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Bradford1, Amanda Wortman, Cheryl Robertson, Chad Sorrells, Debshila Basu Mallick  \nMay 2026  \n1 These authors are both lead authors for this white paper/report and contributed equally on the manuscript.  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction 3  \nRelevant Literature 4  \nMethods 6  \nResults 8  \nDiscussion 12  \nConclusion 15  \nReferences 16  \nAppendix A: Survey Items 18  \nIntroduction  \nIncreasing reliance on digital learning platforms (DLPs) in both K-12 and higher education has generated vast amounts of learner data, opening new opportunities to better understand what works, for whom, and under what conditions. As this field grows, so too does the need for responsible, practitioner-informed research practices that center the voices of educators—who are most closely connected to student learning.  \nSEERNet is an IES-funded research network and movement to leverage DLPs, particularly those being used at scale by large student populations, as research infrastructure. As the initiative has evolved over the past four years, varying models have emerged for how DLPs engage practitioners in their research processes. Some DLPs use technologies that fully anonymize large datasets, enabling researchers to access data without requiring teacher participation. This approach allows for faster data access and reduces district and teacher burden. Others involve educators more directly, even empowering teachers to conduct research in their own classrooms. This model supports highly contextualized research grounded in daily practice. Both approaches offer important contributions to the field.  \nRegardless of the approach, researchers increasingly recognize that educators care deeply about how the data generated in their classrooms is used. In response, we conducted a collaborative study through SEERNet’s networks to better understand educators’ perspectiveson DLP-based research. This report synthesizes survey data and practitioner insights on the perceived benefits, challenges, and ethical considerations, particularly those related to student data privacy, associated with this emerging field.  \nRelevant Literature  \nDLPs as research infrastructure in education research. Using DLPs as research infrastructure offers many advantages to education researchers. First, DLPs reduce the gap between educational theory and applied practice. Research is situated directly in the platforms that students are interacting with, which enhances the external validity of findings (Schellinger et al., 2024) . DLPs also offer the ability to collect detailed  \nlog-level data on students that surpasses the limited scope of traditional longer-term, outcome-focused analyses (e. g., final course grades; Wei et al., 2025) . Unlike final grades, which only reflect a student’s terminal performance, log-level data captures the incremental process of learning, revealing exactly how a student navigates a task before they reach an endpoint. These variables, which can include time-on-task, hint requests, and clickstream data, allow researchers insight into the mechanisms of learning that were previously inaccessible (Schellinger et al., 2024) . These data also allow identification of students who are less likely to be successful in the course and offer opportunities for early intervention by educators (Zhang & Qin, 2018) . Third, DLP research can be conducted with high methodological rigor, allowing A/B interventions and randomized control trials (RCTs) that further evidence-based research and support causal explanations of learning mechanisms (Wei et al., 2025) . Finally, DLPs can further the goal of bridging the research-to-practice gap by using data that is generated by students and educators in their normal use of the DLP to ground conclusions in the authentic student learning context (Dawson et al., 2008) .  \nThe importance of educator and practitioner participation in rese","cbCailAf6IB4JmGt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailAf6IB4JmGt","pdf",571429,"English","# Introduction\n# Relevant Literature\n# Methods\n# Results\n# Discussion\n# Conclusion\n# References\n# Appendix A: Survey Items","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the report?\",\"answer\":\"To understand educators’ perspectives on DLP-based research by synthesizing survey data and practitioner insights, including perceived benefits, challenges, and ethical considerations.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report describe different ways DLPs can support research?\",\"answer\":\"It contrasts models that fully anonymize large datasets, reducing teacher participation burden, with models that involve educators directly to enable highly contextualized classroom research.\"},{\"question\":\"What ethical issue is highlighted in the report regarding DLP-based research?\",\"answer\":\"Student data privacy is emphasized as a key ethical consideration when conducting research using learner data from digital learning platforms.\"}]","Educator Perspectives on Research Using Digital Learning Platforms | PDF",1792050865]