Episode Five: Student Engagement Online Part 2: Surface vs Deep

Abstract: Student engagement is a seminal issue in higher education. As we examine data from our first COVID semester, specific engagement issues appear at the forefront: what does engagement look like when we decrease synchronous learning and can’t ‘see’ our students? How does online engagement differ from in-person paradigms? What are the implications for our practices, cultures, evaluation systems and services?

In the fourth episode of New Normal webinar series, panellists explore student engagement from a perspective of surface vs deep engagement, authentic professional development needed to design deep engagement, and institutional structures to support deep engagement.