Invest in social structures and cross-disciplinary standards to strengthen the DLP research community¶

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Description¶

The article's forward-looking recommendations are to "Invest in a social structure to bridge, deepen, and sustain community connections" and to "Converge on cross-disciplinary standards and resources to support onboarding and reuse." It also identifies gating factors: limited awareness of existing platforms with research infrastructure and the lack of permanent scientific structure such as journals, societies, and conferences. The authors argue that even small bridging events can have meaningful impact on network connectivity.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Community-building mechanisms such as workshops or networks that connect otherwise separate groups of researchers

Constraints¶

• The article notes the subfield currently lacks a dedicated journal, conference, or scholarly society serving the broader community

Target Learners¶

• DLP researchers
• platform developers
• research funders and network organizers

Target Learning Goals¶

• growing and sustaining an emerging research subfield capable of improving learning at scale

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Key Sources¶

• Risha, Z. & Roschelle, J. (2026, July). A bibliographic analysis of digital learning platforms as research infrastructure. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/305