See All Resources Suddenly Online: National Undergraduate Survey Created By:Digital Promise in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere and Tyton Partners July 2020 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 fellow students. Significant numbers of students had problems with their internet connections, software, or computing devices—serious enough to impede their participation in their courses. Still, most students did not attribute their struggles to poor instructor preparation or limitations inherent in online learning. Moreover, online courses that used a larger array of recommended online teaching practices had much higher student satisfaction levels than the courses that used fewer of them. This report describes these and other results from Digital Promise’s national, random-sample survey of more than 1,000 college students whose coursework moved from in-person to completely online this spring. Download Resource PDF
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 This 2021 summary provides an updated view on how the pandemic has altered the landscape of teaching, learning, and course materials in higher education.
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.
