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High-Impact Digital Learning: From Engagement to Evidence
Monday, October 26, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
High-Impact Digital Learning: From Engagement to Evidence
Presented by Mike Marriner, Co-Founder and President, Roadtrip Nation; Dr. Jeffrey Starr, Senior Director, Powerful Learning in Practice, Digital Promise; and Dr. Jenny Nash, Former Educator, Current Director, Learning and Assessment Design, Edmentum
Moderated by Ross Romano, Director, Strategic Communications, Edmentum
Sponsored by Edmentum
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Digital curricula have never been more competitive—or more scrutinized. Educators are asking harder questions: What actually counts as evidence of effectiveness? What does "quality" mean when so many tools claim it? How do we integrate multimodal learning without losing rigor, and how does any of it connect to students' futures?
This edLeader Panel brings together perspectives from Roadtrip Nation, Digital Promise, and Edmentum to work through these questions honestly, with practical takeaways for evaluating and implementing digital learning tools.
This recorded edLeader Panel is of interest to middle and high school teachers, school leaders, district leaders, curriculum leaders, assessment leaders, and those in college and career readiness roles.
About the Presenters
As Co-founder and President of Roadtrip Nation, Mike Marriner leads the organization's media and education efforts that empower people from all backgrounds to define their own roads in life. For over 20 years, Mike has developed a range of media and education partnerships that distribute Roadtrip Nation content to over 60 million households, 14 million students, and over 12,000 schools each year. Roadtrip Nation has been awarded the Excellence in Programming Award by American Public Television, two Telly Awards, and won the 2019 Lone Star Regional Emmy Award for the film Room to Grow. Mike has co-authored all four Roadtrip Nation books, including Roadmap (Chronicle Books), which hit the NY Times Best Seller list in 2018. Mike is also an Ashoka Fellow, a network of leading social entrepreneurs, and has been featured in prominent news outlets including the NBC Today Show, CBS Early Show, BBC News, Outside, Fast Company, Forbes, Esquire, USA Today, and many others.
Dr. Jeffrey Starr is the Senior Director of the Practice department on the Powerful Learning team at Digital Promise. He brings over 25 years of experience as a learning designer, curriculum developer, educator, and leader specializing in online learning and teacher education. Prior to joining Digital Promise, he served as the Senior Director of Instructional Design for Relay Graduate School of Education, led the learning experience design for a popular edtech startup, and oversaw the development and implementation of the curriculum for the startup teacher residency program that became the Alder Graduate School of Education. Dr. Starr has taught graduate-level courses for several teacher education programs at various institutes of higher education; his research interests center on active learning in online spaces, responsive models of professional learning, and digital transformation. He earned a BA from Brown University, an MA in computing and education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an Ed.D. in leadership and innovation from Arizona State University.
Dr. Jenny Nash is Director of Learning and Assessment Design at Edmentum, part of the Research, Policy, and Impact team. She joined Edmentum after nearly 12 years at LEGO Education, most recently as Head of Education Impact, US, where she led solution architecture, curricula, professional learning, and customer success for district-scale implementations. Earlier in her career, she was a K-12 science, STEM, and computer science teacher, a district professional learning leader, and a curriculum specialist. She holds a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Florida and has spoken internationally on AI literacy and the future of learning, with coverage in Fast Company, TODAY, EdWeek, and District Administration.
About the Moderator
Ross Romano is a marketing, communications, and media leader who currently serves as Director of Strategic Communications for Edmentum. In this role, he oversees comprehensive strategy for all owned and earned channels, including corporate communications, web, content marketing, and social media. Prior to joining Edmentum, he was the founder of the award-winning education consultancy September Strategies and Managing Director of full-stack edtech marketing agency MindRocket Media Group. In these roles and others over the past decade-plus, he has supported communications and marketing efforts and served as a strategic advisor for more than 100 companies and non-profits in K-12, and collaborated with countless school and district leaders. Ross is also co-founder of the Be Podcast Network, an education-centered community of 60+ series reaching more than 2 million educators globally.
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Edmentum believes that every student deserves the opportunity to thrive everywhere learning occurs—whether they seek to catch up, stay on track, or chart their own path. When you pair Edmentum’s comprehensive, research-backed learning acceleration solutions—including digital curriculum and courses, K-12 diagnostic-driven personalized intervention, and virtual instruction—with empowered and supported educators, you can change the direction of students’ lives. We partner with K-12 educators in all 50 states and 100+ countries worldwide to design, implement, and sustain the programs that deliver on this shared promise of learning acceleration for every student.
