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Colorado Digital Learning Solutions

Colorado Digital Learning Solutions (CDLS) is Colorado’s state-supported online supplemental program which was created by legislation to support statewide online and blended learning. Through a statewide contract, CDLS, a 501(c)3 non-profit, provides online coursework for students in Colorado school districts, BOCES, and charter schools utilizing Colorado certified teachers. CDLS has expanded supplemental course offerings for middle and high school students to support credit
recovery, credit advancement, and curriculum enhancement options in over 100 of the 178 Colorado
districts.

CDLS supported over 2500 enrollments during the 2018-19 school year and currently offers over 200 course options to students in core areas, electives, advanced placement, STEM, CTE, and concurrent enrollment, all taught by Colorado licensed teachers.

Project and Highlights

  • CDLS is part of a statewide and state-funded collaborative effort, Colorado Empowered Learning, to support districts in improving their online supplemental and blended learning practice.
  • CDLS supports multiple delivery strategies of online content to districts that are not only expanding student options but also addressing teacher shortages across the state of Colorado. Strategies include providing complete curriculum and instructional support in Language Arts, Mathematics, and World Languages for many districts as well as targeted course supports in courses such as Honors Physics and Integrated Math.
  • CDLS supports a “co-teaching” delivery model where local teachers (typically in small rural districts) partner with CDLS online instructors to expand local “blended learning” strategies and to support local instructors who have multiple course preparations.
Colorado Digital Learning Solutions
Learn More About the Program

Dan Morris

Executive Director

Dan has worked with numerous organizations and projects nationally and in Colorado that directly support teachers and students in the use and implementation of technology including eNetLearning, an organization supported by the Colorado BOCES Association supporting over 150 Colorado school districts. He has also served as the director of Educational Technology and Innovation for the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). Dan has over 45 years of experience in public education and has been a high school math teacher, assistant principal, district technology director, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver and University of Colorado Denver. He has created and delivered online classes and has been an online facilitator, trainer, and staff developer for a number of educational organizations and foundations.

Dan Morris