The Digital Transformation of the Community College - Report - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Oct 15, 2026

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A research report examining how community colleges are evolving through digital transformation, focusing on distance education, technology adoption, and the development of digital course materials. It reviews trends such as declining enrollments and the growing importance of online learning for instructional effectiveness and student experience. The document outlines the project background, partners, methodology, and study procedures, presenting findings that track changing attitudes and demand for online and blended courses over time.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages35

Reading Time1 h 28 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Acknowledgments

Partners

Introduction

Overview

Setting the Stage

Technology in the Classroom

Digital Course Materials

Online and Blended Courses

Sustaining Change

Methodology

Participants

Materials

Procedures

Digital Learning Pulse Survey: The Digital Transformation of the Community College Dr. Jeff Seaman and Dr. Julia Seaman 01000100011010010110011101101001011101000110000101101100001000 0001000110011000010110001101110101011011000111010001111001 / 01000100011010010110011101101001011101000110000101101100001000 0001000110011000010110001101110101011011000111010001111001 The Digital Transformation of the Community College Jeff Seaman, PhD Director, Bay View Analytics Julia Seaman, PhD Research Director, Bay View Analytics Primary project support from: CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................. 1 PARTNERS .................................................................................................................. 2 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 4 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................. 5 SETTING THE STAGE .................................................................................................... 8 Declining Community College Enrollments ...............................................................8 Growing Importance of Distance Education ............................................................9 TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM ................................................................................. 11 Technology Seen as Effective for Teaching..............................................................11 Increasing Technology Use Going Forward ..............................................................14 DIGITAL COURSE MATERIALS ........................................................................................ 15 Future Digital Material Use .......................................................................................17 ONLINE AND BLENDED COURSES ..................................................................................... 19 Emergency Remote Instruction .................................................................................19 The Planned Transition ..............................................................................................19 Students Find Online Learning to be Effective .........................................................20 Growing Positive Experience with Online Learning ..................................................21 Growing Optimism Towards Online and Blended Learning ......................................22 Growing Desire for More Online and Blended Courses ............................................24 SUSTAINING CHANGE .................................................................................................. 26 METHODOLOGY.......................................................................................................... 29 Participants ...............................................................................................................30 Materials ...................................................................................................................30 Procedures ................................................................................................................31 The Digital Transformation of the Community College, Bay View Analytics is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) . Report available at [http://www.bayviewanalytics.com/](http://www.bayviewanalytics.com/) . You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for commercial or noncommercial purposes. Under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, link to the license, and indicate if you made changes. You may do so in any reasonable manner but not i

FAQs

What issue does the report focus on regarding community colleges?

The report focuses on the digital transformation of community colleges, linking it to trends such as declining enrollments and the growing role of distance education.

How does the report address technology use in teaching?

It discusses how technology is perceived as effective for teaching and describes increasing technology use going forward.

What methodology elements are included in the report?

The methodology section covers participants, materials, and procedures used in the study, along with project support and partner involvement.

Oct 15, 2026

Uploaded by Rhys