The Power of the Nudge: Technology Driving Persistence

Providing timely nudges to students has been shown improve engagement and persistence in tertiary education. However, many studies focus on small-scale pilots rather than institution-wide initiatives. This article assesses the impact of a pan-institution Early Alert System at University Canterbury that utilises nudging when are risk disengagement. Once flagged, received an automated text message email encouraging re-engagement with learning management system. Students who nudge re-engaged higher rate spent more time engaging online material. These benefits were sustained over two weeks, demonstrating measurable benefit time. Unexpectedly, resulted other enrolled courses where was not provided, showing transferability courses. Although no significant differences GPA found between test control groups, future development will enable further research.