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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
Updated January 2010
Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Student Engagement and Interaction
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Beyond Clickers: Using Web-Based Polling Technologies to Enhance Student Engagement
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May 30, 2012
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A session at the Southeast Regional Conference
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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Beyond Clickers: Using Web-Based Polling Technologies to Enhance Student Engagement
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January 12, 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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Leveraging a Learning Management System to Promote Academic Technology Use and Student Engagement
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March 15, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2011
The ITS Help Desk (HD) and ResNet have launched a web-based single-source learning management system for data-access organization. Both staff and student assistants utilize the application to compl…
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Social Media for Academic Purposes
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March 9, 2010
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2010
This session will describe how Facebook and a visually designed website were used to engage students in a psychology course. It will detail a successful student-driven role-play activity where stud…
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Electronic Commenting on Student Projects: Tips and Theory
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January 13, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2010
Responding effectively and efficiently to student projects can be challenging. The scholarship of teaching urges faculty to provide feedback on assignments that is clear, timely, and context-specif…
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Automated Media Capture of Clinical Simulation in Nursing Education: Implications for Higher Education
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March 24, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009
The Indiana University School of Nursing has implemented an automated recording system for archiving and live streaming of nursing student experiences in high-fidelity clinical simulations. This pr…
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Engage Students in a Ubiquitous Computing Environment Using DyKnow
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January 8, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2009
How do you actively engage students when they all have laptops in class? Among other techniques, engagement is achieved through focused activities using collaborative note taking, student response …
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A Proposed Redesign of Overhead Presentations: Moving from Verbal to Visual
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March 11, 2008
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2008
This session will demonstrate how a redesign in overhead slides can create presentations that foster a more learner-centric rather than teacher-centric model. A change in emphasis from verbal to vi…
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Assessing Student Learning Outcomes with Tablet PCs
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March 11, 2008
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2008
Tablet PCs used in undergraduate field courses in archaeology and ecology have transformed the way we teach field-mapping and data-collection concepts. Curriculum redesign and assessment strategies…
