Posts Tagged ‘student engagement tools’
February 28 - The Most Overlooked Items That Can Help Keep Online Students Engaged
By: Errol Craig Sull in Online Education
Student engagement is a popular topic and the overwhelming majority of the information on this topic is concentrated on the big issues of keeping students engaged, such as the importance of faculty presence in the classroom, adhering to deadlines and responding to students in a timely manner, and giving thorough feedback on assignments.
January 9 - Gamification: Applying Game Principles to Your Teaching
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
The principles that underpin successful games (display progress, maximize competition, calibrate difficulty carefully, provide diversions and employ narrative elements) can be used to transform student learning. You can use these principles in all types of classes to create an educational experience that puts students on a path to mastery.
August 29 - How Can I Enhance Class Using Story, Popular Media and Objects?
By: Mary Bart in 20 Minute Mentor, Student Engagement
Committed educators are always looking for dynamic ways to grab and hold their students’ attention, but we do more than list in-class activities. This practical and focused session is grounded in learning theory, such as idea-based, brain-based and situated learning, to give you a framework for ongoing exploration and innovation.
July 26 - 10 Ways to Promote Student Engagement
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Effective Teaching Strategies
Student engagement is another of those buzz phrases popular in higher education. As with many regularly used terms, everyone assumes we are talking about the same thing; but when asked for definitions, either we are hard pressed to come up one or what’s offered is a decidedly different collection of definitions. Here’s an article that includes clear definitions and, based on a creative synthesis of research, offers 10 ways to promote student engagement.
January 12 - Online Student Engagement Tools and Strategies
By: Mary Bart in Free Reports, Online Education
The report provides practical advice from online instructors who recognize the value of engagement and its role in student retention and success.
September 7 - Using Mind Maps as a Teaching and Learning Tool to Promote Student Engagement
By: Genevieve Pinto Zipp in Teaching and Learning
Creating an environment that engages students in the learning journey is not always easy. Sometimes as faculty members we ask ourselves, “Are we taking this learning journey by ourselves?” Several years ago as I began my scholarly exploration of the utility of mind mapping as a teaching and learning tool to foster critical thinking, my colleague and I instituted a mind mapping learning activity which has helped to promote student engagement in the classroom.
June 27 - Designing Effective Clicker Questions by Going Beyond Factual Recall
By: Mary Bart in Instructional Design
At one point, a General Chemistry course at Penn State Berks had a success rate of about 50 percent, giving the multi-section course the dubious distinction of having one of the lowest GPAs on campus. After a thorough redesign, the course now consistently achieves a success rate of well over 70 percent, while the student ratings of the course and the instructors have never been higher. The key element in this chemistry course’s redesign? Clickers.
June 20 - Technology-Enhanced Classroom Assessment Techniques
By: Jacqueline Mangieri, PhD. in Online Education
In the mid-1990s, college faculty members were introduced to the concept of classroom assessment techniques (CATs) by Angelo and Cross (1993). These formative assessment strategies were learner-centered, teacher-directed ongoing activities that were rooted in good teaching practice. They were designed to provide relatively quick and useful feedback to the faculty member about what students did and did not understand in order to enhance the teaching and learning process.
April 27 - How to Enhance Online Student Engagement and Satisfaction
By: Mary Bart in Online Education
Most online courses rely heavily on text-based communication, but given the vast array of audio and video tools now available to instructors and students alike, it’s never been easier to enhance the media richness of the online classroom. However, just like with home improvement, you have to select the right tool for the job.
January 26 - ‘Here We Are Now, Entertain Us’—Student Motivation and Technology
By: John Orlando, PhD in Teaching with Technology
George Stanton, a professor emeritus of biology, recently expressed his disappointment with student response to social media elements in classes. He pointed out that students were less than active in using the tools, meanwhile a recent survey of first-year students at his institution found that the number one expectation for class was “to be entertained.”
