Student engagement for student success: pre-commencement strategies via KickStart

Yvonne A. Breyer; Mauricio Marrone; Leigh N. Wood; Murray Taylor; Hajira Shaheen

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2791-8_2

Student engagement for student success

pre-commencement strategies via KickStart

Yvonne A. Breyer^*, Mauricio Marrone, Leigh N. Wood, Murray Taylor, Hajira Shaheen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Australia’s large and diverse student cohort challenges our universities to provide innovative and integrated ways of supporting students at an appropriate scale. In response, we developed an initiative called KickStart to help students become more engaged with their unit (i.e. subject) content and feel better prepared and motivated at a critical stage of their studies. This paper investigates student uptake and perceptions of this online initiative, the delivery of which commenced 2 weeks before the start of the semester. A student survey (n = 1165) delivered evidence for a high student uptake. In addition, students reported that KickStart provided them with a useful start and helped them to understand learning outcomes. This initiative highlights the value of providing students with online resources and activities tailored to the unit content in the lead-up to the semester.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Success in Higher Education
Subtitle of host publication	transitions to, within and from University
Editors	Leigh N. Wood, Yvonne A Breyer
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	23-35
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811027918
ISBN (Print)	9789811027895
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2791-8_2
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Keywords

Motivation
Preparation
Student engagement

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Breyer, Y. A., Marrone, M., Wood, L. N., Taylor, M., & Shaheen, H. (2017). Student engagement for student success: pre-commencement strategies via KickStart. In L. N. Wood, & Y. A. Breyer (Eds.), Success in Higher Education: transitions to, within and from University (pp. 23-35). Singapore: Springer, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2791-8_2

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Student engagement for student success : pre-commencement strategies via KickStart. / Breyer, Yvonne A.; Marrone, Mauricio ; Wood, Leigh N.; Taylor, Murray; Shaheen, Hajira.

Success in Higher Education: transitions to, within and from University. ed. / Leigh N. Wood; Yvonne A Breyer. Singapore : Springer, Springer Nature, 2017. p. 23-35.

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2016 ACODE/Pearson Award for Innovation in Technology Enhanced Learning

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