Improved Student Engagement in Higher Education’s Next Normal

https://er.educause.edu/articles/2021/3/improved-student-engagement-in-higher-educations-next-normal

We define student engagement as a constructivist approach to teaching and learning: less “sage on the stage” and more learning by doing.

Digital collaborative technologies embrace three important student engagement objectives: connecting students with the content, with the instructor, and with one another, within and across groups. Formulating, sharing, and getting feedback on responses benefits all students by increasing the exchange of ideas and approaches to the given prompt, helping students develop critical thinking skills through thoughtful peer review and analysis, and engaging them with timely feedback from expert instructors. Retaining these “blended learning” practices and additional affordances post-pandemic is worthwhile as we move to the next normal.

The five teaching enhancements/adaptations discussed above—collaborative technologies for sense-making, student experts in learning and technology, back channels, digital breakout rooms, and supplemental recording.

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more on student engagement in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=student+engagement