FEATURED SESSION Systematic Review And Environmental Scan On Adaptive Technology And OER On Student Success Date: Wednesday, November 18th Time: 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM Conference Session: Concurrent Session 1 Session Modality: Virtual Lead Presenter: Tanya Joosten (National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA) and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Co-presenters: Justin Dellinger (University of Texas at Arlington), Kate Lee-McCarthy (The Online Learning Consortium (OLC)) Track: Research, Evaluation, and Learning Analytics Location: Zoom Room 1 Session Duration: 45min Brief Abstract: Come join the Every Learner Everywhere network partners, National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA), the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), and dLRN discuss process, findings and recommendations from an empirical research study completed in adaptive technology and OER. Incredibly popular digital tools in online learning, how much do we know about their impact on students? Learn about a step we’ve taken to organize research in response to the various Every Learner Everywhere studies, and better understand where the field needs to go for future development of these technologies for future alignment with research and student success.

1. Adaptive, OER & the Digital
Learning Innovation Trends
Report
Tanya Joosten, DETA
Kate Lee-McCarthy, OLC
Justin T. Dellinger, dLRN
Event: Accelerate 2020
Date:Wednesday, November 18th
Time: 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM ET
Location: Zoom Room 1

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What Is Every Learner
Everywhere?

3. Every Learner Everywhere
Every Learner Everywhere advocates
for equitable outcomes in U.S. higher
education through advances in digital
learning.
Our mission is to help institutions use
new technology to innovate teaching
and learning, with the ultimate goal of
improving student outcomes for Black,
Latinx and Indigenous students,
poverty-affected students, and first-
generation students.

4. Who Are We?
Tanya Joosten, Ph.D.
DETA
Kate Lee-McCarthy, M.A.
OLC
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Justin T. Dellinger, Ph.D.
dLRN
Partnering
to improve
student
success through
research and
innovation

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Digital Learning
Innovations

6. Digital Learning Innovations
How do we define “innovations?”
▪ Identify trends and gaps in digital
learning & adaptive technology
▪ Identify ways to utilize and/or
address those trends and gaps
▪ Determine if they scalable? And if
we help make them scalable?
Step 1:
Environmental Scan
of Digital Learning
Innovations Trends
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7. Digital Learning Innovations
Step 1
Environmental Scan of Digital
Learning Innovations Trends
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Step 2
Systemic Review and Environmental
Scan of OER and Adaptive Learning
20202019

8. Digital Learning Innovation Trends
▪ Analysis of OLC DLI Award Winners from 2016 to 2018
▪ Environmental scan of digital learning peer reviewed research
conducted within the context of a postsecondary environment
from January 1, 2018 to September 1, 2019
▪ Environmental scan of popular media and organizations
including:
Industry leaders, national organizations advancing technology & learning,
prominent research centers, popular news and media outlets, funded initiatives, key
institutions, vendors or products of interest, and other key publications
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9. Digital Learning Innovation Trends
2019 Report
7 Primary Trends
▪ Adaptive Learning
▪ OER
▪ Gamification & Game-Based Learning
▪ MOOCs
▪ LMS & Interoperability
▪ Mobile Devices
▪ Design
3 Secondary Trends
▪ Blended
▪ Dashboards
▪ Virtual Reality
22 Honorable Mentions
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10. 10
dLRN/OLC
Interview with
Tanya Joosten
on Digital Learning
Innovation Trends

11. OER & Student Success
▪ Systematic Review
▪ Protocol developed for peer reviewed research including:
▪ Top-tier journals in digital learning, journals relevant to the field, journals
recommended by individuals in the field
▪ Databases including EBSCOhost Academic Search and Education Resource
Information Center
▪ Environmental scan
▪ Protocol developed to gather popular discourse including:
▪ Popular media, trade organizations, trade documents, reports, and other
relevant communications or documents
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12. Define Student Success
Student success is achieving
learning outcomes and other
potential indicators of
achievement (success, failure,
achievement gains, academic
achievement, improvement).
Sources: OPE, WWC
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13. OER and AL tend to be implemented at
public universities (2-year and 4-year).
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OER
2-year, Community College - II
4-year, Public - III
4-year, Public Liberal Arts - I
4-year, Comprehensive - III
4-year, Doctoral-granting - I
MOOC - I
Not applicable - IIII II
*ALL PUBLICS
AL
4-year, Doctoral-granting - I
4-year, Metro - I
UMaryland
CTI+ UCF
Introductory level courses

14. Courses that that use OER and AL in
research studies are across disciplines.
OER | Education,
Linguistics, Toxicology,
Computer Science,
Algebra, Psychology,
English, Literature, History,
Biology, Mathematics, and
more.
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OER disciplines include
natural sciences, social
sciences, humanities, and
professions (not art); AL
disciplines include mainly
professions and sciences
AL | Mathematics, Nursing,
Accounting, Psychology,
Chemistry

15. Commonalities
Students
...do better
...like
...find easy to use
Instructors must design.
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16. Public discourse
OER is for students;
Adaptive learning is for
instructors
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17. Differences
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OER is about providing access.
Access to content, tech, wireless.
Access provides improved learning.
Adaptive learning is not about access.
Adaptive learning in of its nature
improves learning.

18. Challenge
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Self regulation + Time management

19. What is next?
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20. Research Database
▪ Working with DETA to develop a database that includes
research referenced in Every Learner Everywhere
assets
▪ Will be open
▪ Will be adaptive
▪ Will provide access to resources that are vetted and
utilized by SMEs that may not otherwise be discovered
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21. Open Research Projects
▪ DETA and OLC will develop 3-6
open research projects
▪ They will be “Citizen Science”
crowdsourced-style
▪ We will develop scaffolded training
on how to participate in this
research
▪ Participation will be open and
encouraged and guidance will be
provided live when needed
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www.citizenscience.gov

22. DETA Research Toolkit
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23. Download the Digital Learning Innovation Trends
report at:
https://tinyurl.com/TrendsReport2020
Download the slides at:
https://slideshare.net/tjooste
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24. Thank you
Tanya Joosten, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Director of Digital Learning Research and Development
at University Wisconsin – Milwaukee,
National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological
Advancements (DETA)
tjoosten@uwm.edu | @tjoosten
Kate Lee-McCarthy, M.A.
Director of Grants
Online Learning Consortium
Kate.LeeMcCarthy@onlinelearning-c.org | @k8mccart
Justin T. Dellinger, Ph.D.
Digital Learning Research Network Co-Lead
Learning Analytics Program Coordinator, University of Texas at Arlington
jdelling@uta.edu | @jtdellinger
Visit us for more information
Every Learner Everywhere:
https://everylearnereverywhere.org
Online Learning Consortium:
https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/
National Research Center for Distance Education and
Technological Advancements (DETA):
https://detaresearch.org