When the project lead for an online learning capacity-building initiative at Stillman College began assembling an internal “dream team,” he focused on the faculty and administrators working directly with students …

Students who cannot complete gateway courses face a significant barrier to succeeding in college, which is why it’s so important to reduce DFWI rates in these courses by optimizing them …

In the summer of 2025, Dr. April Crenshaw stood in front of her MATH 1710 precalculus students at Chattanooga State Community College and shared the experience she had been having …

What is the relationship between effective teaching generally and the specific practices faculty and programs use to incorporate career readiness into academic courses? If one undeveloped theme of a recent …

At many research universities, introductory mathematics remains one of the most consequential and challenging parts of the curriculum. Gateway math courses enroll large numbers of students and play an outsized …

In 2025, Every Learner Everywhere published a selection of examples from the Transform Learning instructional example library showing how faculty use digitally enabled, evidence-based teaching practices (DE-EBTs) in gateway STEM …

Introductory mathematics sits at the center of many of higher education’s most persistent challenges: student momentum, retention, and timely progress into majors. Institutions know these courses matter, yet efforts to …

Faculty are often exposed to the finer points of digital accessibility through intimidating technical language such as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Faculty development programs typically present those technical standards …

Faculty commonly assign lab reports, presentations, discussion posts, research papers, and reflections that ask students to practice communication, problem solving, analysis, teamwork, and self-directed learning. All of those are skills …

A new initiative to combine AI-enabled courseware and evidence-based teaching practices in Calculus I is building on lessons Every Learner Everywhere has accumulated from its earliest work. While Every Learner …

Faculty have always had to decide what kind of student work evidences learning. They develop research papers, exams, lab reports, problem sets, discussion posts, and presentations that ask students to …

In the 1920s, families gathered around the radio. By the 1950s, they gathered around the television. Each leap added a new sensory dimension to how people received information. Higher education …

College and university faculty can make meaningful changes to a STEM course by revising an assignment, using data more deliberately, or creating more opportunities for students to participate. But lasting …

Faculty seeking to help students see how a course connects to their professional future don’t necessarily need to create new assignments. Often students benefit just from faculty using existing assignments …

Recently, Fox Williams, a math and electrical theory instructor at the nonprofit organization Nontraditional Employment for Women in New York City, was reviewing final exam results with the director of …

Many academic programs have as a stated objective ensuring every student is included in the learning experience, but it’s not always obvious how to measure that goal. This gap was …

Higher education is at an inflection point. AI adoption across campuses has moved from curiosity to widespread availability. Ellucian’s 2026 survey of higher education professionals found that 90% now use …

Students learn the concepts in a given subject better when they are also able to develop learning goals for themselves, monitor their own progress, and evaluate and adjust their learning …

While most faculty development on digital learning begins with a solid foundation in the theory and vocabulary of its topic, busy faculty understandably are eager to discuss what tools to …

Like most states in the U.S., North Carolina is challenged with a nursing shortage. The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis reports that North Carolina has 16 percent fewer registered …

Career readiness activities in higher education have traditionally been kept at a distance from the classroom. With the notable exception of career and technical education programs, students in U.S. colleges …

For more than two decades, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has worked with colleges to promote success for diverse student populations and their communities, particularly by helping colleges improve how they …

One way for faculty to incorporate an emerging and fast-evolving technology like AI into their courses is for each of them, individually, to develop lessons and activities. Another is to …

Data-informed instructional practices can transform learning. But for many educators, questions about what type of data is relevant, where to get that data, and if the data is timely stand …

Many professionals across a university campus influence how students experience digital learning, so maximizing the impact of their efforts requires collaboration and an institutional perspective for digital transformation. That’s why …

To illustrate the value of digital education, Yubelkys Montalvo points to the two different graduate school experiences she had. When she pursued her master’s degree back in 1998, she had …

As colleges and universities expand the use of AI to support digital accessibility, questions about human validation in AI accessibility work have moved to the foreground. Recent changes to Title …

When the University of North Carolina (UNC) System introduced its faculty learning community (FLC) on the use of AI in instruction in 2023, the 64 participants it attracted tended to …

As AI becomes more visible across higher ed, conversations around the technology are often centered on the risks, including plagiarism, misuse, and institutional implementation. Less attention is given to the …

Because digital learning has become a baseline institutional responsibility, colleges and universities must support professional learning for faculty and academic leaders. Meanwhile, instructional technologies evolve faster than conferences can accommodate. …

Generative AI is reshaping how faculty design assignments, give feedback, and think about academic integrity, often faster than institutional guidance can keep up. For centers for teaching and learning, faculty …

Institutional context is often missing from guidance to faculty on strategies for effectively implementing digital learning. When instructional practices are considered for a particular institutional setting, it becomes easy to …

Instructors looking to strengthen digital learning in STEM courses often start by asking what new tool might help. But a more reliable path begins one step earlier: naming the evidence-based …

Generative AI is already embedded in students’ academic routines, whether or not their courses explicitly address it. In interviews conducted by student interns during the 2024–25 academic year, undergraduates described …

Many college and university faculty are considering what kind of AI literacy students should develop, and how that literacy should show up in coursework, assignments, projects, and assessments. In response, …

Driving Toward a Degree 2025: Delivering Value and Ensuring Viability, the most recent edition of a regular research series report from Tyton Partners, illuminates an inflection point for higher education. …

Transform Learning, a new instructional resource hub featuring digitally enabled, evidence-based teaching practices (DE-EBTs), has two goals: make proven instructional methods more actionable, and make visible how learner-centered practices can …

The latest Listening to Learners report from Tyton Partners continues a multi-year effort to center student voices in the conversation about digital learning and student success. Drawing on survey data …

Hawa Smallwood started her first year at Delaware State University intending to major in kinesiology but soon began to question whether that path was the right fit. She craved a …

With AI tools increasingly shaping everything from assignment design to student services, institutions face a pivotal moment: Adopt AI in ways that expand access or repeat historic patterns of exclusion …

Alicia Robinson’s role as a fall 2025 Every Learner Everywhere intern is her latest step toward a career connecting people to high-quality education and other opportunities they need for successful …

Maria Jose Igartua has learned from experience that the “digital divide” is about more than just access; it also depends on design and how users experience digital learning technologies. Igartua …

With an enrollment of about 3,000 students, the University of Guam is the largest university in Micronesia, attracting students from throughout the Western Pacific region and presenting unique retention challenges. …

Growing up in rural Maine, Shawn Jiminez didn’t have reliable access to digital tools. Wifi connection was spotty, and high-speed internet was rare until grant funding expanded educational options and …

How do faculty developers quickly and effectively prepare faculty to integrate GenAI into their curriculum in a way that enhances teaching and learning? A four-stage developmental model in a new …

Fox Williams has been an associate degree student in engineering, a trade school student in construction, a construction professional, an educator for underrepresented populations in the trades, and now an …

The sooner a struggling college student receives help, the faster they’re able to get back on track. At East Texas A&M University, where Sierra Jones is director of the Student …

In her recent AI literacy courses for international and multilingual learners at Temple University’s Center for American Language & Culture (TCALC), Meghan Killeen found that what students “really needed the …

As a public regional institution, the University of South Alabama (USA) serves a large number of students who are the first in their family to attend college. These students are …

Floods. Tornadoes. Ice storms. A Snowpocalypse. It would be easy to think extreme weather events are less of an issue for a university like Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSU Shreveport), …

This fall, nearly 800 students in college math courses around the country will benefit from how their instructors learned together over the summer to make their courses more inclusive through …

For more than a decade, three HBCUs have treated digital learning as not just a tech upgrade but as a way to widen the academic gateway. A new case study …

Too often, students who open the LMS to their hybrid or remote course for the first time are landing in a maze of tabs, broken links, inaccessible images, and unclear …

Digital learning can be a tool for more than teaching content and managing grades. It can also be a tool for helping students progress toward becoming responsible, engaged citizens by …

When the authors of the latest edition of Tyton Partners’ Time for Class report looked at survey data that would inform it, one of the themes that emerged is that …

One challenge of incorporating AI into college courses is helping students understand that while AI has its uses, they should be careful about the kinds of work they hand over …

Many faculty understand the importance of active learning, but some may struggle to make the transition from less engaging teaching practices. A recent webinar sponsored by Transform Learning and Every …

At North Carolina State University, a remote digital course developed in 2020 in response to restrictions caused by the Covid-19 emergency has become a regular way every year of welcoming …

Every Learner Everywhere® recently published its 2024 Annual Impact Report, and I am excited to share the notable progress and innovative initiatives that have defined our journey this year. It …

A new initiative from Intentional Futures will facilitate conversation toward thoughtful responses to emerging questions about using artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The Intentional Futures (iF) AI Education Collaborative will …

A series of videos to supplement learning in organic chemistry labs. An interactive, multimedia history textbook focused on the Civil War and Reconstruction. A crowdsourced resource collaboratively written and evaluated …

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 …

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 …