Digital learning environments are everywhere. Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used almost universally. People learn how to play the ukulele by watching YouTube videos. They learn how to grow organic veggies by joining Facebook groups. And they join a vast array of specialist communities that help them improve their skills, from knitting, to drawing, to managing their finances. All these technologies, resources, and platforms that people use to learn online, constitute digital learning environments. I wrote a chapter (pdf) that draws attention to four important issues that researchers and designers need to consider when designing/studying digital learning environments (organizational structures, design, guidance, and technology’s lack of neutrality). Below is a video I created with Laura Pasquini summarizing this chapter. And if you just want the audio, it’s available on my soundcloud channel.

Veletsianos, G. (2016). Digital Learning Environments. In Rushby, N. & Surry D. (Eds) Handbook of Learning Technologies (pp. 242-260). Wiley.