edWeb’s 2026 Annual Survey continues to show the value of online professional learning with more choice, flexibility, and impact on professional practice and students’ academic progress and social-emotional needs.

For 10 years, edWeb has been conducting an annual professional learning survey with our members to assess our members’ professional learning preferences and edWeb’s impact on educator practice and student learning and needs. Online, anytime learning gives teachers and staff more choice and autonomy for their professional learning, improves motivation and enjoyment, and provides a better work/life balance that supports all staff.

Year after year, our survey confirms the importance of content that is current and relevant. edWeb presents 400 new live edWebinars a year in our online professional learning communities on 100’s of topics. We have 4,000 edWebinar recordings available on-demand and 600 podcasts. We provide CE certificates for edWebinars that are widely accepted for district PD hours and teacher license renewal.

We do this work in collaboration with 500 partners and sponsors who help us crowdsource the best experts and most innovative educators to share their knowledge, ideas, and practices in a peer-to-peer learning environment. All of our edWebinars and CE certificates are free, thanks to their support.

Our survey shows that edWeb has a big impact on educator knowledge and practice, and student learning. Educators share their learning with colleagues, increasing the impact. With over 1 million educators in 185 countries, that is a powerful way to spread the best ideas and practices in education. The comments we receive every year help us continually improve our services.

The survey was conducted in January 2026 and was sent via email to 150,000 edWeb members. We received 1,050 replies, a comparable response to past years.

Survey Results

The first question in the survey asks, “What types of professional development activities help you improve the most?” Our members have consistently responded that webinars are #1.

We asked educators what features are important in a professional development program. The most important feature is that the content be current and relevant, followed by the flexibility to participate on their own time, that the program is free, and the ability to receive a certificate of completion.

The survey asks, “How has edWeb helped you in the past year?” Increasing knowledge in their field and acquiring valuable information and resources rank the highest. We recently added a question on AI, and 39% say edWeb has been very helpful.

Educators share their learning, and it’s impressive to see what an impact edWeb has on student learning and how that impact spreads by sharing the information with colleagues and schoolwide.

68% of our members are using their edWeb CE certificates for their school and district PD hours, and 43% to renew their state teacher’s license.

When asked how likely our members are to recommend edWeb to a colleague, 62% give edWeb a 10, the highest score. The answers to this question on a scale of 1 – 10 can be converted to a Net Promoter Score (NPS), a metric that is used to show the value of a company or service. edWeb’s NPS score is a 71, an exceptionally high score that very few organizations attain.

We received over 350 comments from educators who took the survey. Their comments are overwhelmingly positive and thankful for our free service that provides the kind of high-quality, online professional learning they need and CE certificates for their PD hours.

edWeb is an awesome program. It provides a large body of information for teachers, educators, principals, and others in the teaching and learning profession to know what is happening and how to plan, use/share new research, data, necessary tools, and strategies with teachers to promote students’ learning with the necessary skills for the workplace and to solve problems in real time. It is flexible in that topics/time are given to join at special schedules which allow both presenters and participants to engage in interactive discussion with diverse groups to share and learn and to use the resources to benefit their schools and students in education. It is also free for anyone to participate and to share with others the skills so that performance can improve toward success. Excellent work.

This website is a professional treasure trove. It is just-in-time learning opportunities. I am so glad that I discovered this valuable resource. I would have given anything to have access to this when I first started teaching. Many thanks to the many sponsors who make this possible for educators. As a lifelong learner, I appreciate the access to world-renowned literacy leaders. THANK YOU!

I’ve been using it for over 10 years and recommending it since then and always find it a wealth of useful information and enjoy that you can go back to missed webinars. Thank you!!

For questions on the survey, contact [email protected].