37-item educator survey on DLP research perceptions¶

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Evidence · 5 claims (5 for) · 6 studies (6 associational), q2 · 0 of 6 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A 37-item survey developed to identify perspectives of K-12 and higher education educators on research conducted in DLPs, adapted from a questionnaire previously administered at Rice University. It used branching logic to tailor questions by educational context, with 18 common items on research involvement, awareness, and ethics on a 1-to-5 agreement scale, plus K-12 and higher education context items. It was disseminated nationally from February 2025 to June 2025 and yielded 43 respondents.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Branching logic to tailor questions based on the participant's primary educational context

Constraints¶

• Participants were not required to answer every item, producing minor discrepancies between total respondents and per-item responses

Target Learners¶

• K-12 educators
• higher education educators

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding educator perceptions of DLP-based research benefits, challenges, and ethical considerations

Claims¶

• K-12 and higher education educators express generally positive feelings about research on digital learning platforms, with no negative respondents [+W]
• Access to evidence-based strategies and understanding how students learn are top motivators for both groups' interest in DLP research [+W]
• Higher education educators report greater awareness of research on digital learning platforms than K-12 educators [+W]
• K-12 educators value product-improvement research more, and individual-adaptation research less, than higher education educators [+W]
• Educators rate student data privacy as very or extremely important, but K-12 educators largely remain unaware of the privacy measures DLP research takes [+M]

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Key Sources¶

• Pautz Stephenson, S., Bradford, B.C., Wortman, A., Robertson, C., Sorrells, C., & Basu Mallick, D. (2026, May). Educator perspectives on research using digital learning platforms. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/295