Some Year 11 students' lack of interest in school curriculum presented as an engagement problem.
"We are solving that toothbrush-level engagement problem for lifelong learning through edcasting".
"The real focus for us," Kernes tells us, "is solving the content consumption and engagement problem at live events.
It's a common tactic among social startups and companies of all stripes, but combined with efforts like this Feedback Panel, it indicates a need to identify the source of an engagement problem and counteract it.
Traditionally the learner's engagement problem has been faced from a pedagogical (Smith et al. 2005) and psychological (Finn and Zimmer 2012) point of view, while in the last year, with the spread of technology in education, it has also become a technology-related problem (Chen et al. 2010; O'Brien and Toms 2008).
By providing patients with the ability to RSVP and cancel appointments via mobile or landline, access relevant info before and after appointments and send tips, reminders, and advice via text, CareMessage has begun to make a dent in the patient engagement problem.
And, by the way, let's stop pretending that we can solve the engagement problem by handing kids iPads or other technologies.
The management of a patient with CFS/ME requires the health professional to employ a wide range of skills, such as engagement, problem solving and developing a model of the illness in collaboration with the patient [ 13].
For some conditions, treatment is straightforward and bio-medical, but for conditions like CFS/ME, GPs need to employ a wider range of skills, such as engagement, problem solving and developing a model of the illness in collaboration with the patient.
The notion of a continuum of complexity developed in the current study offers a means of categorising non-engagement problems and of connecting these to a broader understanding of how they relate to the inequitable distribution of poor health outcomes in deprived neighbourhoods.
