Strategies for Student Engagement

in the Online Course

Bill Knapp, DeanLearning Technologies

Lakeland Community College

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What is Student Engagement?

• Active and Collaborative Learning

• Student Effort

• Academic Challenge

• Student-to-Faculty Interaction

• Support for Learners

QM Research Project Results

Persistence and Student Support

Support for Learners

• Orientation to Technologies

• Asynchronous v Synchronous

• Creating a Sense of Community

• Mentoring

• On-campus Events / Newsletters

• Student Organizations

• Social Networks

Skype for Online Office Hours

Student to Faculty Interaction

• Access via email

• Online Office Hours

• Subscribing to messages / SMS

• Share the human side

Bloom’s Taxonomy WheelThe instructor is

responsible for this part

Academic Challenge

• Performance and Authentic Assessment (creating deliverables)

• Problem-based learning

• Writing multiple drafts of a paper

• Presenting

• Use of Rubrics for Assessment

• Scenarios / Role Playing

Time on Task

Student Effort

• The student is responsible for their effort

• Students need clear expectations

Active and Collaborative Learning

• Learners take responsibility for their own learning

• Active v Passive

• Community of Inquiry

Community of Inquiry (COI)

Engaged v Engaging