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The purpose of the review is to identify institutional, instructional, and learning practices mediated by educational technology that positively influence the success of certain racial and ethnic groups of American students, including students who identify as Black, African American, Hispanic, Latinx, Latino or Latina, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Indigenous American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander. The rationale for the review is to better understand what recent and relevant research-based practices in the educational technology field can be replicated and scaled across postsecondary education in the United States (U.S.) to create equitable and inclusive learning experiences. The objective of this research is the identification of practices and/or interventions that are positively influencing student outcomes (e.g., access, learning, grades, course completion, satisfaction, persistence, and others) for the population of interest to encourage implementation across the WCET community. [This report was co-produced by the National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA).]

Underrepresented students enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions in the U.S. are faced with key barriers and challenges that have created an equity gap. By considering the needs of underrepresented students, faculty and institutions are able to implement digital course ware solutions to take a step towards closing the equity gap and improving student learning, course completion, persistence, and degree completion. Along with the imperative to improve student outcomes and close the equity gap, digital learning innovations have the potential to improve instruction and learning effectiveness by facilitating effective pedagogies of and to improve the efficiency in higher education. The report is a systematic review of relevant data about core and emerging learning technologies that are being applied in the field and the potential impact on student success. It provides a summary of 10 of the most prominent trends in digital learning today. [The work was undertaken on behalf of the Every Learner Everywhere project of WCET (the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies).]