EVALUATING ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS UNDERGRADUATE FIRST YEAR TRANSITION - A Case Study

Clive Holtham, Rich Martin, Ann Brown, Gawesh Jawaheer, Angela Dove

2012

Abstract

Rapidly changing demands from employers of students of business meant substantial redesign of the first year undergraduate experience whose underlying pedagogy drew on the concept of “high-engagement” learning. This paper focuses on the question of how engagement can be evaluated. It is argued that a variety of “sensors” are needed for evaluation, both quantitative and qualitative. Of particular interest is the use of Moodle logs as an emerging powerful sensor.

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Holtham C., Martin R., Brown A., Jawaheer G. and Dove A. (2012). EVALUATING ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS UNDERGRADUATE FIRST YEAR TRANSITION - A Case Study . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-06-8, pages 223-228. DOI: 10.5220/0003925002230228


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu12,
author={Clive Holtham and Rich Martin and Ann Brown and Gawesh Jawaheer and Angela Dove},
title={EVALUATING ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS UNDERGRADUATE FIRST YEAR TRANSITION - A Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2012},
pages={223-228},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003925002230228},
isbn={978-989-8565-06-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - EVALUATING ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS UNDERGRADUATE FIRST YEAR TRANSITION - A Case Study
SN - 978-989-8565-06-8
AU - Holtham C.
AU - Martin R.
AU - Brown A.
AU - Jawaheer G.
AU - Dove A.
PY - 2012
SP - 223
EP - 228
DO - 10.5220/0003925002230228