Global WIL - Student Engagement (Oct-Dec 2023)

Student Engagement

Offered 16 Oct to 4 Dec, 2023

(First offered in 2021 and again in 2022)

Engaged and motivated students are fundamental to successful outcomes from WIL learning experiences. This module explores students’ behavioural, emotional and intellectual connection to their learning.

Module description

Engaged and motivated students are fundamental to successful outcomes from WIL learning experiences. This module explores students’ behavioural, emotional and intellectual connection to their learning. The dynamic nature of student engagement, and the impact of the educational interface and students’ personal characteristics on student engagement will be discussed.

Drawing on relevant models for enhancing student engagement and therefore facilitating success and retention will be considered.  The module will include strategies for engaging diverse student cohorts including international students, students with a disability and Indigenous students for successful WIL outcomes.

Learning outcomes

1. Describe the importance of student engagement and the impact on student outcomes in a WIL context.
2. Describe the nature of an educational setting that facilitates student engagement and optimises outcomes ie peer assessment.
3. Identify teaching, learning and support strategies for enhancing student engagement.
4. Compare the features, benefits and challenges of student engagement.
5. Discuss approaches that cater to the learning needs of diverse student cohorts.

Possible readings

1. McMahon, B., & Portelli. J.P. (2004) Engagement for What? Beyond Popular Discourses of Student Engagement, Leadership and Policy in Schools, 3:1, 59-76, DOI: 10.1076/lpos.3.1.59.27841https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1076/lpos.3.1.59.27841
2. Baron, P., & Corbin, L. (2012) Student engagement: rhetoric and reality, Higher Education Research & Development, 31:6, 759-772, DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2012.655711https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2012.655711
3. Ducket, I. (2021). Class and Education. Academia Letters. https://www.academia.edu/47751574/Class_and_Education
4. Esteban-Guitart, M. (2015). L. S. Vygotsky and education by Moll, L. C., Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 14:4, 295-297, DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2015.1070601https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15348458.2015.1070601
5. Rowe, A., Jackson, D., & Fleming, J. (2021). Exploring university student engagement and sense of belonging during work-integrated learning. Journal of Vocational Education & Training. https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1080/13636820.2021.1914134
6. Kay, J., McRae, N., & Russell, L. (2020). Two institutional responses to work-integrated learning in a time of COVID-19: Canada and Australia. International Journal of WIL, Special Issue, 21(5), 491-503. https://www.ijwil.org/files/IJWIL_21_5_491_503.pdf
7. Quaye, S., Haper, S., & Pendakur, S. (2019). Student engagement in higher education: Theoretical perspectives and practical approaches for diverse populations, Edition 3. Routledge.
8. Ruskin, J., & Bilious, R. (2022). Engaging stakeholders in work-integrated learning. In S.J. Ferns, A.D. Rowe, and K.E. Zegwaard (Eds.). Advances in research theory and practice in work-integrated learning: Enhancing employability for a sustainable future. (pp 49-59). Routledge

Participation time:

Expected total participation time approximately 15 – 20 hours – including preparation and participation in online tasks/activities.

Cost, completion and certificate

• All modules contain a strong emphasis on application of academic WIL literature to practice.
• Modules are presented in English through online study – approx 20 hour’s preparation and participation.
• Administration and set-up charge (previously New Zealand dollars, now Canadian dollars):
  CAD $250 – Members of the four National Association members
  CAD $250 – Full Institutional Members of WACE and Global Partners of WACE
  CAD $300 – Non-members
  The charge is payable on acceptance for a module after registration.
  • A certificate is issued to those people who complete the module.

Cancellation policy

If you pay and then withdraw before commencing the module you will receive a full refund. No refund is provided if you withdraw after the module commencement date.