Continuing the Development of E-TRIALS

McCarthy, Timothy E.

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Continuing the Development of E-TRIALS

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become an essential means of teaching students. In light of this, the importance of identifying how to best support students learning remotely has never been more critical. One tool that allows researchers to accomplish this is E-TRIALS (the EdTech Research Infrastructure to Advance Learning Science). Built on top of the online learning system ASSISTments, E-TRIALS is an interactive web application that allows researchers to run randomized controlled trials to contrast different learning interventions. During a preceding IQP, the E-TRIALS team constructed a design for the E-TRIALS application and began its development, supported by grant funding from Schmidt Futures. In this IQP report, I describe the continued development process over the last 6 months and how the IQP and my role have influenced development, the current status of E-TRIALS, and future directions. The application has come a long way since the prior report, and although it is not finished yet, a minimum viable product is slated to be released in April 2021.

This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

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