How we're supporting our partners in their response to COVID-19
Nudge4 Responds to COVID-19
As our state partners grapple with various COVID-related challenges, our faculty, staff, and students are bringing data science and nudge strategies to bear to support student success and to address critical workforce needs.
Critical Healthcare Labor Force Dashboard
We partnered with the Virginia Community College System to create an interactive dashboard that maps COVID-19 cases against sources of additional healthcare workers to address critical workforce shortages.
Nudge Strategies to Improve Student Success in Online Learning: A Guide for Faculty and College Administrators
In partnership with ideas42, we created a guide to evidence-based nudge strategies to support student success in online courses. The purpose of the guide is to provide faculty and administrators with a quick reference to help them navigate the shift to online teaching and learning.
We also had the opportunity to present the guide during a virtual training for Virginia Community College System advisors. You can view the full webinar here.
Evidence-Based Strategies for Successful Remote Advising
As schools and colleges shift to online learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, academic advising faces a similar transition.To support advisors as they navigate the COVID crisis, we’ve pulled together a series of remote advising best practices and resources, including examples of behaviorally-informed text messages and sample infographics.
"Behavioral science and ‘nudging’ research can help students succeed in classes suddenly moved online" by Courtney Brown, Ben Castleman, and Katherine Flaschen. Originally posted on Medium.com.
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