Past Events

Join us for a public webinar where we explore student experiences in online courses and new evidence-based strategies to address challenges students encounter in online formats ...

Join us for the International Society for Self-Directed Learning’s annual symposium in Tampa, FL, for a discussion of the Collaborative's efforts to support the development of self-directed learning skills in online college settings ...

Join us at Achieving the Dream's annual flagship event, DREAM, for a discussion of technology-enabled instructional strategies designed to grow students’ self-directed learning in online STEM courses ...

Join us at the AAC&U Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS), where we will discuss an ongoing empirical study of self-directed learning support in online courses at community colleges and broad-access universities ...

Join us at The League for Innovation in Community College's 2025 Innovations Conference, where researchers and faculty will present a framework designed to bolster students’ abilities to remain motivated and manage their learning processes in online courses ...

In this webinar, researchers from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative will share insights from a formative study of technology-enabled instructional strategies designed to support students’ self-directed learning in online/hybrid STEM courses. The strategies, which include prompts to support planning and goal setting, informational videos with reflection questions, and structured ...

Join us at The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2024 annual conference for a discussion of instructional strategies used to bolster college students' abilities to motivate and manage their learning processes ...

Don't miss our session "Improving Student Success in Online Postsecondary STEM Courses through Technology-based Interventions" on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at SREE 2024 ...

Don’t miss our poster presentation: Technology-Based Instructional Strategies Show Promise in Improving Self-Regulated Learning Skills at Broad-Access Postsecondary Institutions Poster Session #2 (1:15-2:15PM EST, Friday July 19). This paper presents preliminary findings from a rapid-cycle evaluation that tests two technology-supported instructional strategies (videos and prompts) designed to improve SRL in ...

Don’t miss our session: Facilitating Positive Student Help-Seeking Experiences in Online Courses. Monday, March 18, 2024, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm PT. Community college instructors will learn about the reasons students avoid asking for help, particularly in STEM courses. Research has linked such avoidance to students’ experiences of discrimination and ...

Check out our session A framework for self-directed learning strategies to support student success in online learning. Friday, April 12, 2:30-3:15pm MT. Researchers will present an evolving framework for understanding the motivational mindsets, metacognitive skills, and applied learning strategies that students need to develop in order to be successful in ...

Check out our session Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills in the Online Classroom: Importance and Strategies. In this session, researchers from the Postsec Collab will present evidence about their predictive validity with academic outcomes and strategies for promoting the development of these skills in online courses in community colleges ...

Creating Online Environments to Promote Motivation and Learning: Perspectives from Students at the 20th anniversary of Achieving the Dream’s Annual DREAM conference from February 19 to 22, 2024 in Orlando, FL ...

A Framework for Designing Online Courses to Support Student Success. Online courses extend access to higher education but also place a significant burden on students to manage their own learning processes ...

Scaling Evidence-Based Ed Tech in Postsecondary Education. The postsecondary sector presents distinct opportunities and challenges for ed tech developers and entrepreneurs looking to enter new markets. In this session, panelists representing entrepreneurial, investor, research, and educator perspectives reflect on strategies to scale adoption in postsecondary education and engage with researchers ...

Promoting Inclusive Strategies in Online CTE & STEM Courses: Practitioner-Focused Research Methods. Practitioner-focused research methods can address inequities in online teaching and learning. We presented two initiatives that engage postsecondary practitioners in designing ways to foster inclusive online instruction in CTE and STEM ...

Calling all Institute of Education Sciences (IES)-funded researchers! Please join us at the Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, “Building on 20 years of IES Research to Accelerate the Education Sciences,” from May 16 to 18, 2023 ...

Perspectives from Nine Institutions on the Role of Self-Directed Learning Skills in Online Courses. The American Educational Research Association’s (AERA’s) virtual conference, “Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth,” from May 4 to 5, 2023 ...

Supporting Learning and Success in Online Courses: Early Insights and Updates from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative. In this webinar for Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative partners, members of the research teams share what we are learning about strategies for supporting student success and skill development in online courses ...

Self-directed learning instruction as a tool for equity: A framework for improving student outcomes in online STEM courses. OLC Innovate - learn more about the research around supporting diverse students’ self-directed learning skills and mindsets and practical strategies embed these strategies into online courses ...

Supporting Learning and Success in Online Courses: Attending to Learning Skills and Mindsets. We engage with experts from SRI, the Community College Research Center, and participating colleges to learn about framework of learning skills and mindsets that can support student learning and success in online and hybrid courses ...

Care and Support in Online STEM Courses: Insights from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative. The Community College Showcase to learn how broad-access institutions can leverage technology and the Collaborative’s framework of motivational, metacognitive, and applied learning approaches to support students in online STEM courses ...

Webinar: Early Insights from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative. Achieving the Dream on Friday, October 14th, with experts from SRI, the Community College Research Center, and participating colleges to learn about new approaches to improving student success in online STEM courses. We’ll learn about the role of self-directed learning ...

Supporting Student Learning in Online STEM Courses: Insights from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative. NISOD’s Fall Virtual Conference for Supporting Student Learning in Online STEM Courses: Insights from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative. Faculty, staff, and administrators are seeking ways to support students with the learning skills and ...

Teaching with technology to support students? Skills for managing their learning. EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. To succeed academically, college students must develop and apply strategies for managing their learning, such as goal setting, task planning, getting help, reflecting on progress, and adjusting their strategies ...

Transforming STEM Higher Education: Back to Broken, AAC&U’s Conference on accelerating undergraduate STEM education reform for Creative Strategies to Support Self-Directed Learning in Online Intro STEM Courses. Researchers report on findings from a study of the ways that instructors teaching online introductory STEM courses use instructional strategies and educational technology ...

Enhancing Excellence in Online Teaching: The Role of Self-Directed Learning Skills. Research indicates that online course formats have tended to exacerbate gaps in course performance across student groups. As colleges have expanded online offerings during the pandemic, it has become increasingly important to examine and improve online instruction ...

Calling all Institute of Education Sciences (IES)-funded researchers! Please join us at the Annual Principal Investigators Meeting, “Advancing Equity and Inclusion in the Education Sciences,” from January 25 to 27, 2022. How Can We Improve Postsecondary Instruction in Online Courses? Learning from Diverse Perspectives Presenters introduce the Postsecondary Teaching with ...