Time management. Science and technology

Benefits Of Time Tracking Software

Time monitoring and time recording belong to the traditional techniques of forecasting the learning outcome and analyzing the academic results. But the application of time tracking software in teaching and studying enables a shift to a whole new level of the learning experience.
In particular, for a better teacher performance and more effective student-teacher interaction, time tracking software is an invaluable tool, as it provides for:

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  predicting the time consumption for certain types of activities
  
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  comparing with the actual results
  
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  better planning
  
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  assessing the progress
  
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  working with a big number of students
  
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  ensuring the safety of all the results when working remotely
  
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  collecting the data for scientific research purposes
  
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  boosting learners’ productivity (visual timeline of activity will help identify the productivity drops and peaks for the insightful view)
  
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  boosting teachers’ productivity (time tracking gives the instant feedback on the results and expectations within the learning process)
  

Students can be encouraged to use time tracking software to monitor their progress when preparing for the timed tests/exams.
Numerous essays, research articles, reviews, peer assessment, presentations are a small portion of the homework assignments students have to get ready for. The diversity of tasks and the traditionally busy schedule require that students should not fall behind and keep track of deadlines. Time tracking software is efficacious for meeting these requirements.
Lots of simple but effective time trackers (for instance, Everhour, TMetric, Clockify) offer lots of options beyond the primary function of digital timers.
With time trackers adapted to learners’ needs, students get easy integration with project and task planning apps (Asana, Trello, Doit.im, Wrike, Wunderlist, etc), which gives a better view of the project time. They can identify problems and bottlenecks by looking at the time tracking reports. Time trackers can also generate project summaries and reports on apps usage on a daily/weekly basis, which will help learners gain insight into:

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  what distracts them
  
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  what makes them more productive
  
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  what time they demonstrate the productivity peak
  
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  what time their productivity drops
  

The central challenge in managing online education is measuring learners’ engagement. Under the conditions of classroom interaction, teachers apply time tracking as a non-obligatory method because they can have instant feedback by observing the learners’ response. In the online environment, time tracking seems mandatory as it is the only effective mechanism of ensuring the positive feedback.