There were quite a few theoretical frameworks I was considering. At first, I was considering Community of Inquiry (CoI) as it was one that I was familiar/comfortable with but after discussions with Professor Deborah Zornes and my colleague Alisha Hadley, it became clear that the research questions and literature were pointing me in a different direction. I understood that due to the pivot in my research questions/context, Engagement Theory might be a better choice. This two-decade-old concept relates to Education Technology. Greg Kearsley and Ben Schneiderman introduced and developed it in 1999. The main principle of Engagement Theory highlights students being meaningfully engaged in learning action through collaboration with others and meaningful tasks. This framework is for technology-based teaching and learning processes. Kearsley and Schneiderman posited that technology can be used...

For my applied research project, I would like to explore how facilitators and learners create knowledge in digital learning environments and how that is impacted by engagement. Over the course of this pandemic, I have realized that not all facilitators and learners have had successful outcomes regarding their pivot to online and blended learning. Exploring the use of engagement is an area that I am interested in understanding better and more about. Looking at some places that I would be able to disseminate my research are within my organization the Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (ISSofBC). I would be able to present my work to the two divisions/schools of my organization. There is the Learning Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC). program which focuses on newcomers to Canada which include instructors who teach immigrants and refugees. There is also the Language...