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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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Educational Virtual Environment Methodologies
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February 18, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2010
By providing faculty theoretical frameworks using Bloom's taxonomy, experiential learning, transformational learning, reflective learning, and social learning/inclusion methodologies applied t…
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Expanding Educational Realities: Exploring Interactive and Immersive Learning Experiences
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January 20, 2010
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A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
Today's students are increasingly choosing to move beyond the traditional physical classroom educational model. The Internet has created an educational evolution fostering learner-centered env…
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Five Years of Course Redesign: Lessons Learned (Innovative Practice)
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January 20, 2010
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A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010
Large-enrollment undergraduate classes are an instructional ghetto in higher education. We know that hands-on experiential learning, especially in collaboration with other students, is a superior p…
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Do Serious Games Work? Results from Three Studies
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December 1, 2009
The following study may help answer some of the questions now surrounding serious games—or games whose primary purpose is something other than entertainment, such as military training, educati…
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Enhancing Student Learning in a Graduate Research and Statistics Course with Clickers
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December 22, 2009
Key Takeaways A quasi-experimental study investigated the influence on student engagement and performance, as well as student perceptions, of using clickers as an educational tool in a grad…
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New ELI 7 Things... Explores Challenge-Based Learning
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January 18, 2012
Challenge-based learning (CBL) is similar to problem-based learning, but with CBL, students formulate the challenges they will address. Through a process of discussion and research, …
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Learning and Playing Together: An Interinstitutional, Interdisciplinary Gaming Course
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September 23, 2009
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A session at the ELI 2009 Online Fall Focus Session
To encourage interdisciplinary student collaboration, Johns Hopkins created an introductory gaming course taught by faculty from regional colleges and professionals in the expanding gaming indust…
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Teaching Without Walls: Life Beyond the Lecture
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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…
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Seminar 16P - Top-Ten Ways to Improve Student Learning Using Technology Outside the Classroom
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November 3, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference
Technology is the most powerful way to increase your nontechnological interaction with students in the classroom. We will explore 10 easy ways for faculty to take advantage of technology to improve…
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A Campus-Wide E-Textbook Initiative
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July 30, 2009
By Jon T. Rickman, Roger Von Holzen, Paul G. Klute, and Teri Tobin A typical college student spends up to $1,000 per year on textbooks, and many students don’t buy textbooks at all be…
