To support schools in the effective implementation of technology to support learning, the California Digital Learning Integration and Standards Guidance provides strategies to build educator and system capacity. The Guidance is based on foundational, research-based digital learning practices, including engaging in personal interaction, building classroom communities, promoting collaboration, incorporating authentic assessment, designing active learning activities, and cultivating student-centered opportunities to build agency.
The Guidance connects decades of research on digital learning to inform specific topics outlined in Senate Bill 98 (SB 98, 2019-2020). SB 98 identifies the topics for the development of a draft distance learning curriculum and instructional guidance for mathematics, English language arts, and English language development that includes a framework for addressing critical standards and other topics related to distance learning. Furthermore, two nationally-recognized sets of standards, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Educators and the National Standards for Quality Online Teaching, were used as a framework to align recommendations for effective technology use. Finally, input from the California Distance Learning Advisory Committee, parents/caregivers, and students was used to inform the Guidance and recommended strategies for educators.
Updates were made to the California Digital Learning Integration and Standards Guidance outlined in Senate Bill 114 (SB 114, 2022-2023). SB 114 identified the Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools/Sacramento County Office of Education, to update the 2021 California Digital Learning Integration and Standards Guidance to be in alignment with the SBE-adopted 2023 Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve.
Sections of the California Digital Learning Integration and Standards Guidance are available in PDF. To download the Guidance from this web page, select a link below.