This suggests that they were only moderately engaged with the course.
The largest group of people were silent and did not produce artifacts nor participate extensively in discussions but they did feel engaged with the course (Kop and Fournier 2011).
Student success rates have been high in the first two years (100 and 93%), but some concern remains as to the actual learning outcomes, particularly in relation to the depth of learning, and the ability of non-first language speakers of English to fully engage with the course material.
Questions 7 10 examined whether students found the project meaningful, especially with respect to broadening ways to engage with the course material.
The system sent a daily prompt via SMS text to participants' phones asking if they were available and ready to engage with the course content.
Participants in the two intervention groups were encouraged by phone to engage with the course of computerised therapy, and technical issues relating to computers and the online programmes were also resolved.
Participants needed to feel well enough to be able to engage with the course, and those who were experiencing depression or manic symptoms were either unmotivated to participate or unable to concentrate on the sessions.
Her experience of repeated failures, and associated fear and trauma resulted in a downward slide into severe depression, making it difficult for her to engage with the course, or to face sitting an exam.
While we do not foresee that the introduction of online courses will reduce the costs of supporting biostatistics in the Faculty of Health Sciences, it will enable those of our staff and students based off-site to engage with the courses and improve their knowledge.
With one exception, the median and mode were 4 for responses to questions 7 10, which examined whether students found the project meaningful, especially with respect to broadening ways to engage with the physiology course material.
Asking students to examine art through the lens of biology, the project was formulated with the goals of piquing students' curiosity, broadening the ways in which undergraduates meaningfully engage with the physiology course material, and developing higher-level thinking skills.
