Driving Transformational Change in Higher Education

whitePaper | June 30, 2022

This report serves as an addendum to a previous report submitted to Digital Promise and Merlyn Mind in June 2021. This extension of previous work was commissioned by Digital Promise on behalf of Merlyn Mind to continue examining the impact of Symphony Classroom implementation in response to product developments

whitePaper | August 24, 2022

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic sent schools online, the growing presence of technology in classrooms has moved student safety and privacy topics to the forefront of conversations in districts across the country. Access to devices and the internet has created countless opportunities for enhancing learning, creating efficiencies for educators, and multiplying resources available to school communities — but the internet is a vast and varied place. The need for online safety is especially clear when considering the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory highlighting the urgency of the nation’s youth mental health crisis.

whitePaper | November 26, 2022

When you consider a student’s academic achievement, it becomes readily evident that no one person alone contributes to success. This idea is at the core of Joyce Epstien’s theory of parent involvement. Specifically, students are most successful when parents, educators, and community endeavor together to support learning and development (Epstein, 1995).

whitePaper | January 20, 2023

From distributed campuses to new digital initiatives and security requirements, network engineering teams are constantly facing evolving challenges. Cloud computing, 5G and integrated networks are contributing to classrooms transforming into digitally sophisticated environments.

whitePaper | August 16, 2022

For some time now I have been discussing capability with people in HR, people in L&D, and people with chief executive responsibilities in both the public and private sectors. What I have found remarkable is the lack of consistency in how people use the word capability.

whitePaper | June 23, 2022

The way students are now taking courses has changed from before the pandemic for most who responded. Before the pandemic, more than half of respondents took courses fully in person, while only fewer than one in five students took courses fully online. Currently, only 3 percent of respondents report having courses fully in-person, whereas nearly two-thirds state that they are taking classes fully online. One third are taking a mix of online and in-person courses currently