialists from Achieving the Dream share strategies for Culturally responsive teaching, Anti-racist teaching, Abolitionist teaching, and Open Pedagogy.
June 2022
Specialists and practitioners of inclusive teaching answer your questions about strategies and approaches to creating an inclusive learning environment for all students.
June 2022
The session summarizes how disaggregating learner data can enable equity-centered education for minoritized, poverty-affected, and first-generation students.
June 2022
Developers of the Equity Evaluation Tool walk through the evaluation process to show how you can use it to make your course content equity-centered.
June 2022
Jessica Rowland Williams talks about various tools and strategies for transforming a department to be more equitable.
June 2022
Representatives from institutions that implemented digital learning discuss how these technologies improved student success in lower level courses.
June 2022
Undergraduate students to discuss what inclusive teaching strategies have been most impactful in their college experience.
June 2022
This session provides an overview of the pressures facing today’s students and what faculty and institutions can do to support them.
June 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.
May 2022
In this webinar, participants engage in dialogue and discourse with panelists about co-creating environments that support and humanize students’ academic experiences while affirming their strengths and potential in the classroom.
April 2022
Using COVID-19 Relief Funds to Boost Equity in Digital Learning
April 2022
Experts on federal policy and digital learning, and institutional representatives discuss the opportunities afforded by federal Covid resources.
April 2022
Faculty development leaders share their strategies for shifting the framework in ways that advance equitable student learning experiences.
April 2022
The Equity Review Tool guides educators to interrogate their practices and reflect on equitable language usage and employ strategies to support a more equitable teaching and learning process.
April 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.
April 2022
Three students who are ATD fellows share their first-hand accounts of culturally responsive teaching practices and the impact on their learning experiences.
April 2022
Presenters share their experiences in developing course curriculum, assignments, and content that validate, affirm, and embrace the diverse perspectives, lived experiences and cultures of the student they serve.
April 2022
This workshop provides examples of successful innovative and digital assessment approaches that center students and allow for authentic and culturally responsive measurement of student learning.
March 2022
Panelists share tenets to purposefully embed equity, social justice, and inclusion into innovative teaching and learning in face-to-face and virtual spaces.
January 2022
This webinar explores how to develop and design course content that is inclusive of diverse students, perspectives, cultures, and lived experiences.
January 2022
Evidence-based frameworks to welcome and support all students, regardless of their background, abilities, identities, needs, or preferences.
January 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.
January 2022
In this town hall, learn how to develop an anti-racist analytical framework, based on an anti-racist growth mindset.
January 2022
Participants consider how to make instructional design decisions that provide an inclusive learning environment.
January 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.
December 2021
This year our network has prioritized increasing our knowledge and capacity for equity and racial justice work along with centering equity and racial justice in our resources and services. In addition to our personal and professional equity work, we have spent this last year inviting students into our work.
December 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.
December 2021
Panelists discuss how adaptive courseware supported broader institutional and faculty-led efforts to improve student outcomes.
December 2021
Faculty describe inclusive teaching strategies, alongside digital tools, to help connect the content to the student in meaningful and lasting ways.
October 2021
This resources includes instructions and worksheets to redress racism perpetuated by academic departmental policies and practices.
August 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.
July 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.
July 2021
Faculty share experiences of developing and implementing active, interactive, and adaptive introductory physics courses. The design allows students to work at their own pace, choosing support items presented to them via the adaptive feature of the course, and explore concepts through simulations with activities.
June 2021
Neuroeducation strategies can help faculty feel more effective, create a warm and equitable learning environment, and improve student outcomes.
June 2021
A discussion about teaching equitably with strategies to combat some of the inequities that exist within the field of English Composition.
June 2021
A discussion about effective practices to promote the key principles of inclusive teaching.
June 2021
An overview of the tips and best practices for initiating an intentional movement to improve equity in gateway courses within your department.
June 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.
June 2021
How to create an inclusive and equitable learning environment in psychology.
June 2021
A discussion about strategies for teaching equitably in mathematics to combat some of the inequities that exist within the field.
June 2021
A discussion about equitable and inclusive practices for chemistry education with strategies to combat some of the inequities that exist within the field.
June 2021
Learn directly from students what it means to create an engaging and inclusive classroom and learning environment.
June 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.
June 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.
June 2021
A discipline brief for equity in chemistry
June 2021
This brief explores how pedagogical, content, and mindset changes can reduce obstacles for minoritized students and support equity in biology.
June 2021
This brief provides an overview of equity issues and solutions in psychology courses.
June 2021
This brief shares how asset-based instruction, fostering student belonging, active learning, and flexible and differentiated coursework can reduce equity gaps in chemistry.
June 2021
This brief explores how adjusting pedagogy, and eliminating linguistic bias can support equity in English composition courses.
June 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.
June 2021
This brief suggests diverse pathways, student-centeredness, and bias training to close equity gaps in mathematics courses.
June 2021
Joel Amidon is on a mission is to lead people to love others through teaching, providing solutions for equity in math courses.
May 2021
Every Learner Student Fellows overview of their internship with Intentional Futures centering student voice.
May 2021
Every Learner Student Fellows discuss what they learned and accomplished in their 5-month internship with SXSW EDU.
May 2021
Every Learner Student Fellows provide a student perspective and overview of their internship with Digital Promise.
May 2021
Every Learner Student Fellows provide an overview of their internship with ATD and ways leaders can more intentionally center student voice.
May 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.
May 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.
May 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.
April 2021
A panel discussion about Evidence-based teaching strategies that center equity in online and hybrid modalities.
April 2021
In this webinar, learn simple teaching strategies to help students take charge of their learning and ensure all students master content.
April 2021
Expert insight and tips on designing online courses with equity and engagement at the forefront.
March 2021
Instructors share their experiences in redesigning Elementary Spanish through a university initiative focused on increasing student success in gateway courses.
February 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.
February 2021
This session facilitates participant discussion on how to connect local environmental and climate justice issues to STEM concepts.
February 2021
An overview of strategies and tools that engage students’ prior knowledge and supports their performance by differentiating the content, process and assessments.
February 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.
January 2021
In this live Q&A panel, participants get answers to their remote teaching questions.
December 2020
This second report in the Student Speak series reflects the sentiments of over 270 student response
December 2020
A virtual educator professional development session led by Cherise McBride with reflection on the urgency of humanization in online learning environments and examples from practice.
December 2020
A virtual educator professional development session exploring why trauma-aware teaching must center diversity, equity, and inclusion.
December 2020
Principles and practices for cultivating an equitable and engaging virtual learning environment.
December 2020
A brief exploration on how faculty can position cultural knowledge and centering identity as a cognitive tool.
December 2020
An overview of design principles and tools to apply reflective approaches to any course to redesign learning for racial justice and equity.
December 2020
Panel discussion of equitable teaching practices and digital learning that foster student-centered learning and cultivate a culture of inclusion.
November 2020
How advances in digital courseware paired with evidence-based, equity-first, innovative teaching can better serve today’s students.
October 2020
This extensive resource will provide you with practical strategies and resources to implement adaptive courseware with an equity-minded and student-centered approach.
September 2020
Student voices informing education strategies
September 2020
This resource provides suggestions for breaking down those barriers to support international students in online learning.
August 2020
Dr. Jessica Rowland Williams discusses some key steps institutions must take to develop equitable online learning opportunities for all students.
July 2020
This survey is designed to help higher education stakeholders gain an understanding of digital learning tools for increasing affordability and accessibility for students.
July 2020
Angela Gunder of OLC and Alisha Mendez of EdPlus ASU discuss equitable practices and outcomes-based approaches to designing with quality instruction online.
July 2020
A discussion of anti-racist practices, educational equity and assumptions that can be detrimental to student success.
July 2020
Instructors at UCF share their course redesign experience after adopting adaptive learning in a Spanish language course.
May 2020
Barbara Means of Digital Promise presents findings from a survey of students learning remotely and offers solutions for bridging the digital divide at the University of the District of Columbia.
April 2020
This webinar conversation highlights how students can navigate an unknown fall academic year and how administration can support students.
March 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.
February 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.
December 2019
A summary of approaches to developing and evaluating accessible and inclusive courseware