How does Technology Keep Students Engaged?

Student engagement refers to the level and quality of encouragement, support, collaborative learning and interpersonal communication that students receive throughout the student life cycle. It impacts all the stages and aspects of the student journey, from the moment they become prospective students until they are alumni.

Dropouts in the middle of the academic year are common throughout the world. This brings a need to re-engage students to ensure their persistence and success. It’s also a time when institutions have to effectively communicate a lot of new information and deadlines. How can technology help address these challenges? How do you keep students engaged?

This is what we’ll explore in our Student Engagement Hub.

Why Use Technology to Engage Students? 

Research has shown that: 

• 93% of students use a smartphone ¹
• Students spend, on average, 8-10 hours a day on smartphones ²
• 78% of Gen Z consider their mobile to be the most important device to go online ³
• 83% of students who don’t yet have an institutional mobile app say they want one ⁴

These statistics prove that investing in technology will support you in better addressing your students’ needs. A mobile app will help:  

• Craft communications: a campus mobile app enables institutions to tailor communications to students’ diverse needs by providing personalized and targeted information, fostering effective engagement, and enhancing overall campus communication strategies. 
• Enhance interactive learning by providing a dynamic platform for real-time collaboration, personalized content delivery and seamless communication between students and teachers or staff.
• Adopt a proactive approach by providing real-time communication, an efficient way to share information, and immediate response to student needs.

How to Increase Student Engagement on Campus with a Mobile App

In our Hub, you will find many resources to learn how to best use technology to improve student engagement. One of them is our guide “Disengaged Students - How Launching a Mobile App Improves Student Engagement”. 

Download it to: 

• Identify your students’ needs
• Learn about the benefits of a mobile app
• Launch your mobile app

Download guide

¹ Learning Innovation

² Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

³ Business of Apps

⁴ HEADway Advisory and EdTech France, 2020