Active Connections: Means for Faculty to Create an Environment in Which Students WANT to Engage!

Clute Institute. 6901 South Pierce Street Suite 239, Littleton, CO 80128. Tel: 303-904-4750; Fax: 303-978-0413; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.cluteinstitute.com

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Online Courses; Teaching Methods; Learner Engagement; Teacher Student Relationship; Distance Education; College Students; College Faculty; Educational Environment; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Peer Relationship; Cooperative Learning; Group Discussion; Computer Simulation; Game Based Learning; Foreign Countries; Interaction

Michigan; United States; Canada

1544-0389

This interactive, cross-disciplinary research explores face-to-face and online strategies for faculty to deploy in the classroom that encourage connections beyond forced engagement methodologies commonly used. Concentration is on methods of connecting that are "out of the mainstream" and benefit both students and faculty. Findings indicate that the more students feel as a valued participant of the learning community, the more they engage in the class activities.

As Provided

2020

EJ1243705