How to check in continually over 4,000 days on an online learning platform? An empirical experience and a practical solution
Jialiang Lin

TL;DR
This paper presents an empirical experience of maintaining over 4,000 daily check-ins on an online learning platform and introduces the GILT method as a practical solution to foster perseverance and improve long-term engagement.
Contribution
It introduces the GILT method, a practical approach to enhance user perseverance in online learning platforms, based on empirical experience with over 4,000 check-ins.
Findings
82.5% of users fail to maintain daily check-ins long-term
The GILT method helps cultivate perseverance in online learners
Practical solution applicable across various learning platforms
Abstract
The check-in service is often provided as an incentive system by online learning platforms to help users establish a learning routine and achieve accomplishment. However, according to the questionnaire conducted in this study, 82.5% of users of online English learning platforms that feature a check-in service have failed to maintain the daily check-in behavior for long-term language learning, mainly by reason of demotivation, forgetfulness, boredom, and insufficient time. As a language learner, I have an empirical experience in maintaining a record of over 4,000 daily check-ins on China's leading online English learning platform of Shanbay. In the meantime, I have been constantly exploring a practical solution to help cultivate perseverance for other users to follow through the learning routine. In this paper, I systematically introduce this practical solution, the GILT method, and its…
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Taxonomy
TopicsMobile Learning in Education · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Mind wandering and attention
