Engagement is NOT defined by minutes online or amount of work submitted.
@alicekeeler How are they defined? How would you document this for people who wants justification for attendance funding?
@alicekeeler Student engagement is very clearly measured in the toppings 🍒🍒🍒‼️♥️
@alicekeeler How would you define engagement Alice? Genuine question? It’s my research area
@alicekeeler We could ask students:How often do U want to come to class (assuming not in-person)? How often are you learning new things? How often do you feel you belong in class & your teacher/classmates notice you’re there? Engagement is more connected to relationships than completed work.
@alicekeeler They are an important part of engagement.
@alicekeeler A great part of engagement ARE minutes online and amount of work submitted of course ! But better to say , this is not everything that characterizes engagement.
@alicekeeler Engagement is less important than outcomes. We shouldn't even be attempting to measure it - I'm more interested in what new knowledge the students have and how secure it is. We've become too fascinated with the means of delivery rather than whether anything id actually learnt.
@alicekeeler Well, define it please though. Define it as a measurable variable, because huge amount of students are not easy to track.