What is the context of engaged learning?
In an engaged learning environment, the classroom has to be re conceived not as a place with four walls, but as body of knowledge bound by a problem definition. This is not meant to infer that all engaged learning must solve a problem. Engaged learning is the act of bringing together a community of learners. It sustains problem solving capacity within a community and places value on diversity of opinions and solutions. Once the teacher or the educator begins to see the classroom not as a geographic space but as a community where problem solving is possible, they start to see multiple opportunities for engaging students in this highly entrepreneurial form of learning. To be sure, engaged learning experiences vary from semester to semester. The standardization of the classroom experience is not the goal, although the outcomes related to learning key concepts may remain consistent. Educators and students need to learn to be opportunistic and anticipate that each semester might be differen