It is widely known that the activation of student learning and engagement has a positive correlation to student success, motivation, persistence, and course completion.  Yet, there is still limited guidance for academic staff seeking knowledge related to learning and teaching, pedagogical design and strategies to afford types of engagement, all of which are critical to improving students’ learning experiences and outcomes. In this presentation Brown and Redmond revisit key features and elements of engagement (cognitive, social, behavioral, collaborative, and emotional) referred to in their seminal paper that introduced an online engagement framework for higher education (Redmond, et.al., 2018).  They then share key insights from recent research that sought to advance the framework with practical, achievable strategies to increase the accessibility and applicability of the framework for academics.  Participants will be invited to contribute to this discussion by sharing the types of online engagement strategies they use to activate students online learning.  

Reference:  Redmond, P., Heffernan, A., Abawi, L., Brown, A., & Henderson, R. (2018). An online engagement framework for higher education. Online Learning, 22(1), 183-204. doi:10.24059/olj.v22i1.1175

Dr Alice Brown

Dr Alice Brown is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education in the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland.  She is an innovative and award-winning educator who leads practice and research focused on advancing learning, teaching and student success through online engagement.  She has co-written numerous books, chapters and papers addressing online pedagogy, combining nudging and course learning analytics to increase engagement with non-engaged students, and is co-author of a highly cited paper (currently 169 citations) that outlines a framework for online engagement in higher education (Redmond et.al., 2018).

Professor Petrea Redmond

Petrea Redmond is a Professor of Educational Technology and the Associate Head of School, Research in the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. Her research is situated in interrelated fields of technology enhanced learning. She has published and co-published in several international refereed books, journals and conference proceedings. Petrea has received outstanding conference paper awards at international conferences; along with faculty, university and national awards for research and teaching. She has been a lead editor and associate editor for Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET).  She is currently the Associate Chair, Consultative Council, Society for Information Technology and Teacher