Trauma-informed teaching, also sometimes called trauma-informed pedagogy, creates awareness of how students’ past experience with trauma affects their current experience in the classroom. The ultimate goal of that awareness is …
As a film and theater student, Grace Davenport would normally be spending her Fall semester of senior year in close contact with other artists. She’d be directing actors, taking movement …
“Together We Can All Get Through It”: How This Criminal Justice Major is Adapting to Remote Learning
Georgia State University junior Malachi Moultrie decided to study law in his first year of college when he learned about the rate of wrongful convictions in the U.S. “That’s when …
When asked to describe higher education policy in a Biden administration, Terry Hartle, Senior Vice President at the American Council on Education, suggested, “We’ll be looking at a once-in-a-generation effort to …
Ca’Shawn Brown thrives in a classroom environment. The Georgia State University senior enjoys being able to ask her instructors questions in person and participate actively. She is also studying subjects …
Too often when an instructor approaches course design, the question of who they’re designing for comes last, says Tia Holiday, an Instructional Designer and Associate Director at Intentional Futures (Every …
This Q&A took place on November 12, 2020. The question that prompted this article was if and how college students experience the stress of loan debt while they are still …
Studying chemistry and materials science engineering as an undergraduate, Dr. Elaine Villanueva Bernal thought she would end up working for a company like Lockheed Martin after graduating from the University …
Higher education instructors and administrators working in online learning are invited to participate in a new series of interactive webinars from Every Learner Everywhere and its partners. Strategies for Success …
When Dr. Kristal Moore Clemons started volunteering with the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools in college, she didn’t imagine she would be leading the organization someday. Clemons’ college experience …
Dr. Blaine Smith says the intersection of equity-minded education with the digital tools she specializes in became especially clear to her during her first Assistant Professor position at the University …
When Tatiana Bryant, the research librarian for digital humanities, history, and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine, first met with the leadership of Every Learner Everywhere, she …
Dr. Chandani Patel first started working on inclusive teaching while a Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago. She says that, as equity-minded education was becoming more …
Dr. Cherise McBride started thinking about equity-minded education early in her career working at continuation high schools, which are supposed to be an alternative diploma resource for students who are …
When Dr. Tazin Daniels was working on her dissertation at Michigan State University, she focused on college students who use Adderall as a performance enhancer. Her internationally funded research shed …
Analyzing and using student learning data generated by digital technologies often depends on cooperation between faculty and an institution’s Office of Institutional Research (IR). But Julie Neisler, Quantitative Researcher, Learning …
As microcosms of the broader society, the structure of college and university courses can exacerbate racism and societal inequities, or they can work to dismantle them. Tina Moore, senior strategist …
When Lorain County Community College Professor of Mathematics Kathryn Dobeck first learned about the adaptive courseware included with the Wiley textbook Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data, she was intrigued. …
Renewed calls for racial justice have led many stakeholders within U.S. higher education — administrators, faculty, students, etc. — to consider the ways in which their campuses do, or do …
Broward College is no stranger to adaptive learning courseware. After all, they’ve been using it since at least 2013, when it was implemented to provide supplemental support for students in …
When Indian River State College (IRSC) announced a project to pilot adaptive courseware in 2019, Dr. Heather Michaels, Chair of the Physical Sciences Department, knew just the course to try …
Idea in brief: This article aims to help college and university faculty understand the complex regulatory issues that new distance learning programs must account for. It summarizes for faculty a …
Equitable course design in higher ed often requires flipping the usual perspective, says Dr. Ruanda Garth-McCullough, Associate Director of Teaching and Learning for Achieving the Dream. “Most of us were …
When the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Cleveland State University was considering the potential for adaptive learning to affect pass rates in its introductory Mathematics courses, they didn’t have …
It is no secret that our nation’s educational system has been severely affected by COVID-19. Overnight, millions of students, from primary school to college, switched from in-person classes to remote …
Many adaptive learning pilot projects involve faculty, deans, instructional designers, and instructional technology staff to work through how a new digital courseware will be implemented and how faculty will use …
Students of color and low-income students in college are often presented with curricula designed for majority white students from middle- and upper-class backgrounds. Culturally responsive teaching attempts to be more …
In early summer 2020, the team at Every Learner Everywhere participated in a leadership and team development program from The National Equity Project, along with peers from K-12 and higher-ed …
The School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was making a concerted effort to implement adaptive learning, and they wanted to see …
Ranked as one of the nation’s top 20 most innovative universities by US News & World Report, the University of Central Florida (UCF) consistently earns high marks for its online …
To successfully launch and sustain a new adaptive courseware initiative, institutions need to make time and space for their faculty to learn skills needed in this particular teaching format. That …
The data generated by digital learning tools has the potential to support personalized learning and help close equity gaps in higher education. However, many colleges and universities are not yet …
When the administration at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) decided to pilot an adaptive learning initiative, one main goal was to build a model or framework that …
At many institutions, the gateway courses where adaptive courseware can have the biggest impact are often disproportionately taught by adjunct faculty. Therefore, says Ruanda Garth-McCullough, Ph.D., Associate Director of Teaching …
Jerius Smith is a computer science major mostly taking math and science classes. He was already commuting to classes at Georgia Institute of Technology when COVID-19 sent everyone home in …
We often say Every Learner Everywhere is a network of 12 partner organizations working together to improve student outcomes. But in practice, what does being a network mean? And how …
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit at the end of her freshman year, Zakia Tookes found herself juggling coursework, community service, figuring out new online learning technologies, and a sudden move …
In some ways, finishing the school year at home was easier for Georgia Southern University freshman Jayce Mays than it would have been if he’d still been on campus. Before …
When Cuyahoga Community College received a grant from Every Learner Everywhere to implement adaptive learning courseware across the college, Professor of Business Administration Michele Hampton had already been using adaptive …
At Every Learner Everywhere, we often talk about gateway courses in higher education being a key place that influences student outcomes. What do we mean by a gateway course, and …
As COVID-19 began spreading across the country, most postsecondary institutions were forced to close or to move into emergency remote learning. Now we’re past that immediate crisis and approaching a …
Many college and university faculty found themselves suddenly taking their courses online in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 emergency. Out of necessity, many did that with the resources they …
Collecting, analyzing, and using data from courseware are some of the most important components of an adaptive learning initiative. Faculty can use data throughout the semester to reach out to …
When it comes to implementing adaptive learning, every college’s needs are different. But an engaged cross-functional team committed to the initiative’s success is essential. As Associate Director of Teaching and Learning …
Gateway courses — the first credit-bearing courses in a program of study — have the ability to make or break a student’s learning experience. They are a critical juncture of …
In the path toward using adaptive learning technologies in the classroom, you may have collected advice from peers, targeted particular courses, researched the software, and identified larger strategic goals. Eventually, …
When a college or university considers using adaptive learning technology in its classrooms, a basic question it must confront is if it is ready. Are the cultural and practical elements …
During 2019, Every Learner Everywhere worked with 10 U.S. colleges and universities to pilot adaptive learning software in over 40 entry-level courses. The goal of the network is to improve …