Labo Direct has four research paths that look at how data is impacting the worlds of communication, education and research.
University enrolment has increased dramatically over the last two decades. This exponential growth, combined with tightening budgets, means it is now often the norm for many post-secondary students to be sitting in classrooms alongside hundreds of other students. Growing evidence …
According to Self-Determination Theory (SDT), basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are required nutrients to foster engagement and intrinsic motivation across life domains. In the higher education context, numerous studies have shown that instructors can foster students’ psychological …
With the continuous improvement of technology and the data collecting tools it offers, ensuring that collected data is reliable and representative of the general population should be of fundamental importance. Hence, identifying issues such as insufficient effort responding (IER), which …
During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a heavy reliance on statistical, data-driven news stories and information, including daily infection rates, mortality rates, vaccination rates. Data was available at the municipal, provincial, national and global levels, and comparisons were made across …
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