First year university student engagement using digital curation and career goal setting

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Antonio, Amy and Tuffley, David. 2015. "First year university student engagement using digital curation and career goal setting." Research in Learning Technology. 23 (1). https://doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v23.28337

Article Title	First year university student engagement using digital curation and career goal setting
ERA Journal ID	20266
Article Category	Article
Authors	Antonio, Amy (Author) and Tuffley, David (Author)
Journal Title	Research in Learning Technology
Journal Citation	23 (1)
Year	2015
Place of Publication	Sweden
ISSN	0968-7769
	1741-1629
	2156-7069
	2156-7077
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v23.28337
Web Address (URL)	http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/28337
Abstract	The engagement of students is one of the most pressing issues facing higher education in the 21st century. Around the world, participation rates in tertiary education are on the rise and one of the key challenges facing educators is finding ways to engage these students. We present the results of a project that assesses the impact of an engagement strategy in which a cohort of students entering their first year of university (1) establish and maintain a clear goal of their ideal future career and (2) make use of a web-based digital curation tool to research and present their findings. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the strategy, which could arguably be applied to a broad range of disciplines given that the majority of students today are technologically literate.
Keywords	engagement; digital curation; goal setting; retention
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	399999. Other education not elsewhere classified
Byline Affiliations	Australian Digital Futures Institute
	Griffith University
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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