Strategies and Tips for engaging today's students 20`4

1. Strategies And Tips For
Engaging
Today's Students
JULIE HANSEN
CENGAGE LEARNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST
BUSINESS INSTRUCTOR AT MIRACOSTA AND GROSSMONT COLLEGES

2. 1. What is challenging about students these days?
2. How are you addressing challenges in getting them
engaged in the material/text?
3. What creative tips are you using to ignite student
interest to get better outcomes?
4. What have you thought about using to engage today's
students?

3. Your
Ideas?

4. TODAY:
THOUGHTS ON THESE CHALLENGES
Strategies and tips – Inside/Outside Class
Activities and assignments that really work
Innovative techniques
Technology solutions
4LTR Press & CourseMate

5. STRATEGIES: IN CLASS
 Group Activities
 Current Events
 Videos
 Vocab Quiz
 Games in class
 Pass the chips
 Prezi
 PollEverywhere

7. STRATEGIES: OUTSIDE CLASS
 Projects/Cases
 Videos
 Games
 Technology
eBook
CourseMate
Online Homework
Google Docs
Screencast-o-matic
 Communicate!!
Go Animate!
http://goanimate.com/videos/0_Gf6hz081V4?utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=linkshare&utm_c
ampaign=usercontent
EyeJot – Marriage of email & video chat
VoiceThread – group conversation, peer review, video feedback

8. STRATEGIES:
GO OUTSIDE
 Guest speakers
 TeamUP
 Online & Resources:
Faculty Focus - Higher Ed Teaching Strategies – www.facultyfocus.com
MERLOT– www.merlot.com
Ideas from Indiana - http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/tt.engage2.pdf
PollEverywhere – www.polleverywhere.com
The 10 Minute Trainer by Sharon Bowman
Active Learning and Engagement Strategies by Paula Rutherford.
Your
Ideas?

11. 4LTR PRESS | Are You IN?
Student-Tested Print
What students find useful:
• Succinct Chapter Narrative
• 1 or 2 Relevant Examples
• Only the BEST Boxed Features
All course concepts in an
efficient presentation.=

12. 4LTR PRESS | Are You IN?
e.g. Page discusses stem & leaf
display statistics concept.
Visually Engaging Print Resources
• Two Columns pull
reader through text
• Bright Header Colors
for Study
• Key Terms at Top for
Added Convenience
• Supporting Imagery to
Reinforce Topics

13. 4LTR PRESS | Are You IN?
Includes Review Cards
Content based
on student study
needs within
each course.
TECH Card
for STAT
MLA Style Card
for BCOM
Review of main
ideas for PSYCH

14. 4LTR PRESS | Are You IN?
ENGAGING PRINT
COURSEMATE WEBSITE
and a full suite of instructor supplements.
Student Tested, Faculty Approved
REVIEW
CARDS
& FULL EBOOK!

16. USING COURSEMATE –
IDEAS FOR INCREASING ENGAGEMENT
 Pre-Quiz
 Chapter videos
 Games in class – quiz bowl style!
 Instructor Prep Cards
 Syllabus/Grading

17. WIFM?
 Better student experience
 Improves teaching effectiveness and efficiency
 Student retention
 Higher quality discussions
 Better prepared students
 Currency & robustness of 4LTR press
 Digital frees me up to teach more from my experience

18. THE AUDIENCE
“Personally, I love when professors use technology in the classroom to facilitate
both lectures and discussions. being connected to the news, media, as well as
going as far to communicate with other academic authorities via Skype or what
have you have been some of the most enriching and enjoyable academic
experiences I have had throughout college.
Technology takes a flat classroom experience and makes it three dimensional in
multiple ways.
This makes for much, much more enjoyable classes and makes us want to
research and study more outside of the classroom.”

19. I felt that CourseMate was very easy to use and kept me on top of my work
knowing I had a certain amount of hours I had to use on it.
1. Loved how it highlighted the Vocabulary words for us making it easy to
find and study for our quizzes.
2) The content in CourseMate was easy to use. I loved the glossary and the
flashcards and used those the most
3) Helped increase my level of understanding the administration of
Business and gave me a better understanding of why I want to major in this
subject.
4) My opinion of business is more broad having a better understanding
with what I need to do to be successful when starting in my own business.

20. 1) Ease of Use
The portal was very friendly and the user experience was great. Easy to
navigate around with a very easy user interface.
2) Content
Excellent! Very well documented and the information flowed like wine.
3) Level of Understanding
Success is simple, Do what’s right, the right way at the right time. Chapter
17’s information makes great business sense.
4) Overall Opinion –
Specific exciting stuff from focus on efficiency to a focus on effectiveness.

21. • During this semester I have been using CourseMate for business 120 and I really
believe it’s a great program to do homework, and study. I have used many
programs in the past in different classes to do homework, study and even have
access to the eBook and I can say that CourseMate is one of my favorite because
it is easy to use.
• I love how I can just get in the program and go thru the vocabulary very easily in
the flashcards, do the short quizzes, and even play games. The game is great
because it’s short multiple choice and at the end it ranks you, the videos help too
for students who want more information about the chapter, the power points
lectures are great very helpful and I love I have access to print them out to study.
The way the eBook works is just fantastic, best program so far.
• For me the CourseMate , its great very easy and accessible, even for foreign
students whose second language is English.

22. Questions?
Thank you!