IDEAL Consortium
Innovating Digital Education
in Adult Learning

The Innovating Digital Education in Adult Learning (IDEAL) Consortium, an EdTech initiative at World Education, supports quality technology-enriched instruction in adult education and literacy programs across the United States. For over 15 years, the IDEAL Consortium, previously Project IDEAL, has provided technical assistance, web-based tools, and publications to member states to help them design distance, blended, and HyFlex earning options. We help state and regional leadership train their staff, provide just-in-time technical support, and assess the progress of their efforts. 

Membership ensures opportunities for leaders from member states to meet, learn from each other, and access professional development materials. Technical assistance is available on data collection and analysis, reporting, educational program design, instructional strategies, and selection and use of online curricula. IDEAL Consortium workshop topics and ongoing discussions are shaped in response to the needs and interests of consortium membership.

IDEAL aims to improve its members’ ability to support and accelerate adult learning with technology, both inside and outside of the classroom. We share strategies gleaned from educational research and from our membership for leveraging recent educational technology innovations, ensuring the relevance of professional development offerings available to member states’ teachers. IDEAL Consortium members can customize their memberships from a list of professional development and networking options.