Thermos

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Evidence · 5 claims (2 for, 2 mixed, 1 against) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study

Description

Thermos is a student-facing learning analytics dashboard developed to visualize motivation, engagement, group-work skills, and study progress while offering actionable self-regulation support and connection suggestions.

Components

• Thermos learning analytics dashboard: The Thermos dashboard is a student-facing, enhanced visualization type LAD designed to support the appraisal and preparatory phases of self-regulation of study behaviour. It presents the Motivation and Engagement Wheel, the Group Work skill graph, and a Study Progress widget, combined with a feedback box that "provides actionable feedback, self-improvement exercises" under Reflect, Explore, and Get Skilled buttons and support suggestions under a Connect button. Students use it mostly of their own volition; no teacher or tutor can monitor student results. (de Vreugd et al. (2024))

Claims

• Perceived impact of LAD use on study behaviour varied, with most participants reporting no impact [~W]
• Students and tutors rated predetermined LAD constructs similarly in importance but differed in suggesting and ranking new constructs [~W]
• The LAD did not support the preparatory phase because most participants did not use the actionable feedback despite perceiving it as potentially useful [-W]
• The LAD was mostly perceived to support student appraisal of study behaviour by providing new insights or awareness [+W]
• After design adjustments, the LAD achieved good–excellent usability (SUS M = 4.13, equal to 78.25%) [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

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Key Sources

• de Vreugd, L., van Leeuwen, A., Jansen, R., & van der Schaaf, M. (2024). Learning Analytics Dashboard Design and Evaluation to Support Student Self-Regulation of Study Behaviour. Journal of Learning Analytics, 11(3), 249–262. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2024.8529

Page metadata

Field	Value
type	product
id	thermos
title	Thermos
description	Thermos is a student-facing learning analytics dashboard developed to visualize motivation, engagement, group-work skills, and study progress while offering actionable self-regulation support and connection suggestions.
status	review
moved_from	element/thermos-learning-analytics-dashboard
product_kind	software
generated	by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10
trust	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources	1 — de-vreugd-2024

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