Digital Learning Research

OLC Research Center
for Digital Learning & Leadership

Digital Learning

Digital Learning

This collection provides resources on how we teach and learn in a digital age, as well as how to implement digital learning projects and case studies to better understand the experiences of those who have implemented digital courseware and digital learning initiatives on their campuses. Do you have an implementation success or failure story? Please use the contact form to tell us more.

Research Studies, Reports, and White Papers

Digital Learning Innovation Trends — Digital Learning Innovation Trends
A systematic review of relevant data about core and emerging learning technologies that are being applied in the field and the potential impact on student success. Read more

Counting U.S. Secondary and Postsecondary Credentials — Counting U.S. Secondary and Postsecondary Credentials
Millions of students, workers, educators, and employers who make decisions in the convoluted U.S. credentials marketplace are greatly hindered by the lack of information on the nature of their options. Read more

Making Digital Learning Work: Success Strategies from Six Leading Universities and Community Colleges — Making Digital Learning Work
This study provides actionable data, rich case studies and best practice recommendations for institutions looking to scale digital learning. Read more

Alternative Credentials Prior Learning 2.0 Report — Alternative Credentials Prior Learning 2.0 This study sheds light on how adult learning institutions address students who possess alternative credentials and seek to apply these experiences to a degree.

High Tech-High Touch-Serving Student Needs at Scale — High Tech High Touch: Serving Student Needs at Scale High-Tech High-Touch: Serving Student Needs at Scale – This curated report identifies strategies that promote high-tech high-touch digital learning and includes commentary from institutions that found success.

High-Tech-High-Touch Decision-Making Guide — High Tech High Touch Decision Making Guide Use this workbook to begin a conversation about how best to design a digital learning experience that meets the needs of your students.

Learning for Life - The Opportunity for Technology to Transform Adult Education — Learning for Life: The Opportunity for Technology to Transform Adult Education This curated report explores the substantial number of US adults lacking basic skills in the areas of literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy, and the debilitating consequences.

Learning to Adapt: Understanding the Adaptive Learning Supplier Landscape — Learning to Adapt: Understanding the Adaptive Learning Supplier Landscape Among the innovations sweeping across the higher education landscape, adaptive learning may remain one of the least understood…read more

Learning to Adapt: A Case for Accelerating Adaptive Learning in Higher Education — Learning to Adapt: A Case for Accelerating Adaptive Learning in Higher Education Adaptive learning is a more personalized, technology-enabled, and data-driven approach to learning…read more

Learning to Adapt 2.0 - The Evolution of Adaptive Learning in Higher Education — Learning to Adapt 2.0: The Evolution of Adaptive Learning in Higher Education Over the past four years, adaptive learning has gone from an ill-defined concept in post-secondary education…read more

Online Learning Journal Special Edition: Learning Analytics — Online Learning Journal Special Edition: Learning Analytics This Online Learning Journal special issue is devoted to learning analytics for online teaching and learning.

Path to Employment - Maximizing the Impact of Alternative Pathways Programs — Path to Employment: Maximizing the Impact of Alternative Pathways Programs A two-part publication highlighting how alternative pathways programs can accelerate employment prospects for low-income adults.

Preparing for the Digital University: a review of the history and current state of online, blended, and online learnin — Preparing for the Digital University: a review of the history and current state of online, blended, and online learning Explores the importance of the human factors: social interaction, well-designed learning experiences, participatory…
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Searchable Research Collections

Online Learning - Journal — OLC Online Learning Journal Online Learning is OLC’s peer-reviewed journal. Explore this collection containing manuscripts spanning more than 20 years.

Coursewear In Context — Courseware In Context This Research Collection database provides information regarding digital courseware and allows users to suggest articles for the collection.

Publications

Leading the eLearning Transformation of Higher Education-Meeting the Challenges of Technology and Distance Education — Leading the eLearning Transformation of Higher Education: Meeting the Challenges of Technology and Distance Education Written by pioneers in the field of online learning, this book…read more