Promoting Students' Engagement Through Creating a Real-World Context Project

• In Event: Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Motivation, Engagement, and Identity

Abstract

A re-design of a project around an authentic context is proposed and implemented with aims to increase levels of engagement for college students in a project-based technology integration course. The project, requested by real-world clients from a local elementary school, enabled student teams to select a topic of interest to create video learning resources. We expected students to increase levels of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement through the authentic context. Mixed method approach was employed, and results indicated students were more engaged in the real-world context project than non real-world context projects. Implementation of real-world context not only increased students’ motivation and engagement towards the project and within group dynamics, but also deepened understanding of technology integration and service learning.

Authors

• YunJeong (Eunice) Chang, University of Virginia

• Jasmine Sookhyun Choi, University of Georgia - Athens