As part of the online learners’ study I was asked to write a short review of what the previous studies have taught us. Of course there is no substitute for engaging with that work, especially as each team took a different focus. The original HE study considered learners’ transactional and transformational engagements with technology, and how their expectations about learning with technology were set by their lecturers and the demands of their course. The FE study looked more closely at how learners differ among themselves, whether they are ‘mainstream pragmatists’, digital pioneers, or have various kinds of digital disadvantage. The Skills study looked particularly at the interface between learning and work.