Introduction, Evaluation, and Pedagogies of Perusall as a Social Leaning Platform in Education

In this paper, we present a concise review of Perusall-based studies in higher education. Perusall is an online platform for social learning. Perusall is well supported by popular learning management systems and we have seen more and more instruc-tors embrace the platform for pre-class reading and post-class discussions. There is already a sizable amount of literature about various aspects of Perusall. Hence, a comprehensive review about Perusall-based studies is timely and could be beneficial for both teachers and students to learn about the platform in a systematic manner. This review is organized by four research questions: (1) what is the context in which Perusall has been used; (2) how Perusall has been used; (3) what are outcomes of Perusall-based studies; and (4) what are the theoretical foundations of Perusall-based studies. We show that Perusall has been used in virtually all academic discipline; students generally have positive opinions about Perusall, and there is evidence that Perusall could enhance student engagement in reading assignments.