The influence of online learning systems on
campus-based student engagement

Knowing how campus-based students engage with online and general forms of learning is important for the quality and productivity of higher education. Knowledge in this area is limited, however, despite recent advances in student engagement research, and almost ubiquitous adoption of sophisticated online learning management systems. This paper provides insights into the measurement, analysis and nature of contemporary Australian campus-based student engagement. It documents the development and psychometric properties of the Student Engagement Questionnaire (SEQ), an instrument designed to measure key online and general forms of campus-based student engagement. The paper presents a typological model of student engagement which links empirical SEQ data with theoretical perspectives on student learning. It reports the statistical analyses used to develop the model, and analyses the model's structure and substance. The model is exemplified by considering what it says about how increasingly powerful and pervasive online technologies can be leveraged to enhance campus-based student engagement. The paper concludes with an analysis of the findings from a multi-institutional survey and, through this, exposes key qualities of how contemporary Australian students engage with their campus-based university communities.