A practical framework to engage students in college teaching

Abstract

Student engagement has increasingly been positioned as a defining characteristic of high-quality teaching and learning in higher education. The level of student engagement in the learning and instructional process is the vehicle through which classroom instruction influences learning outcomes. The factors impacting engagement and how students are engaged in the learning process have been well-researched. However, there is lack of study on the implementation of various engagement strategies in real-world instructional settings, including face-to-face and online instructional environments. This study is intended to provide a practical framework which can be easily transformed into actual instructional settings through three driving forces to engage students in the learning process; hence the improvement of learning outcomes can be achieved through the implementable activities suggested in the framework.