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Student Engagement
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
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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Student Engagement and Interaction
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Higher Education in the Ultra-Connected Age
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April 25, 2013
New forms of scholarship, new educational pathways , and new interconnections and dependencies characterize the digitally rich landscape of higher education today. We are living and workin…
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Emerging Insights on Learning, Technology, and the Road Ahead
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February 14, 2013
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A session at the West/Southwest Regional Conference
In this presentation we'll explore emerging insights in the quickly changing world of learning. We'll look to models from today and envision the road ahead on issues including the inter…
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Student Engagement through Online Commenting and Discussion
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October 2, 2012
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A session at the ELI Online Fall Focus Session 2012
NowComment, a free high-end tool for discussion and close reading of online documents, has been used successfully at UVA (Sakai) and other universities for the past three years. This presentation…
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Mobile teaching and learning: engaging students and measuring impact
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February 23, 2012
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A session at the EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2012
The ELI's focus session on mobile learning brought together a collection of best practices, case studies, and research on mobile technologies' potential to engage students and enhance lea…
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Living, Learning, Cyberspace: A Program-Wide Blogging Initiative for Virginia Tech's Honors Residential College
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February 15, 2012
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting
How can the intimate, engaged experience of small-group learning be a template for a large research university? Virginia Tech's answer: a blogging platform that enables students and professors…
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Do the Math! Increasing Student Engagement and Learning
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February 13, 2012
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting
Many colleges have low success rates in their developmental math programs. Do the Math is a Next Generation Learning Challenges Wave 1 project that seeks to address this problem by increasing stude…
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Collaboration and Technology: Scaffolding for Online Student Success
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February 23, 2012
Collaboration and group work are important online teaching and learning strategies, providing many benefits for students related to student engagement, student learning, and student success. Howeve…
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Using Slate Tablets to Promote Active Learning
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January 11, 2012
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A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2012
The "Experience IT" format offers a hands-on, highly interactive introduction to newer tools and technologies so you can explore their potential impact in the workplace and classroom and …
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Disrupting Ourselves: Cherished Assumptions, New Designs, and the Problem of Learning in Higher Ed - Sponsored by WTC Consulting
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January 11, 2012
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A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2012
Our concept of learning has expanded at a rate far outpacing our notion of teaching, an issue that applies to the design and delivery of learning experiences. This presentation will look at how thi…
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How Instructors Make Meaning of Features in Active Learning Spaces and the Impact on Student Learning
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October 21, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Active learning spaces are technology-rich, collaborative environments designed to engage students actively in their own learning. This highly interactive session will provide an opportunity to dis…
