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May 2025
In this annual impact report, read about the network’s impact in areas of the services we provide institutions, our thought leadership in the field, and engagements with students. In addition, we recap our 2024 network convening, spotlight institutional services, feature our student interns, and give readers a preview of what’s next for the network in 2025.
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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.
June 2024
In this report, we present survey results focused on use of culturally relevant instructional practices and culturally relevant course materials. Exploring the implications for practice and future research on culturally relevant content in postsecondary education and gateway courses.
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.
September 2022
This strategy guide walks faculty through a 6-step process of designing a course that maximizes student learning.
July 2022
A webinar for faculty support staff and academic leaders who support faculty redesigning courses and leverage educational technologies.
July 2022
In this webinar, join your peers in deep discussions about the pedagogical challenges facing faculty who are teaching mathematics.
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.
December 2021
Faculty discuss course design choices and pedagogical practices that accompany the effective implementation of adaptive courseware.
October 2021
An overview of the APLU Winter 2021 Digital-Forward Skills and Roles Workshop, which identified and described emergent digital-forward skill sets and roles.
August 2021
This report summarizes the work of the Re-Writing Writing workshop where we invited a diverse range of digital learning experts to bring their distributed knowledge of digital tools to a four-session virtual workshop.
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.
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
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.
March 2021
Instructors share their experiences in redesigning Elementary Spanish through a university initiative focused on increasing student success in gateway courses.
January 2021
In this live Q&A panel, participants get answers to their remote teaching questions.
January 2021
Rich media tools and thoughtful student-student, student-teacher, and student-content interactions can be powerful tools in online course design that inform “how we teach” and underpin successful use of technology in the online learning environment.
September 2020
This case study on elementary Spanish looks at how to customize a course for a students by involving them in review and updates.
September 2020
This case study looks at how biology students can make test bank questions relevant by co-writing them
September 2020
This case study looks at removing barriers and increasing student success in college algebra.
September 2020
This case study looks at how one professor is increasing Course Success in economics through Student Engagement and Active Learning.
May 2019
The Time for Class 2019 Toolkit is a set of research-based action briefs and tools designed to support institutional dialogue, decision-making and action.