With remote learning still going strong, students now rely on virtual engagement with their teachers when they need questions answered and assignments clarified. With the appropriate tools and tech access, instructional assistance from afar can be academically beneficial, and digital student-teacher communication can work.

Dr. Julie Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Project Tomorrow, explained how during an sponsored by . Evans examined findings from the program’s 2020 annual research project, , for which 10,000 K-12 students nationwide shared their preferences and expectations for student-teacher communication.

The results? Digital tools are part of students’ virtual communications backpack with their teachers and schools and are becoming vital to academic achievement, which Project Tomorrow and Blackboard highlight in their joint report . The report is one of four reports featured in the executive brief series .

Communications conversion

Without the opportunity for immediate or regular face-to-face support from teachers, students are using texting, social media posts, mobile app alerts, and personal emails for the interaction and support they need.