SOLVE by Every Learner is the home of our complete library of innovative teaching and learning resources On this page we highlight our Pillar Resources, guides, and other materials developed by Every Learner Everywhere network partners. Our Pillar Resources are the culmination of extensive research on digital learning and improving outcomes for racialized, first-generation, and students burdened by systemic wealth inequality. Please check this page regularly, as our network is continually incubating and developing new resources designed to advance equity and student success in higher education. Visit our Solve website to browse a complete collection of additional resources developed by Every Learner Everywhere that cover a range of topics within digital learning, e.g. equity, remote instruction, and digital learning implementation. All resources are created or vetted by network partners and designed to help improve student experiences and outcomes in gateway courses, whether delivered in-person, online, or a hybrid of the two. Visit the SOLVE website Access Pillar Resources Here Pillar Resources Materials are freely available on our website and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives 4.0 International License, unless otherwise noted. Strategies for Implementing Digital Learning Infrastructure to Support Equitable Outcomes 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. Every Learner 2021 Annual Report 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. The Blended Institution for Higher Education: A Model for a Sustainable Institution 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. Teaching Practices of Faculty Adopting Adaptive Courseware 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. Time for Class Time for Class is a comprehensive longitudinal survey of 4,000+ higher education faculty and administrators, fielded since 2014 by Tyton Partners. Caring for Students Playbook: Six Recommendations 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. Optimizing High-Quality Digital Learning Experiences: A Playbook for Faculty 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. Getting Started with Equity: A Guide for Academic Department Leaders 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. Planning for a Blended Future: A Research-Driven Guide for Educators While many of us through the years have experienced and witnessed the potential of blended (or hybrid) learning in the future of postsecondary education, the promise has never been more … Student Leaders Speak 2021 This year, GlobalMindED and Every Learner Everywhere embarked on a learning journey to listen and understand the voice of the most vulnerable students during the health pandemic, multiple measures of … Improving Critical Courses Using Digital Learning & Evidence-based Pedagogy Higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has ignited the need to improve student success in high-priority courses and to improve equity for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, poverty-affected, and first-generation learners. … Time for Class: COVID-19 Edition Three reports in a series designed to understand the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning in higher ed. Adaptive Courseware Implementation Guide This resource is a guide for Course Instructors to center racial and socioeconomic equity and student voice in the adoption and implementation of adaptive courseware. After years of implementing adaptive … Pursuing Regulatory Compliance for Digital Instruction in Response to COVID-19: Policy Playbook The spring 2020 term saw an unprecedented response to an unprecedented challenge as virtually every U.S. higher education institution offering face-to-face instruction rapidly switched to remote instruction, many in as … Learning Analytics Strategy Toolkit For all students to have an equal opportunity to succeed, instructors must personalize learning rather than teach to a fictional average student. Learning analytics has the potential to assist instructors … Suddenly Online: National Undergraduate Survey College students’ satisfaction dropped sharply after schools shifted to all-online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Undergraduate students struggled to stay motivated and missed receiving feedback from instructors and collaborating with … Every Learner Everywhere & Lighthouse Institutions: First-Year Experiences 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. Digital Learning Innovation Trends 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. The New Learning Compact The NLC Framework is a cohesive resource that includes: Core Values, Core Principles, Inquiry Questions for Self-assessment and Planning, and Guidelines for Implementation and Evaluation. You’ll find not only an overview of its development, but also exercises designed specifically to guide you and your institution in developing a strategy for supporting professional development and learning. Digital Learning ROI Resources 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). Load More Resources
Strategies for Implementing Digital Learning Infrastructure to Support Equitable Outcomes 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.
Every Learner 2021 Annual Report 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.
The Blended Institution for Higher Education: A Model for a Sustainable Institution 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.
Teaching Practices of Faculty Adopting Adaptive Courseware 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.
Time for Class Time for Class is a comprehensive longitudinal survey of 4,000+ higher education faculty and administrators, fielded since 2014 by Tyton Partners.
Caring for Students Playbook: Six Recommendations 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.
Optimizing High-Quality Digital Learning Experiences: A Playbook for Faculty 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.
Getting Started with Equity: A Guide for Academic Department Leaders 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.
Planning for a Blended Future: A Research-Driven Guide for Educators While many of us through the years have experienced and witnessed the potential of blended (or hybrid) learning in the future of postsecondary education, the promise has never been more …
Student Leaders Speak 2021 This year, GlobalMindED and Every Learner Everywhere embarked on a learning journey to listen and understand the voice of the most vulnerable students during the health pandemic, multiple measures of …
Improving Critical Courses Using Digital Learning & Evidence-based Pedagogy Higher education’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has ignited the need to improve student success in high-priority courses and to improve equity for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, poverty-affected, and first-generation learners. …
Time for Class: COVID-19 Edition Three reports in a series designed to understand the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning in higher ed.
Adaptive Courseware Implementation Guide This resource is a guide for Course Instructors to center racial and socioeconomic equity and student voice in the adoption and implementation of adaptive courseware. After years of implementing adaptive …
Pursuing Regulatory Compliance for Digital Instruction in Response to COVID-19: Policy Playbook The spring 2020 term saw an unprecedented response to an unprecedented challenge as virtually every U.S. higher education institution offering face-to-face instruction rapidly switched to remote instruction, many in as …
Learning Analytics Strategy Toolkit For all students to have an equal opportunity to succeed, instructors must personalize learning rather than teach to a fictional average student. Learning analytics has the potential to assist instructors …
Suddenly Online: National Undergraduate Survey College students’ satisfaction dropped sharply after schools shifted to all-online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Undergraduate students struggled to stay motivated and missed receiving feedback from instructors and collaborating with …
Every Learner Everywhere & Lighthouse Institutions: First-Year Experiences 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.
Digital Learning Innovation Trends 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.
The New Learning Compact The NLC Framework is a cohesive resource that includes: Core Values, Core Principles, Inquiry Questions for Self-assessment and Planning, and Guidelines for Implementation and Evaluation. You’ll find not only an overview of its development, but also exercises designed specifically to guide you and your institution in developing a strategy for supporting professional development and learning.
Digital Learning ROI Resources 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).
