Engaging Students with Autonomy in Class

Jennifer Richards noticed class engagement improve when students had more autonomy in their learning

Jennifer Richards’ Introduction to Business course covers a lot of topics. In past courses, Richards’ students weren’t engaged in the material week-to-week. When she introduced Packback, Richards noticed students taking initiative in asking thought-provoking questions and relating stories from all over the world to class concepts that interested them. 

“I really think [Packback] has been super engaging and really got my students to care more about the course compared to what we’ve used before where I was the one posing the questions,” shares Richards, “This allows them some autonomy and some say-so in how the course is operating.”