Topic: ECoach: Personalized Academic Coaching at Scale
When: Monday, August 31 from 12 - 1 pm
Where: Virtual (sign up for the Zoom link)

The next dB-SERC lunch discussion will take place Monday, August 31 from 12 – 1 pm. Dr. Jennifer Ganger, Dr. Kitty Liu, and Dr. Jessica Wandelt will lead the discussion. The abstract follows:

ECoach is a personalized coaching tool developed at the University of Michigan that allows tailored communication and interventions for students in large enrollment courses. ECoach allows professors to personalize feedback to students, supporting student success in the short term, as well as in the long-term by promoting meta-cognitive and self-regulatory skills. We expect to see an increase in grades and a decrease in DFW rate for students who engage with the platform. During Fall 2020, we are piloting ECoach in BIOSC 0805, CHEM 0310, and PSY 0310 to learn the tool and measure student interest and use. We will share our experiences and discuss possible expansion of ECoach in the future to more classes and educational research.