Abstract
Researchers have proposed various approaches to increase motivation for learning. However, in many cases, they are designed to boost motivation but fall short of creating learning habits. Gamification and competition between peers are widely used to urge people to, for example, do more steps in a day. E-learning platforms often use leaderboards to visualize peer progress, but their effectiveness is limited to when users open the platform. In this work, we use notifications to inform peers of each other's progress in real-time to increase motivation for learning. In an in-the-wild study with 19 participants, we investigate the impact of peer-awareness on learning by comparing real-time notifications (sent immediately after peers' progress) with interval-based notifications (sent at random intervals). Contrary to our initial expectations, our findings reveal that interval-based notifications are more effective in promoting learning activities. We introduce the Peer-Aware Learning System (PALS), a mobile application designed to simulate peer effects and provide insights from our user study on notification timing strategies for enhancing learning motivation.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | UbiComp '24 |
Subtitle of host publication | Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing |
Place of Publication | New York, NY |
Publisher | ACM |
Pages | 14-18 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 979-8-4007-1058-2 |
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Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Event | 2024 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Oct 2024 → 9 Oct 2024 https://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp-iswc-2024/conference-program/ |
Conference
Conference | 2024 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing |
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Abbreviated title | UbiComp Companion 2024 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Melbourne |
Period | 5/10/24 → 9/10/24 |
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Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-careOtherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
Keywords
- mobile
- notifications
- nudge
- peer effects
- peer pressure