Engagement Strategy Matrix

Title and Type of Engagement Strategy

Description of Engagement Strategy

(at least one using technology)

How Engagement Strategy will be Implemented

 Learning Activity Used with Engagement Strategy

References/Resources

Introduction discussions

Increasing familiarity among students by allowing them to know each other via online group discussions.

This can be done through compulsory introductory segments before beginning the course.

Responding to at least one of the classmate’s introductions.

Introducing oneself in an introduction forum

Martin and Bolliger (2018)

Working collaboratively

Working in pairs or more with other students in completing periodic assessments and giving power point presentations.

Issuing group work activities as opposed to working independently

Provide students with assessments that they will be required to submit as part of a group.

Working on real-world projects

Utilizing real-world activities such as visiting places in order to acquire information

Assigning activities that require learners to visit actual locations for the extraction of data.

Issue assignments that are relative to visiting real-life sites such as museums and acquiring information that will later be utilized in classwork.

Request for field trips as a class as part of classroom learning.

Having discussions with guiding questions

Conversations in class with educators which include questions about what students have been previously taught in class

Assigning students partners whom they can practice the questions and answers with.

Structuring discussions around questions that students need to ask one another

Having Question and Answer forums

Interactive sessions where students can ask the educators questions and vice versa

Encouraging students to ask questions after lessons

Allowing sessions where students ask questions regarding any information item on the course materials or even outside the course.

Interactive lectures

These are sessions where students interact with each other in response to various activities issued to them.

Teaching students while allowing them to participate in discussions to earn credits.

Organize students in role-playing scenarios, or think-pair-share to encourage students’ participation during classes.

Making rounds in the class for one-on-one learning. 

University of Washington (2023)

Quick writing assignments

These are brief assessments that contain short open-ended or close-ended questions or require learners to respond to prompts to test their understanding of given subjects.

These can be issued and submitted via email.

Issue assignments on brief essays that are timed.

Issue quizzes at the end of every topic to ensure learners are actively learning.

Organize online learning quizzes and discussion boards where students are required to respond for credit.

Foster learning relationships

Learning relationships are relationships that are key in optimizing a learner’s experience, created in the classroom both online and offline.

These exist between tutors and students

Showing interest in the progress of students and following up on their progress in the classroom and other school activities

Ask students about their dream colleges and ask them to write sample application essays that will further be developed for the final college entry essay.

Ask student’s about their hobbies, and even assign essays based on their interests.

Give students feedback about their progress on a weekly basis (Washington University, 2023)

Jones (2011)