Online Learning Update

by Pat Donachie, Education Dive
A new study commissioned by Blackboard suggests that students who receive automatic notifications on their academic performance would use it consistently — a tool that could help administrators and educators urge low-performing students to seek assistance, or rather give confidence to students performing at a high level.  Researchers found that students were particularly interested in automated academic performance notifications that showed how they were performing in comparison to their peers, as opposed to just examining their own performance in isolation.

http://www.educationdive.com/news/students-want-more-real-time-information-about-progress/449008/