Increasing Student Engagement
Course Description
This course provides strategies to help increase student engagement in the classroom. It offers strategies for educators hoping to learn how to get students engaged during class lessons. Those wishing to increase student engagement across the board are encouraged to enroll. The course emphasizes lesson planning, teacher language, and class discussions. Taken together, these strategies help educators develop engaging lessons for their students. The end goal is to get students more excited about their own learning process, which in turn results in improved student learning. This is an online course. Upon registration, your course materials will be emailed to you.Course Numbers
Our improving student engagement course may be noted differently in various institutional syllabi. Below are two common course numbers for our Increasing Student Engagement course, for reference:
- Adams State: ED 589
- UMass Global: EDDU 9616
If in doubt about your institutional code for our course on how to get students engaged, go to the source. Contact your institution for precise codes on this increased student engagement coursework.
Course Learning Objectives
This is a course designed specifically to improve student engagement. It centers on real-world strategies for keeping students attentive and engaged. Educators who wish to boost student engagement in their own classrooms will find many practical techniques therein.
How to increase student engagement is all about intentionality in the classroom. Through Increasing Student Engagement coursework, students will be able to:
- Learn strategies for lesson planning to develop more engaging lessons.
- Use certain teacher language when speaking in the classroom to promote student engagement.
- Learn and use strategies to plan and implement engaging classroom discussions and active learning moments.
- Apply strategies to their planning, teacher language, and classroom discussions to increase and maintain student engagement.
- Develop skills to reflect on & improve their own teaching methods and practices.
Relevancy to Practice: This course provides educators with the following relevant information to help improve their practice:
- Understanding the concept of “flow” as the basis of truly being engaged and how that looks in the classroom to help engage learners.
- Increasing and maintaining student engagement during lessons through effective lesson planning, teacher language, and class discussions.
- Strategies to effectively plan lessons to make them more engaging for students.
- Using specific teacher language to engage students with the content and maintain that engagement for better learning experiences.
- Strategies to engage all students in whole class discussions, including strategically encouraging students to share and participate.
- Evaluating and changing your current practices for engaging students in the classroom.
By the end of the course, students will better understand how to improve student engagement. Moreover, they will have gathered numerous strategies to implement in their own classrooms. Course students will understand how to help their students develop focus and sustain attention.
- This coursework is appropriate for educators with a goal of increasing student engagement in higher education or secondary education.
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Policies
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Students are able to exchange one course for another within 30 days of registration as long as the course price is the same and the student does not change the University Partner. To exchange a course, please fill out the “Contact Us” form including your full name, course you have registered for and the course you would like to switch to.
Students that would like to transfer their course from one university partner to another have the opportunity to do so within the first 30 days of registering for a course. To transfer your course, please fill out the “Contact Us” form including your full name, the course you are currently registered for and the new University Partner you’d like to switch to.
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