StudyTracker Self-Tracking App and its Relationship to University Student Procrastination

Maya Murad; KC Collins

doi:10.21432/cjlt28644

Authors

Maya Murad Carleton University
KC Collins Carleton University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0695-7228

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt28644

Keywords:

personal informatics, procrastination intervention, self-tracking, time management, university students

Abstract

Procrastination is a prevalent issue among university students and leads to long-term negative impacts on academic performance as well as mental health and quality of life. This paper investigated StudyTracker, a self-tracking digital application (app) that we developed for university students to use to track their study sessions. The app provided feedback to the student in the form of text and charts. We investigated the impact that StudyTracker had on procrastination habits, and explored how students interpreted their feedback data from the app. Results indicated that both the control group (N=9) and the experimental group (N=8) experienced a significant decrease in procrastination scores, however there was no significant difference between the two groups. The design implications of our findings are discussed.

Author Biographies

Maya Murad, Carleton University

Maya Murad completed her Master of Computer Science degree specializing in Human-Computer Interaction at Carleton University in Ontario, Canada. Her research explores how technology and data visualizations can lead to behaviour changes.

KC Collins, Carleton University

KC Collins is associate professor in the School of Information Technology at Carleton University in Ontario, Canada, and former Canada Research Chair in Interactive Audio at the University of Waterloo. She specializes in the persuasive aspects of sound in technology.

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