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 to facilitate engagement in ways that might be challenging to achieve by other means. This theory promotes collaborative, project-based learning, and has a focus that has meaning outside of the learning itself (Kearsley,2002). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My research will focus on faculty engagement in post-secondary polytechnic universities in Canada. Specifically, how faculty can engage with and adopt technology in meaningful ways therefore promoting student engagement in digital learning environments (DLE). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some questions that I have and will have to investigate further are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n