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Looking back and looking ahead. I first got to know Anne Keehn over a decade ago through her role as entrepreneur in residence and senior fellow at the Gates Foundation. Since her time at Gates, Anne and I have collaborated on numerous projects and convenings. As Anne prepares for her next adventure at the intersections of higher education and technology, she agreed to collaborate on this Q&A.

Many students struggle with unstable internet access, according to a new report. While students are mostly self-reliant when troubleshooting tech problems, colleges still have a role to play in easing students’ tech burdens.

Widespread misconceptions have arisen, write members of the National Council for Online Education, but when done correctly, online courses can be as effective as face-to-face ones.

A new report from Every Learner Everywhere, produced in collaboration with Tyton Partners and the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities, offers strategies for investing in digital learning infrastructure while bridging equity gaps to better serve under-represented students.

The chancellor of Northeastern University described in-person learning as “the gold standard,” sparking outcry from administrators of online education who strongly disagree.

Inside Higher Ed report spotlights Equitable Access and “The Doer Effect” among efforts to expand student supports & rethink instruction practices to enhance…

In a fall 2020 survey of institutions piloting adaptive courseware in gateway courses, 96 percent of faculty agreed that the technology helped them improve student learning, and allowed them to better monitor student progress and hold individual students accountable for engaging in class.

Every Learner Everywhere recently released an in-depth guide to blended learning, designed to help faculty, instructional designers, technological support staff and other stakeholders in their strategic planning for blended learning courses and programs.

05/25/21 Every Learner Everywhere, a network of organizations focused on education technologies, teaching practices and support services for blended and online learning environments, is offering a free virtual workshop on the topic of equity in digital learning. The eight-week course, titled Educational Equity Through Digital Learning, is open to all faculty with priority given to those in adjunct and non-tenured positions. Participants will attend synchronous sessions with national leaders and...

This week: I share ideas from Susan Hrach, author of the new book Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning, for teaching in person or online. I pass along an idea for changing your college’s teaching culture. I link to some recent writing on teaching you may have missed. Education, Embodied When Susan Hrach was wrapping up her new book on the connection between physicality and learning, she figured it would be tough to get professors to adopt its recommenda...