1 Everything I Need to Know about Student Engagement I Learned from a Rabid Sports FanRobert E. Lindsay Assistant Director of Learning Solutions Salt Lake Community College

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6 Game 7 of the 2016 World Series!11/2/16 Game 7 of the 2016 World Series! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Cubs_celebrate_after_winning_the_2016_World_Series_(cropped).jpg

7 Used by permission: Michael E. Lindsay

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10 The University of Major League BaseballThe Trustees of Major League Baseball upon recommendation of the fans and ESPN have conferred upon Mike Lindsay The degree of Bachelor of Arts In Baseball Studies Minor in Chicago Cubs With all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto. Awarded February 7, 2017 MLB CUBS

11 Sportscasters (professors) are delivering content (teaching lessons) electronically (distance education) in informative, engaging, and memorable ways to their fans (students). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

12 What is Student Engagement?In education, student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education. Reference: The Glossary of Education Reform (http://edglossary.org/student-engagement/)

13 What is Student Engagement?Learning improves when students are “engaged” (inquisitive, interested, inspired). Learning suffers when students are “disengaged” (bored, dispassionate, disaffected). https://pixabay.com/en/beautiful-business-computer-female-15704/ https://pixabay.com/en/book-bored-college-education-15584/ Reference: The Glossary of Education Reform (http://edglossary.org/student-engagement/)

14 Dimensions of Student Engagement Intellectual Engagement Know  Emotional Engagement Feel  Behavioral Engagement Do  Social Engagement Do Together Reference: The Glossary of Education Reform (http://edglossary.org/student-engagement/)

15 How Do Students Engage? Student to Content Student to InstructorStudent to Student https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UofU_-_In_the_Architecture_Studio.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ashs-students-talking.jpg/640px-Ashs-students-talking.jpg Reference: Three Types of Interaction, Michael G. Moore (http://aris.teluq.uquebec.ca/portals/598/t3_moore1989.pdf)

16 How does this increase viewer engagementHow does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

17 How does this increase viewer engagementHow does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? Broadcasts usually feature the play-by-play announcer, the color commentator, the sideline reporter, and in-studio analysts https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

18 How does this increase viewer engagementHow does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? Broadcasts usually feature a pre-game, half-time, and post-game analysis. Analysts will often list the “keys to the game” before the game starts, and then discuss those same “keys to the game” after the game is over. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

19 How does this increase viewer engagementHow does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? Diagrams, charts, statistics, box scores, trading cards, player biographies, slow-motion replays, and multiple camera angles https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

20 How does this increase viewer engagementHow does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? There are so many storylines (which the broadcasters highlight); the game itself as it plays out, but also the players, personalities, matchups, team histories, injuries, rivalries, comebacks https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

21 Watching the game with friends, tailgate parties, live twitter feedsHow does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? Watching the game with friends, tailgate parties, live twitter feeds https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

22 How does this increase viewer engagementHow does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? Sports video games, fantasy football leagues, amateur sports leagues, neighborhood pick-up games https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

23 Sports columns, sports magazines, sports documentariesHow does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? Sports columns, sports magazines, sports documentaries https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

24 Commercial breaks (aka “promotions”)How does this increase viewer engagement? How would we do something similar in our courses? Commercial breaks (aka “promotions”) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Patrick,_Tony_Dungy,_and_Rodney_Harrison.jpg

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