LearnPlatform Educational Technology Engagement Dataset: Impact of COVID-19 on Digital Learning

LearnPlatform is a unique technology platform in the K-12 market providing the only broadly interoperable platform to the breadth of edtech solutions in the US K12 field. A key component of edtech effectiveness is integrated reporting on tool usage and, where applicable, evidence of efficacy. With COVID closures, LearnPlatform has emerged as an important and singular resource to measure whether students are accessing digital resources within distance learning constraints. This platform provides a unique and needed source of data to understand if students are accessing digital resources, and where resources have disparate usage and impact.<br><br>In this dataset we are sharing educational technology usage across the 8,000+ tools used in the education field in 2020. We make this dataset available to public so that educators, district leaders, researchers, institutions, policy-makers or anyone interested to learn about digital learning in 2020, can use this dataset to understand student engagement with core learning activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some example research questions that this dataset can help stakeholders answer: <br><br>What is the picture of digital connectivity and engagement in 2020?What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on online and distance learning, and how might this evolve in the future?How does student engagement with different types of education technology change over the course of the pandemic?How does student engagement with online learning platforms relate to different geography? Demographic context (e.g., race/ethnicity, ESL, learning disability)? Learning context? Socioeconomic status?Do certain state interventions, practices or policies (e.g., stimulus, reopening, eviction moratorium) correlate with increases or decreases in online engagement?<br>