Study Behaviour Traces and Self-Regulation: Do Platform Logs Recover Established Constructs

Authors

  • Bastien Larivierre Centre for Learning Analytics, Bocage Institute of Learning Technologies, Vire, France Author
  • Eldred Goodhew Department of Educational Psychology, Wirral Institute of Learning Technologies, Birkenhead, United Kingdom Author
  • Ilias Efthimiadis Department of Assessment and Measurement, Evrytania Institute of Learning Technologies, Karpenisi, Greece Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694902

Keywords:

Study Behaviour Traces and Self-Regulation; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Study Behaviour Traces and Self-Regulation has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider community
can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the
current evidence for study behaviour traces and self-regulation, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost
angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still largely working it out
for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or
blanket avoidance.

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2026-07-20