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Learning science research and practical experience highlight the importance of interaction and engagement to successful learning. Active and collaborative learning environments are particularly effective for Net Generation learners. Games, simulations, group projects, and undergraduate research are among a number of models for interaction and engagement being explored.

Articles and Reports

The entire issue of the EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 32, Number 4, 2009 is devoted to student engagement.
Engaging Students with Engaging Tools, EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 32, Number 4, 2009
Learning Space Design with an Inclusive Planning Process Promotes User Engagement,EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 32, Number 4, 2009
Assessing the Future: E-Portfolio Trends, Uses, and Options in Higher Education, ECAR Bulletin, February 2009.
Assessment for Improvement: Tracking Student Engagement Over Time, Annual Results 2009, National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), November 2009
ELI 7 Things You Should Know About...
- Next-Generation Presentation Tools, January 2010
- Google Wave, November 2009
- Live Question Tool, April 2009
- Alternate Reality Games, January 2009
- Ustream, October 2008
- Wii, July 2008
- Second Life, June 2008
- Digital Storytelling, January 2007

Podcasts, Presentations and Videos

Continuous Improvement in Teaching and Learning: Open Learning Initiative (OLI) and Open Learning Net (OLnet), ELI Web Seminar, January 11, 2010
Clickers and Peer Instruction: A Powerful Way to Improve Student Engagement and Learning, but Only If You Do It Right ELI Web Seminar, October 05, 2009
GameQuest: Creating an Education Game Program for Higher Ed, presentation and podcast from the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, October 2008
Digital Story Making: Understanding the Learner's Perspective, presentation and video from the ELI Annual Conference, January 2008

Updated January 2010

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Moving Faculty and Staff to Google Apps: April 12, 2011

The decision to move Boise State University employees to Google Apps for Education was initially proposed within Boise State's Office of Information Technology in 2008 . We saw an opportu…
Spotlight on Cloud Computing Series: Google Apps at Brown: August 18, 2010

About a year ago, Brown deployed Google Apps to its 6,000 students and has now decided to extend the service to include faculty and staff as well. In this Webcast, we'll hear about how these…
Spotlight on Cloud Computing Series: A Community Discussion of Google Apps: April 22, 2010

The Google Apps hosted e-mail solution continues to draw a great deal of interest from higher-education institutions. A recent informally planned conference call with a few interested institution…
GLEANing the Socialscape: Graziadio's Learning Environment and Network: April 5, 2010

At Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, GLEAN is a “personal collection of online tools to learn, gather, discover, and form insights, bit by bit.” Powered by Google Ap…
The Convergence of Lecture Capture and Social Media: January 26, 2010

In this EDUCAUSE Live! we will discuss how the formerly separate domains of lecture capture technologies and the emerging options for publicly sharing lectures on Web 2.0 consumer platforms are d…
Emerging Technologies in Higher Education: Big School Solutions to Small School Problems: October 2, 2009

With so many new technologies being developed to address needs at R1 schools, it can be difficult for smaller schools to keep up. In some cases, the solutions implemented at these larger institut…
Teaching Without Walls: Life Beyond the Lecture: September 14, 2009

Malcolm Brown , EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, will moderate this web seminar with Michelle Pacansky-Brock , where she’ll pull back the curtain on the classroom of the future, exp…
Reaching and Engaging Today's Learners: April 20, 2009

A Solutions in Action Webcast - Monday, April 20, 1:00 p.m. EDT Today’s students are growing up amid exponential technological change. Ubiquitous computing and mobile devices all…
Student-Generated Content for Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and YouTube: Leveraging Institutional and Third-Party Efficiencies for New: April 6, 2009

With the economic downturn and tightening budgets, the stakes in the build versus buy decision for educational technology have never seemed as high. As instructors start to engage more deeply in …
The 2009 Horizon Report: February 18, 2009

Join us for this discussion between the founder and a long-standing advisory board member of the NMC's Horizon Project. As part of this effort, an annual report is produced each year in coll…