Learning Environments

2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:19:08 Z

The 2026 EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Horizon Report highlights how artificial intelligence, enrollment pressures, policy shifts, and sustainability concerns are reshaping instructional practice and institutional strategy.

EDUCAUSE Student & Faculty Technology Studies

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:11:08 Z

This is a collection of all the EDUCAUSE student technology use studies, from 2004 to the current year. This Collection also includes faculty technology use and community college studies.

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:49:40 Z

The 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

2025 EDUCAUSE Students and Technology Report: Shaping the Future of Higher Education Through Technology, Flexibility, and Well-Being

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:48:57 Z

This report examines six critical aspects of student experience in higher education, providing insights into how institutions can adapt to meet student needs and enhance their learning experience and preparation for the workforce.

Educational Technology Research in Higher Education: New Considerations and Evolving Goals

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:37:41 Z

This report highlights the ways in which educational technology can be effectively harnessed to engage students in different ways, meeting them where their preferences are, and promoting skills that will help them in the workforce.

2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Holistic Student Experience Edition

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:13:05 Z

The 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of the student experience, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

2023 Faculty and Technology Report: A First Look at Teaching Preferences since the Pandemic

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:32:45 Z

In this report, we look at modality preferences and online and hybrid teaching since pre-pandemic.

2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:07:50 Z

The 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Hybrid Learning

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:39:44 Z

This report draws on the insights of a small panel of higher education teaching and learning experts to describe an optimized future for hybrid learning, focusing on a 10-year timescale.

Student Data Privacy and Security: A Call for Transparent Practices

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 20:08:54 Z

The results of our survey of U.S. undergraduate students to better understand students’ experiences with institutional data privacy and security.

2022 Students and Technology Report: Rebalancing the Student Experience

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:09:41 Z

The results of our survey of US undergraduate students, across 4 areas key areas: Technology Challenges and Solutions, Modality Preferences, Access to Educational Technology and Student Success

After the Pivot: Strategic Evolution of Online Education in the Research University

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:37:53 Z

This discussion paper was designed as a resource to assist academic leadership in Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions in evaluating strategic decisions related to the future role of online learning activities at their universities.

Student Experiences with Technology in the Pandemic

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:42:03 Z

EDUCAUSE conducted a special Fall 2020 study to gain insights on the student experience during what has been an exceptional time of disruption. In these reports, we share our results from the study related to online learning and connectivity.

Learning and Teaching Reimagined: A New Dawn for Higher Education?

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 16:31:22 Z

This JISC report is the result of a five-month higher education initiative to understand the response to COVID-19 and explore the future of digital learning and teaching.

2020 Student Technology Report: Supporting the Whole Student

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:48:51 Z

The 2020 Student Technology Report: Supporting the Whole Student report presents important findings from EDUCAUSE's 2020 research on students’ experience with information technology.

Support Your International Students

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:53:24 Z

This resource describes the unique barriers faced by international students in an online learning environment and provides suggestions for breaking down those barriers and promoting equity in the virtual classroom.

Learning and Teaching Reimagined: Change and challenge for students, staff and leaders

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:23:28 Z

This JISC publication, Learning and teaching reimagined is a sector-wide initiative focused on providing university leaders with inspiration on what the future might hold for higher education and guidance on how to respond and thrive in those environments.

7 Things You Should Know About the HyFlex Course Model

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:24:35 Z

HyFlex is a course design model that presents the components of hybrid learning in a flexible course structure that gives students the option of attending sessions in the classroom, participating online, or doing both.

2023 Students and Technology Report: Flexibility, Choice, and Equity in the Student Experience

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:20:13 Z

In this report, we explore supporting students on and off campus, students as consumers in the educational marketplace and accessibility in teaching and learning.

Foundations for a Next Generation Digital Learning Environment: Faculty, Students, and the LMS

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 21:10:36 Z

This report takes a closer look at some of the findings from the 2017 Student and Faculty Technology Research Studies about the LMS, as well as the preferences of students and faculty for teaching and learning environments, to investigate the relationship of blended learning and the LMS and to set the stage for a discussion of what might come next for the LMS.