Student Engagement
Student engagement may look different depending on the course mode, classroom setting, and topics at hand. Yet, no matter its form, it is a key component in learning outcomes. Explore this collection of resources aimed at helping you increase engagement in sustainable, proven ways.
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Creating Community in Your Courses
Getting students to engage in class can be difficult but establishing a positive classroom community can go a long way to help with that. In this session, you’ll hear about a few strategies that have...
Allow Students to Author Their Own Learning Path
Giving students a voice in how their learning is structured can make their learning journey more relevant, meaningful and enjoyable. During this session, you’ll hear how student-designed lessons and a...
Adobe Spark for Creative and Engaging Assignments
Join us to discuss using Adobe Spark Pages to replace a more traditional research paper including the parameters and guidelines provided to the students in order to support the learning objectives. Al...
Active Learning Through Gameplay
Capturing and securing student attention can be a struggle for even the most seasoned instructors. As educators strive to create meaningful learning experiences for students, we will share two game-ba...
Enhancing STEM learning through 3-D Visualization and Digital Collaboration Tools
Enhance student learning in the Sciences with free or low cost tools for interactive and customizable 3-D visualizations then use these tools to create collaborative learning activities for the lab, c...
Designing Projects to Enhance Understanding and Engagement
Designing student projects to increase student engagement and understanding. We will discuss two types of student projects, 1) utilizing case studies to review theories and incorporating an incrementa...
Using Movement to Encourage Engagement in Problem Solving in Chemistry and Mathematics
This session will introduce collaborative group work that required students to get out of their seats and participate in problem-solving activities.
From Gen Ed To Grad School: Active Reading With Perusall
Do you ever struggle with getting students to engage closely with readings, or talk specifically about a text? Gina and Lindsey will talk about their experience using Perusall, an online tool that tur...
Not Written in Stone: Adaptive Strategies to Encourage Student Participation
Students may be hesitant to participate when topics feel controversial or sensitive to them. In this session, faculty members share how they have adopted adaptive strategies that encourage discussion...
Engaging Students through Peer Review in Both Remote and Residential Courses
Allowing students to review each other’s work enhances student engagement in courses. They interact with each other and the content of the course. This session discusses two different techniques that...
Engaging Students in Hybrid Learning Classes
This session will share our ideas and experiences with the integration of online and physical audiences in hybrid classes utilizing tools such as Zoom and Nearpod, and we will discuss the challenges a...
Fostering Student Engagement by Empowering Student Choice
To enhance student ownership over their learning experience, students evaluated their own learning processes and had a voice in decisions related to course design and delivery. Whenever possible, chan...
Engaging Students with Real World Application of Learning in Business Courses
In this session, attendees will learn activities, strategies, and suggestions for strengthening student engagement with learning through real life application of concepts. The focus will be on example...