The New Normal Webinar: Episode Five. Student engagement: Surface vs Deep

This webinar series explores ways in which people and institutions are responding to and learning from the current crisis and applying these lessons into learning, teaching, technology and student engagement. The New Normal is a collaboration between Melbourne CSHE and Learning Environments. Panellists will include members of the Melbourne CSHE and Learning Environments teams, with some episodes featuring guest panellists from the University of Melbourne and the international Higher Education community. Episode Five Student engagement: 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.