Abstract
In response to a new set of challenges facing universities today—developing the next generation of leaders while integrating existing and emerging technologies to transform learning spaces—a team at Penn State University conducted research that culminated in the Virtual Transformational Leadership Development (VTLD) Experience, a course that addresses these challenges in a virtual format. The research examined the contribution of the arts, in conjunction with immersive technologies, towards promoting student engagement. Student interviews indicated that the creation of high impact practices revolving around the arts ultimately generates a memorable and involved experience that more frequently includes topics of social relevancy such as racial equity. Furthermore, the pairing of these methods with relevant and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR), effectively creates an educational experience that more personally suits a student’s needs in this type of transformational course.
Highlights
Higher education is constantly changing and evolving to educate students, prepare learners for citizenship, and to better serve society
A related challenge is how existing and emerging technologies can be embedded into pedagogy and curriculum to create personalized and transformative learning experiences, drive student learning outcomes, and promote student engagement and engaged scholarship
1.1 Literature Review In Student Engagement in Higher Education, Harper and Quaye [2] identify a crucial definition: “student engagement is characterized as participation in educationally effective practices, both inside and outside the classroom which leads to a range of measurable outcomes," identifying that engagement is the single most significant predictor of student persistence
Summary
Higher education is constantly changing and evolving to educate students, prepare learners for citizenship, and to better serve society. Transitioning from in-person classes to remote virtual classes was accomplished in a short period of time, leaving educators with the task of determining how to sustain the benefits that came, some unexpectedly, with these changes [1]. Moving forward from this period, a remaining challenge facing higher education involves how faculty can help to develop the generation of leaders with the skill set and mindset to thrive in a diverse, increasingly polarized, and constantly changing world. A related challenge is how existing and emerging technologies can be embedded into pedagogy and curriculum to create personalized and transformative learning experiences, drive student learning outcomes, and promote student engagement and engaged scholarship (i.e., out-of-classroom learning)
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