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Report on Technology and Digital Learning for California Adult Education Now Available

Posted on 08/21/2025

OTAN recently submitted to the California Department of Education Adult Education Office a report entitled Technology and Digital Learning for California Adult Education 2023-2024. As the Introduction states, "This report provides a broad overview of the state of digital learning in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) funded adult schools and community colleges in California in Program Year 2023–2024 with recommendations for continued support for teachers and programs, as well as issues for further research to continuously improve adult education services for Californians." The report is meant to capture both quantitative and qualitative evaluation and analysis based on data from both OTAN and CASAS from Program Year 2023-2024, as well as previous years in many cases, of how adult education agencies are serving their students in California with regards to technology access and use as well as distance, blended, and flex learning modalities.

The report covers a wide range of topics, including distance learner enrollment data, student access to and use of technology, teacher use of technology and thoughts about technology integration, waiting lists, barriers to learning, and successful strategies. The report concludes with a section on factors that should be considered for future research and reporting.

If you have any questions about this report, please contact OTAN at support@otan.us or call our office at 916-228-2580.