21Dec 2017

A STUDY ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY.

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, College of Administration and Finance, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, College of Administration and Finance, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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The philanthropy of blended educational institutions robust the socio-economic conditions of human society. Blended learning defines alternative frameworks of educational arrangements between the student and teacher, which provide a guide and justification for advanced technology in educational contexts. Thus, our paper focuses on emerging notion of student?s learning at the higher level of education. The results from 287 students, and the identification by immersed experts of the criteria that were present in each of six teaching methods, made it possible to calculate a weighted score of engagement contribution for each teaching method. This approach found that from amongst the particular range of teaching methods the case study and project reports was the most engaging, followed by a team-based learning method. These results give teachers, a practical method for assessing and identifying teaching methods for student engagement for their particular profile.

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[Divya Rana and Fathimunisa Begam Afsar Hanfy (2017); A STUDY ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Dec). 1150-1162] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Divya Rana
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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6069      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6069

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