Can behavioral tools improve online student outcomes? Experimental evidence from a massive open online course
| Autor: | Richard W. Patterson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Commitment device
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Economics and Econometrics Medical education Higher education business.industry Massive open online course media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Control (management) Self-control Behavioral economics Test (assessment) Distraction 0502 economics and business ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 050207 economics Psychology business 050205 econometrics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 153:293-321 |
| ISSN: | 0167-2681 |
| Popis: | In order to address poor outcomes for online students, I leverage insights from behavioral economics to design three software tools including (1) a commitment device, (2) an alert tool, and (3) a distraction blocking tool. I test the impact of these tools in a massive open online course (MOOC). Relative to students in the control group, students in the commitment device treatment spend 24% more time working on the course, receive course grades that are 0.29 standard deviations higher, and are 40% more likely to complete the course. In contrast, outcomes for students in the alert and distraction blocking treatments are statistically indistinguishable from the control. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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