Engagement Theory

The premise of Engagement Theory (Greg Kearsley & Ben Shneiderman) is that students must be engaged in their work in order for effective learning to occur. The use of technology in the classroom is one of the most obvious ways to facilitate this. Attractive technologies to consider include the use of podcasts, mobile phones, internet, skype, googlemaps, email and wordprocessing to support pedagogies.
Furthermore, according to Kearsley and Shneiderman (1998), applying these digital pedagogies to 'authentic" or real life problems will provide the platform for very best learning outcomes.