Infrastructure supports digital learning.

Metrics:

  1. All schools have high-speed broadband Internet access.
  2. All teachers are provided with Internet access devices.
  3. All students have access to Internet access devices.
  4. All of the Data Quality Campaign’s 10 State Actions to Ensure an Effective Data Use are achieved.

The proliferation of mobile phones and access devices suggests the potential of mobile learning. Students are already using mobile devices to communicate, access and share information, conduct research, and analyze data. These devices are the gateway to digital learning.

Digital learning will also support educators in better identifying and meeting student needs by providing them real-time data on student performance, expanded access to resources to individualize instruction, and online learning communities to gain professional development support.

States can adopt a variety of approaches to accelerate the shift to digital content, online assessment, and high access environments including learning environments that take advantage of student owned devices. While local choice and options should be empowered, states can use purchasing power to negotiate lower cost licenses and contracts for everything from digital content to access devices to mobile Internet services. Equipment and services can be provided based on financial need. Public-private partnerships can also become a tool to build and sustain the infrastructure for digital learning.