Message from the CEO and the Board Chair
We are pleased to present our 2023 fiscal and calendar year annual report. 2023 was the 18th consecutive year of growth in service to powering learner potential by accelerating an open, trusted, and innovative edtech and digital credentials ecosystem. 1EdTech member organizations are the leaders in shaping the edtech ecosystem by enabling edtech products to work together. The result is better user experiences, greater engagement with tech, data insights, and the ability to scale technology and educational innovation.
In our meetings with members, we are frequently reminded that 1EdTech not only excels in laying the ecosystem foundation through global technical standards but is also paving a path to the future by providing an effective public-private partnership. In 1EdTech, end-user organizations (colleges, universities, school districts, state/national departments of education) and suppliers work together to advance the application of technology to address four strategic imperatives: the ability to scale innovation, learner personalization, richer capturing of outcomes, and insightful data serving learner success. By investing together to shape the future ecosystem, we are also investing together to set a higher bar on the impact technology can and should have on education and learning.
1EdTech community members also lead the creation of strategic partnerships within their organizations among those responsible for technology, curriculum, instruction, and procurement. We are at the moment in the history of edtech, where tech strategy and ecosystem design need to empower practitioners and reinforce the mission. We see this type of leadership and collaboration happening every day within our member organizations. The result is the ability to focus on strategically evolving toward the future rather than barely keeping pace.
The 1EdTech community is also unique in cutting across K-12, higher education, and corporate learning. In the United States, 1EdTech standards are used ubiquitously across all learning sectors. Other countries are also moving in this direction with the help of 1EdTech. Every day, tens, if not hundreds, of millions of learners utilize 1EdTech standards via their learning management systems, digital credential platforms, student information systems, digital assessment products, and all types of learning applications. The cross-sector success of 1EdTech’s work is a breakthrough in laying the foundation for supporting innovation in lifelong learning at all levels.
All of the 1EdTech member organizations can be very proud of the impact our community is having, made possible by unprecedented commitment, support, and engagement from market leaders of all sizes and types. The success is apparent in the continued growth of our community. In 2023, we once again achieved record revenues, member organizations, and certified products.
It was in early 2006 that we made an organization-wide commitment to working on open standards that would enable Learning Impact, for which we named our annual conference and created the annual Learning Impact Awards. As we write this message in early 2024, our global community has surpassed the 1,000-member organization milestone, representing a more than 20-fold increase over the last 18 years.
We thank you for another great year and look forward to seeing you soon!