Learner Engagement Activated

Episode 7: Charles Graham

What is the difference between affective, behavioral, and cognitive learner engagement? How can the Academic Communities of Engagement model help us to understand the engagement of our students and how to support them? How will understanding the facilitators of engagement help us to create more equitable learning opportunities for all students? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated. Be sure to read Academic communities of engagement: An expansive lens for examining support structures in blended and online learning.

Episode 6: Katie Novak

What really is Universal Design for Learning? How is it an issue of equity? What can you stop doing as a teacher to make time for providing the targeted support your unique students need? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated with our guest, Katie Novak.

Episode 5: Matt Schmidt

How does understanding our learners help us to design better instruction? What role can virtual learning and artificial intelligence play in designing more effective instruction? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated with our guest, Matthew Schmidt.

Episode 4: Flower Darby

Can little things to build rapport with students really have an impact on their engagement in learning? What does this look like in the online environment? What role does emotion play in learning? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated with our guest, Flower Darby.

Episode 3: Lillian Nave

What is universal design for learning? Is it only about students with disabilities? How can it be used to engage your learners? These are some of the questions we will address in this episode with Lillian Nave at Appalachian State University about how UDL can be helpful to all educators and how to get started. Visit the Think UDL podcast online: https://thinkudl.org/

Episode 2: Sanghoon Park

How are motivation, learner engagement, and learning related? What are some ways that we can increase motivation in our learners, whether planning for instruction in person, online, with younger students, or adults? These are some of the issues we will address in this episode of Learner Engagement Activated.

Episode 1: Eric Mazur

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Eric Mazur, a physics professor at Harvard, to hear some of his thoughts on learner engagement in higher ed. Read Peer Instruction: A User's Manual, try out Perusall for peer annotation, and watch Memorization or understanding: Are we teaching the right thing?