• Manju.I
• Srinivasan K.S
• Dhanagopal R
• Karthikeyan
• Ashwin Raam

Globalization and the accelerating pace of change in technology have placed new demands on higher education. Graduates are expected to acquire knowledge, technical skills, critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, adaptability to multidisciplinary domains and communication. Student engagement is the key to effective learning and sustainability. This paper presents various collaborative learning methods that can be used to increase student engagement based on the practical experiences of the authors in teaching courses in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Student Engagement, role-play, concept maps, think pair share, Jigsaw

"An Illustrative Study on Methods of Improving Student Engagement", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.31-36, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006328.pdf

"An Illustrative Study on Methods of Improving Student Engagement", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp31-36, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006328.pdf