New Report Shows EdTech Is Helping Students Connect to Peers

The College Innovation Network (CIN), an initiative spearheaded by WGU Labs, today published the results of a study that highlights the importance of student connections in higher ed, and reveals that identifying shared interests through EdTech can be a powerful tool toward that end. The new CIN report, Making Peer Connections with Nearpeer at California University of Pennsylvania & Loyola University, New Orleans, shares how two diverse universities addressed this challenge. Both California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U) and Loyola University, New Orleans (Loyola) implemented Nearpeer, a peer engagement app, prior to the start of the fall 2021 semester. Read more >>“