Using Tools in your LMS to Increase Student Engagement and Retention Mark Bailye, Customer Success Manager, ANZ Mick Garner, Solutions Engineer, ANZ

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Enhancing student engagement

… enhancing student engagement is a fundamental strategy for improving student retention, success and outcomes … however, engagement is not the sole responsibility of the student as it concerns students interacting with the learning environment (Crosling, Heagney & Thomas 2009)

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”http://www.universityworldnews.com/filemgmt_data/files/AUR_51-02_Crosling.pdf

Student Engagement & Retention

Identify how well students interact with the learning environment ??

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Impact

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Enhancing student engagement

… students benefit from collaborative learning situations, where learning is active and interactive between students and their peers in and outside the classroom, as well as with the teachers(Crosling, Heagney & Thomas 2009)

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”http://www.universityworldnews.com/filemgmt_data/files/AUR_51-02_Crosling.pdf

Student Engagement & Retention

How??? Successes?

Barriers?

Now Tools

Use of technology

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F2F Onlinex

What does an exemplary course look like?

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How do you design an exemplary course?

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I’m not sure of what I can use in Learn?

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Discussions

• Graded Forums/Threads

• Post First• Goal Alignments• Available on

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Journals, blogsand wikis• Gradable• Goal Alignments• Group and Class

Collaboration• Reflective activities

Review Statusand Adaptive Release• Require students to

action before moving on

• Branched Learning• Captures activity

Retention Tools

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Bb Instructor• Marking on iPad• Quick access to

Retention Centre

Profiles• Traverses course

barriers• Encourages

community

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Profiles• Traverses course

barriers• Encourages

community

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Profiles• Traverses course

barriers• Encourages

community• Promotes

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