This summer, higher ed math instructors are invited to participate in a form of peer learning to understand and implement digital learning technologies in ways that align with evidence-based teaching. …
The more AI and other emerging technologies are part of the learning experience, the more faculty need to focus on humanizing the student. Human connection enhances the overall student experience, …
Higher education professionals often refer to evidence-based teaching practices (EBTs), and the term appears frequently in Every Learner Everywhere resources. But what do we mean by evidence-based teaching, and what …
STEM instructors interested in knowing what evidence-based teaching practices look like in action should explore the growing library of user-submitted examples on Transform Learning. Transform Learning is a site that …
Imagine a college student whose progress is undermined by an urge to leave — to leave a class meeting, a course, or a program. Everything about their participation or work …
If there is any remaining doubt that AI tools are becoming common in the student experience, consider that an Every Learner Everywhere digital learning intern discovered us by asking ChatGPT …
Artificial intelligence has already been integrated into many assistive technologies (AT), improving their functionality and making daily tasks more accessible for people with disabilities. Tools like screen readers, speech-to-text software, …
Isra Hussain first started thinking about the potential of AI to support every learner during a high school internship assisting children who had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia. She worked …
Artificial intelligence offers significant potential to address some of the key challenges faced by people with disabilities, particularly by enabling scalable technology solutions and personalized user experiences. However, as with …
What started as a sibling rivalry sparked a passion for computer science that now is helping to inform Every Learner Everywhere’s support for AI and digital learning advancements. Noel Berhanu, …
What if persistently high DFW rates in gateway math courses aren’t due to a lack of innovation, insight, or data but due to hurdles to widely implementing the good ideas …
Every Learner Everywhere will always be on the side of innovation in the name of improving teaching and learning and accessibility. That’s why we have a strong commitment to explore …
A new analysis from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) illuminates the impending declines in the number of recent high school graduates. Knocking at the College Door: Projections …
Evidence-based teaching practices help educators provide high-quality instruction necessary to using digital learning tools effectively. After all, to teach well with technology, you first must teach well. As Every Learner …
Language learning, cultural preservation, culturally relevant pedagogy and community building are some of the unique uses of digital learning at minority-serving institutions, according to a new series of reports from …
Black students are thriving at HBCUs. Compared to their peers attending predominantly white institutions and predominantly Black institutions, they are graduating at higher rates, they report greater satisfaction with their …
Artificial intelligence can be a powerful resource for overcoming accessibility barriers in the classroom, but it also can create or exacerbate those same accessibility issues. “We see it both ways,” …
Last year I incorporated generative AI in several ways into the Pharmacy Ethics course I have been teaching for the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy since spring 2010. The …
How a Change in Administration Might Impact Distance Education: What WCET Leadership is Anticipating
In November, Russ Poulin and Van Davis, the retiring and incoming executive directors of WCET, respectively, discussed with the Every Learner network changes in law, regulations, and policy on distance …
Laura DaVinci feels Every Learner Everywhere has a special sauce for impactful digital learning strategies that colleges and universities can benefit from, and is eager to share it. “What makes …
When Russ Poulin began working with WCET 30 years ago, distance education looked very different than it does now. This was prior to web browsers making the internet accessible, and …
Early in 2024, Kristy Houle was new to Harris-Stowe State University, a public HBCU in St. Louis, when the Assistant Provost for Retention and Student Success, Aline Phillips, asked her …
If key constituencies around a college or university campus committed to furthering equity-based teaching, what specific actions would make up their strategy? A new report titled Equity-Based Teaching in Higher …
In an era marked by rapid technological advances and the increasing influence of artificial intelligence, educators are faced with the challenge of adapting their teaching methodologies to meet the diverse …
Like many people in higher education, Joseph Clamp has some unofficial duties that colleagues turn to him for. As the learning management system administrator for Piedmont Technical College (PTC) in …
Improving outcomes for every learner requires an ecosystem approach to equity-based teaching that changes not only what happens in classrooms but also the structural and institutional contexts in which education …
One powerful tool instructional designers and faculty can use to ensure quality digital learning is a rubric specifically developed for their context. The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) — one of …
Online learning is meant to be flexible and accessible, but to achieve that promise for every learner, it must incorporate culturally responsive teaching. Many college faculty will be familiar with …
Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) stand as beacons of hope, exemplifying the resilience and determination of Native American communities to define their educational pathways and sustain their sovereign rights. These …
Among the education technologies used on campus that potentially support learning is the student engagement platform category. While these are commonly perceived to be most relevant in student affairs, there …
How do college and university instructors actually use the growing number of digital learning tools to support learning for every learner? Imagine we could visit and observe a classroom after …
What do Latino students value about Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)? According to our recent interviews and research, they value culturas, comunidad, and intención. Latino students notice when their college and university …
Camore Fordham’s career plans are in healthcare — and that, she says, makes an internship focused on education equity a perfect fit. “People can take care of themselves a lot …
In an earlier article on the Every Learner website, I argued that college and university faculty have a responsibility to support student development in the context of digital environments. Those …
Tessa Wolf entered her second semester in college as a computer science major whose undiagnosed developmental disability was affecting her ability to focus on complex class material. She soon felt …
Key Findings from Tyton’s 2024 Time for Class Accessibility in digital learning is one of the lead themes of Tyton Partners’ Time for Class 2024 report, Unlocking Access to Effective …
As a student in Baltimore City Public Schools, Brayden Hamilton saw how the district struggled for funding compared to other districts in the region. She also noticed that, in many …
Most educators are aware that OER (open education resources) can help address several challenges in higher education, such as affordability and completion rates. OER is heavily influenced by the policy …
Isabella “Izzy” Greene-Noble admits she once had fears about artificial intelligence. Now she’s hoping her work with Every Learner Everywhere will help other students overcome their own concerns about AI …
Every new generation of technology refreshes the need for educators to think critically about how students experience that technology and, hopefully, take command of it for their own purposes. To …
Results from a New EDUCAUSE Landscape Study Conducting a landscape study is challenging when the landscape is changing as quickly as artificial intelligence has been in the last two years, …
Educators have an opportunity to take a leadership approach toward promoting AI literacy and implementing AI in digital teaching and learning. That has been the message of Every Learner Everywhere’s …
Faculty who teach gateway courses are often engaged by the idea of using culturally relevant materials to support student success, but they may need direction to make that transition. “Educators …
Like many institutions, New Mexico State University (NMSU) has what Patrick Turner, Associate Vice President of Student Academic Success, describes as a “sporadic” data culture. “Institutions are data rich, but …
Every Learner Everywhere is proud to welcome a new partner: the Center for Innovation in Postsecondary Education (CIPE), which shares the network’s goal of promoting equitable academic success for minoritized, …
Juneteenth is a pivotal moment in American history that commemorates the end of slavery and the ongoing pursuit of freedom and equality for all. In the context of higher education, …
Marc Watkins at the University of Mississippi Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning works to bring together both AI skeptics and early adopters to help them think about how …
Every Learner Everywhere is thrilled to have a new partner to help it expand its reach and impact — the Hispanic Educational Technology Services (HETS). With a shared commitment to …
When I started college forty years ago, my enthusiasm to major in biology was inspired in part by a childhood of watching Marlin Perkins on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. …
The term “college student” may conjure images of 18–22 year-olds leaving home for the first time with the support of their families as they pursue their degrees. However, over half …
Responsibility for digital learning priorities is sometimes situated within universities as if it is only a procurement and resource management function. As a result, important program development, teaching, or instructional …
High-quality digital learning depends on creating a student-centered learning environment. That is an ongoing process requiring continuous improvement and reflection. But a reliable way to check that your program is …
Since consumer-use AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E have been released in the last two years, much has been said and written about the influence this technology might have in …
A profile of how 32 Kingsborough Community College faculty came together and implemented a community of practice, the lessons learned, and advice for peer institutions. The formal framework they use …
High-quality digital learning has the potential to address and remove the barriers created by gateway courses, but that potential depends on transformative practices within our institutions that center student voice …
An emerging trend in higher education known as “holistic student support” focuses on designing student-centered approaches to support the current academic and personal needs of every learner. While there has …
Dr. Sarah Straub, an Education Studies professor at Stephen F. Austin State University, believes so much in the potential of asynchronous online learning to extend opportunity to more students that …
Adaptive learning courseware initiatives produce a range of possible impacts for students, faculty, programs, and institutions. Those potential impacts can be seen in real-world conditions in a collection of six …
Every Learner Everywhere Celebrates Black History Month Education, whether in elementary, secondary, or higher education institutions have been seen as a way for Black people and communities to resist the …
Highlights from the 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Two of the co-authors of the most recent Horizon report from EDUCAUSE say two key themes that emerged this year were flexibility and …
After Dr. Sarah Straub, an Education Studies professor at Stephen F. Austin State University, attended the Every Learner Everywhere webinar, Digital Learning Praxis: Engendering Quality and Equity across the Learning …
Jamie Baldwin had been thinking for a while about ways that education systems need reform but gained new insight when they learned last year they were autistic. “It feels like …
The co-authors of a new series of equity-minded digital learning strategy guides say the central challenge in developing them was synthesizing an abundance of material into something practical for college …
Following his time as an intern with Every Learner Everywhere, Joe Rendon, a senior at Fort Lewis College in Colorado, would like to work with faculty helping to design courses …
The growing number of climate-related emergencies that impact individual colleges and universities, following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, are raising awareness about the need for emergency planning that accounts …
Where Anissia Fleming grew up, she was surrounded by predominantly White institutions like Middle Tennessee State University, the University of Tennessee, Mississippi State University, and the University of Alabama—and those …
Achieving the Dream has combined two of its existing programs — helping faculty develop open education resources (OER) and delivering capacity-building support to Tribal Colleges and Universities — to create …
When Every Learner Everywhere and its partners meet with educators, we sometimes encounter the perspective that digital learning is synonymous with online courses or with a range of modalities that …
Academic continuity plans are vital for institutions of higher education, but what characterizes an effective plan? A recent report, Planning for Academic Continuity: A Guide for Academic Leaders by Every …
By the time they get to college, most students have spent their entire academic careers being evaluated by the letters on nearly every daily homework assignment leading up to their …
Colleges and universities have growing pools of data available to them about how their students learn, but many professionals are intimidated by this resource, unsure of how to access it …
What should be included in a college or university’s plan for academic continuity in the event of disruption? This is an increasingly urgent question as institutions are buffeted by a …
“It’s not so much the individual bias I face almost daily as a trans-man,” begins Ash, a recent college graduate with a dual degree in finance and public policy. “What …
Every Learner Everywhere Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Each year, we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American …
As the Covid-19 pandemic illustrated, preparation for unexpected disruption is key to keeping a university operating in an emergency. Extreme climate events, facilities failures, gun violence, and political protest are …
College and university faculty devoted to equity and student care already know the importance of gathering student experiences to inform teaching practices, course policies, and institutional planning. When students have …
Every Learner Everywhere seeks to use equitable language that decentralizes dominant narratives and includes underrepresented people in the conversation of higher education. For this reason, Every Learner has made the …
Building a community of practice can be thought of in five stages — envisioning, designing, facilitating, evaluating, and sustaining — according to a framework outlined in a new resource from …
College and university faculty and administrators looking for models for implementing adaptive learning courseware may appreciate exploring a series of case studies produced by the Association of Public & Land-grant …
Once, while she was in high school, Khadija Rashid was in a meeting representing the Brooklyn South Borough on the Chancellor’s Student Advisory Council learning about and reviewing New York …
A successful adaptive learning courseware initiative sustains momentum by responding with creativity to the challenges that emerge even with careful planning. That flexibility is illustrated in a group of six …
Since a trip to Thailand while in high school, Danielle White has been thinking about how varied education around the globe can be and how understanding that can illuminate society. …
A new report from Achieving the Dream, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the Online Learning Consortium, and Every Learner Everywhere outlines a five-part community of practice framework — …
Anti-deficit teaching practices acknowledge and draw on the positive possibilities of a student’s experiences, traits, knowledge, community, and other resources. It’s a teaching methodology that encourages students to identify the …
Discourse in higher education often romanticizes the image of the cash-strapped college student scraping by on cheap pizza and ramen in crowded apartments with hand-me-down furniture. Many successful adults look …
In partnership with Achieving the Dream, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the Online Learning Consortium, Every Learner Everywhere recently published Communities of Practice in Higher Education: A …
Aireale J. Rodgers says equity is too often treated as an afterthought in the design and implementation of digital learning. Supporting historically marginalized students requires starting from an explicitly equity-minded …
Despite the promise that digital learning has to close equity gaps, there is a serious paucity of data that demonstrates that promise being realized. Studies that illuminate the impact of …
WCET + Every Learner Everywhere Celebrate Juneteenth As states and institutions struggle with how to teach about equity, diversity, and inclusion, WCET and Every Learner Everywhere are celebrating Juneteenth by …
As faculty and administrators pursue equitable experiences for Black, Latino, Indigenous, poverty-affected, or first-generation students, many are questioning the tradition of deficits-based approaches that tend to dominate higher education. Assets-based …
When the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus in March 2020, the institution was able to draw on a comprehensive continuity planning …
Equitable teaching practices are classroom methods that proactively identify and confront the barriers to academic progress that disproportionately affect minoritized, poverty-affected, and first-generation students. Equitable teaching practices encompass culturally responsive …
Earlier in her studies, Emma Sullivan, a junior at Georgia State University, imagined a career leading to school principal, but she now hopes to impact the national education policy. She …
University of California, Santa Cruz has a lot of practice maintaining academic continuity through disruption. When Every Learner Everywhere reached out to online learning leaders there to ask about the …
Eddie Frausto, a junior marketing major at Georgia State University, thinks often about issues of equity in the areas of work he does on campus, motivating him to work towards …
Among the millions of podcasts that have been launched in the last several years are a growing number focused on teaching and learning in higher education. They cover a variety …
2023 Spring Every Learner Everywhere intern Chidinmma Egemonu understands first-hand the difficulties students face navigating equity and educational technology in higher education. “As an immigrant growing up in the United …
The theory of cultural mismatch holds that when the culture of an academic institution differs significantly from a student’s family or home culture, the student experiences tension or conflict that …
Being in a region prone to hurricanes, the University of Central Florida is used to dealing with academic disruption and has well-documented emergency plans. If there’s any advantage to hurricanes, …
A new survey instrument developed by Digital Promise in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere gives colleges and universities a way to use student response to inform course and program improvement …