Title: 3 Types of Interaction That Foster Student Engagement
Headings: 3 Types of Interaction That Foster Student Engagement
3 Types of Interaction That Foster Student Engagement
Three Variables of Engagement
1. Student-Instructor Interaction
2. Student-Student Interaction
3. Student-Content Interaction
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Content: Student-Student Interaction
While your interaction with students remains vital, encouraging peer-to-peer communication is just as essential. To prevent a boring, repetitive, and isolating learning environment, build activities and assignments that ignite classroom discussion. These discussions help alleviate students from feeling sequestered from one another and instead create a dynamic sense of community. These discussions can occur in various formats: Discussion threads
Group projects
Peer reviews
Study groups (developed based on observed, organic interaction among students)
Video chat sessions (e.g., for discussing readings or discussion prompts)
Tip: Check out these tools and methods that support peer collaboration: student introductions, Twitter, Instagram, XMind, Google Drive, VoiceThread, Mural.ly, Snapguide, wikis
3. Student-Content Interaction
Assignments, activities, goals, and assessments implemented within your course should reinforce active learning —that is, the process through which students actively assimilate rather than passively absorb learning material. You might have spent a good deal of time choosing quality reading materials and designing well-thought assessments, but don’t overlook opportunities to make content dynamic. Tip: