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Release notes: Newly enhanced features (to help improve the work you do)

At Expiwell, we are continuously improving the platform based on your feedback. Below you’ll find our ongoing list of new features, created to help your workflow become easier so you can focus on what matters most.

4 Free Ecological Momentary Assessment Platforms (2023)

Researchers can use these 4 free platforms for ecological momentary assessments and experience sampling research

2023 Summer Switch Sale for ESM and EMA - Receive 3 months FREE

Switch to using ExpiWell now and receive 3 months of PLUS license FREE

Implementing just in time adaptive interventions (JITAI) for EMA

Showcasing event-triggering and schedule personalization for just-in-time adaptive interventions and ecological momentary interventions

2023 ExpiWell Dissertation Award Winners

2023 ExpiWell Dissertation Award Winners: Mahira Ganster and Tabea Springstein

How to Use an Experience Sampling App to Improve Your Productivity?

Clinical Applications of EMA: Delivery of Self-directed Rehabilitation

A research highlight summarizing the use of Expiwell, the experience sampling mobile platform, in the potential of remote rehabilitation as an additional way of promoting functional upper extremity use for recovering stroke patients.

Meet the Future of Experience Sampling Research

An interview with two rising stars leading the next generation of experience sampling research.

Why Your Research Needs Real-Time Data Collection and Community Engagement

Explore 5 cases of how real-time data collection and community engagement leads to better research insights.

ExpiWell ESM Curriculum Program

The ESM Curriculum Program is designed to highlight the fundamentals of the ESM while getting the opportunity to implement the leading technology in experience sampling research. All for free with the ExpiWell platform.

ExpiWell Dissertation Award

Apply for the 2021 ExpiWell Dissertation Award for doctoral students conducting experience sampling method (ESM) or ecological momentary assessment (EMA) research.

The Biggest Update to ExpiWell Yet

We’re excited to share our new, game-changing product updates! With ExpiWell’s new community-based features, researchers and participants can easily respond and communicate within the platform, increasing participant engagement, enabling real-time solutions, and providing deeper context for researchers.

Experience Sampling Software vs. Graduate Research Assistant?

What is the best option for your Experience Sampling Method (ESM) study? Here we do the comparisons for you to help you make the best decision for your research.

Get $300 dollars for your next Experience Sampling project

We’re proud to offer our Free Participant Compensation program!

Work and Well-being Research with Dr. Louis Tay

The work we do plays a large part in our well-being, both inside and outside the office. But what if your job was researching well-being at work? Dr. Louis Tay is the William C. Byham Associate Professor in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Purdue University and the Founder of ExpiWell. We sat down with him to discuss how his research impacts his own well-being at work and what he’s found in his research journey.

ExpiWell Dissertation Award for ESM and EMA Research

‍ExpiWell is excited to announce that the dissertation award is returning for a second year!

How ExpiWell Solves Common Survey Problems with Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM)

ExpiWell’s ESM technology addresses common survey issues so that researchers can gain better insights into participant data.

How ExpiWell Builds Research Participant Communities for Longitudinal Research and Experience Sampling

ExpiWell’s research technology makes longitudinal research and experience sampling easy and engaging with participant communities.

Expiwell's Recent Impact on Wellness and ESM

A showcase of 5 amazing wellness researchers that cite Expiwell. Check out how they are using our experience sampling app to counter world wide restrictions and overcome adversity.

Data Collection App in your Dissertation

Read about 2022's Dissertation award winners, Ms. Bridgette Do and Ms. Kathryn Kemp. Learn about their individual paths and get inspired by their journeys. Thank you to everyone who applied this year!

Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA): Increasing Rigor with Sampling Apps

Want to learn more about Ecological Momentary Assessment? Read through this brief break down on what EMA entails

Ecological Momentary Interventions (EMIs): Considerations and Best Practices

The use of nudges in behavioral research. Learn some of the Do's and Dont's of EMI from Dr. Louis Tay and colleagues!

How to Tackle the Biggest Design Challenges with Experience Sampling Studies

A Q&A on 10 big questions surrounding the Experience Sampling Method (ESM).

Managing Experience Sampling Data Collection Effectively Online

How can you manage your experience sampling data collection in real-time? Using ExpiWell, you can track participant response rates and also send additional reminders based on their response rates.

2023 ExpiWell Dissertation Award for ESM and EMA Research

2023 ExpiWell Dissertation Award for experience sampling and ecological momentary assessment research

Planning and Executing an Experience Sampling Dissertation: Tips and Lessons Learned

Tips and Lessons Learned in Planning and Executing an Experience Sampling Dissertation

Simplifying Clinical Research with ExpiWell

Expiwell is the best choice for clinical research needs. Read about how researchers are using our ESM platform including feasibility studies and clinical applications for patient care, symptoms monitoring, and facilitating interventions.

Revolutionizing Patient-Provider Communication with HIPAA-Compliant Data Collection

ExpiWell Has a New Website—Here’s Where to Find Us

ExpiWell has a new look! 3 reasons to visit our brand-new company website.

How Real-Time Data Collection Provides Insights on Hospitality Employee Well-Being

A case study on how real-time, real-world data about the well-being of hotel employees allowed researchers to open the door to revolutionary insights in the hospitality industry.

How to Effectively Apply Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM)

In this video webinar, Dr. Louis Tay provides answers to key questions about Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) or Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and the application of these methods for more meaningful insights.

How to Implement a Real-Time Data Collection ESM Study

This second part of the ESM Workshop Series will guide you through the entire implementation process, from pilot to refinement to full-scale study.

Setting Up a Real-Time Data Collection Study Using ESM

In part one of this series, we layout the best practices for setting up a successful ESM study. We also provide insight into protocal types, sampling periods, and best practices for survey length and distribution.

Using Experience Sampling for Well-Being Research

In doing research on well-being, researchers tend to study who are happy and who are not. Experience sampling allows us to ask a whole new set of questions, such as: When are people happy? In what situations are people happy? Under what conditions do people thrive?

Problems with Political Polling in America & A Potential Solution

For the 2020 election, the pollsters were wrong again. That makes two presidential elections in a row and is a serious cause for concern among all citizens. But the big question is, what happened? Our founder, Dr. Louis Tay, has some thoughts - including how to bring pollsters into the modern era of data collection.

Managing Data for a Real-Time Data Collection ESM Study

Now that you have completed a successful ESM study, the question that must be answered is, “How do I manage it all?”

How Much Should You Pay Survey Participants?

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach for paying survey participants. Consider these options when it comes to paying survey participants.

Promoting Well-Being and Resilience Amidst Global Disruption

It is imperative as a scientific community that we apply our knowledge, research, and expertise to promote well-being and resilience amidst a time of uncertainty, fear, and anxiety. Not as an intellectual or academic exercise, but as an inherently human responsibility.

What is the Experience Sampling Method? The Strategy for Real-Time Data Collection

The ExpiWell technology is grounded in the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). Learn about what ESM is, and learn about the applications of ESM data to gain insight into real-life occurrences.

Is Paying Participants the Only Way to Improve Engagement?

How can researchers increase survey participation outside of financial compensation? Explores different models for increasing engagement.

The Experience Sampling Method (ESM) in the Social Sciences

Experience Sampling methodology (ESM) has had tremendous growth in popularity for the social sciences over the past forty years and continues to be at the forefront of innovative methodologies.

How do we really hear the voice of the students?

In higher education it’s always important to have a pulse on the student body, but now more than ever in the wake of COVID-19. Beyond the disruption to learning and campus life, students face a looming resilience crisis where core well-being skills are critical to survive and thrive.

Analyzing Data for a Real-Time Data Collection ESM Study

The final section of the ESM Workshop Series focuses on analyzing the data. In this set of slides, best practices for ESM techniques and analytics are outlined.

Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) vs. Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM): What are the differences?

Researchers often use the terms ESM and EMA interchangeably yet, there are subtle, if not substantial, differences when we examine the historical motivations behind ESM and EMA.