In June 2025, researchers from SafeInsights and SEERNet joined a diverse community of technologists, legal scholars, public sector leaders, data stewards, and researchers at the 2025 Summer Institute hosted by…
Key Ideas Digital learning platforms (DLPs) like Khan Academy, ASSISTments, Mathia, and Google Classroom do more than deliver content—they also gather comprehensive, real-time data on learner engagement, areas of difficulty,…
3 key ideas: Terracotta is a tool that allows educators and researchers to test—through randomized experiments—alternative versions of content, context, timing, and mode of learning activities embedded within the Canvas…
[This SEERNet guest blog is written by Sarah Miller, Research Scientist for E-TRIALS at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.] As researchers begin to understand the possibility of designing studies using Digital Learning…
In today’s digital education landscape, data is more than just numbers—it is the foundation for understanding how students learn, struggle, and succeed. Digital Learning Platforms (DLPs) generate extensive data that…
With support from the Institute of Education Sciences, SEERNet is pleased to welcome four new research teams to the network. The funded projects reflect a range of research agendas and…
In line with SEERNet’s objectives to foster research through digital learning platforms, E-TRIALS has introduced a feature that allows for detailed examination of feedback strategies for common mistakes in math…
Summer is here, and while most people are thinking about vacations and beach days, we know that researchers and educators might have something else on their minds: funding opportunities! If…
Recently, the National Science Foundation funded SafeInsights, a $90 million initiative to enable research on student learning while safeguarding privacy. As leaders of the SEERNet network, we welcome and celebrate…
This project is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305N210034 to Digital Promise. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.