Partner Impact Report, academic year 2025/26
One year of learning design, in numbers
How our partners made learning visible, from one course to the whole institution.
Now that AI can write the essay, a finished assignment tells us less about what a student has learned. This report looks at the learning process itself, from the first attempt to the feedback and the revisions students make themselves.
Evidence at scale, not from a single pilot
In this report, you will find
- The five pressures on teaching quality, starting with AI, and how the Learning Design System answers them
- Who used FeedbackFruits in the academic year 2025/26, how they used it and what it produced
- The impact we are working towards for students, educators and institutions
- Four practical steps our partners took, and where you could start
Who is this report for?
Teaching and learning leaders who are asked to evidence learning
See how adoption grows within an institution over three years of partnership, and what early evidence of true learning looks like.
Learning designers who want to scale what works
Discover the templates educators came back to, and why 86% of learning activities started from a proven design.
Educators who want students to think for themselves
Read how peer feedback, reflection and active learning keep student thinking visible when AI can write the essay.
Impact at a glance
Here is a first look at what learning design made possible for students, educators and institutions in 2025/26.
The full report tells the story behind each number and shows what our partners did to get there.
Get the full reportThe full report tells the story behind each number and shows what our partners did to get there.
For educators
86%
of learning activities are built from a proven design
Educators design once and reuse, sharing best practice across courses and programmes and building in minutes rather than weeks.
For students
80%
of started learning activities get completed
Students finish what they start: 4 in 5 activities designed to drive active learning and engagement are seen through to the end.
For students
9/10
the score students give the feedback they receive from classmates
They value what a classmate has to say, in a year when AI could write feedback in seconds.
For students
4M+
pieces of feedback written by students to each other
Learning becomes visible in the process, not just in the submission, as students help each other learn one review at a time.
For institutions
60%
of partner institutions doubled their reach by year three
What works spreads inside the institution: as the partnership grows, proven designs reach more students.
For students
4.7M
questions answered inside videos and readings
Each answer tells the educator whether a student understood the material, while there is still time to help.
How the report is built
The report follows a logic model, which simply means it traces the path from what we offer, to how educators and students use it, to what that use produces and what changes as a result.
Part one
The pressures on teaching quality, and our answer
Five pressures on teaching today, starting with AI, and how the Learning Design System answers each one.
Part two
What a year of learning design looked like
Who used it, how it was used, and what it produced.
Part three
The impact we are working towards
What changes for students, educators and institutions, and what we can already show.
Part four
What this means for you
Four steps our partners took, and where you could start.
“The numbers in this report are our honest account of how far we have come. Some show real change, some are early signals, and some show where we still have work to do. We share all three, because a sector that asks students to reason with evidence should be willing to do the same.”
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Ewoud de Kok
Founder and CEO
FeedbackFruits
FeedbackFruits
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Meet the regional LDC Awards winners
Want to see what this looks like in a single course? Meet the educators behind the nine winning designs of 2026.
Join the Global Online Awards Ceremony
Register to watch the live reveal of the three global Learning Design Community Awards winners, streamed live from InspirED on Dec 3rd.
What could this mean for
your institution?
Every partnership in this report began with one problem and one conversation. Whatever problem came to mind while you were reading, we would like to hear about it. We will look at your courses with you and find where a small first step would make the most difference.
