I sent 8 SMS messages to the students who had missed the first two tutorials and had not given me any reasons for their non-attendance. I received 4 responses within 2 hours of sending the message. I consider this to be an exceptionally high response rate for students that I had considered were disengaged totally. I will continue to use SMS for this purpose and will recommend that other staff do the same.
The only downside of this approach was the tedium of sending 8 SMS from my personal phone at my personal cost. I have called the ICT service desk to see if there is a method by which I can send bulk SMS messages to students simply using University resources - I am awaiting their reply.
The only downside of this approach was the tedium of sending 8 SMS from my personal phone at my personal cost. I have called the ICT service desk to see if there is a method by which I can send bulk SMS messages to students simply using University resources - I am awaiting their reply.
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