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A Positive Environment of Engagement and Retention in the Online Learning Environment  

Faculty Focus

According to The Glossary of Education Reform (2016), engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are learning or being taught. Engagement can extend to the level of motivation students learn during the process of learning. Frontiers in Education, 7.

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A Positive Environment of Engagement and Retention in the Online Learning Environment  

Faculty Focus

According to The Glossary of Education Reform (2016), engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are learning or being taught. Engagement can extend to the level of motivation students learn during the process of learning. Frontiers in Education, 7.

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Native Son Propels Opportunities for Kentucky Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In April, Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. It collects, analyzes, and reports comprehensive performance data.

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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

Students are more likely to engage with new learning when it is presented either as an extension of, or even an antithesis, to previous learning. Some level of familiarity engenders a sense of mastery in the face of new challenges that in turn nurtures engagement and retention. Significance. Implicit curriculum.

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The F Word

Inside Higher Ed

What you don’t see, except obliquely, is the faculty’s critical role in retention and completion. That isn’t possible in higher education. Help faculty members grow as educators. Campuses need to do more to encourage faculty members to take initiatives that might advance engagement, learning, and retention.

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The Power of Empowerment

Faculty Focus

One of the most foundational books I’ve read as an online educator of nontraditional adult learners is Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Valuable video-based learning strategies Another way to empower autonomous learning and growth mindsets in adult learners is to provide audiovisual tutorials, overviews, and mini lessons.

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The Power of Empowerment

Faculty Focus

One of the most foundational books I’ve read as an online educator of nontraditional adult learners is Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Valuable video-based learning strategies Another way to empower autonomous learning and growth mindsets in adult learners is to provide audiovisual tutorials, overviews, and mini lessons.