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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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Concentrating Class: Learning in the Age of Digital Distractions
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December 10, 2012
Key Takeaways The "Are Machines Making Us Stupid? " course challenged students to explore technology's impact on their learning and their lives — and also tau…
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Technology Enhancement Tools in an Undergraduate Biology Course
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December 10, 2012
Key Takeaways This single-class study sought to evaluate technology-enhanced student engagement by comparing the experiences of students using only an e-textbook with the exper…
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Engaging Students Through Digital Badges
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February 5, 2013
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting
With the freshman class that will graduate in 2016, Seton Hall University introduced a program to improve student outcomes and introduce the community to the concept of lifelong learning enhanced…
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Altius Education’s Ivy Bridge College
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November 28, 2012
Altius Education’s model is a competency-based, holistic approach to online education addressing four critical needs: student support, engagement, remediation, and affordability. Altius’ Heli…
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Framing Mobile Initiatives to Measure Impact
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October 1, 2012
Despite the proliferation of mobile devices and mobile activity—not only in the general population but also in the teaching and learning community, right down to the classroom level— mobile …
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Edupreneurship: Engaging Students in Mobile Learning
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October 2, 2012
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A session at the ELI Online Fall Focus Session 2012
The effectiveness of a mobile learning initiative is bound to improve when those who will use it have a direct influence on its design. This presentation will discuss how LectureTools (http://www…
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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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From Insight to Action: Translating Student Voice into Education Transformation
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September 12, 2012
Most conversations about education reflect the perspective and agenda of the institutions that provide educational services rather than the needs of the students they serve. Yet as higher educati…
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Next Generation Learning: The Pathway to Possibility
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April 3, 2013
“Next generation learning” is about engaging with today’s students through “next generation” teaching and learning designs. In this white paper, the authors present a distilled …
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GoSoapBox Classroom Response System Engages Students
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November 1, 2012
Key Takeaways This case study explores the use of a classroom response system in Spanish language classes that seemed too small to benefit from the approach. A surve…

















