Boosting Student Engagement in Micro Moments: More Microlearning Courses to Explore
Boost student engagement with three practical microlearning modules designed for educators to build motivation, relevance and active learning.
Every educator knows the moment. The lesson is planned, the materials are ready—and the room is quiet in all the wrong ways.
Student engagement isn't a classroom luxury. It's the condition that makes learning possible. And right now, educators across the country are asking the same question: How do we bring students back in—not just for a day, but in ways that last?
AFT Share My Lesson has three new AFT member-developed microlearning sessions designed to help you do exactly that. Each one is short, practical, and built for the realities of your classroom—so you can start making a difference without carving out hours you don't have.
Here’s what you can explore:
Student Engagement: Building a Microlearning Foundation
If you’re looking for a starting point, this module helps lay the groundwork. It introduces key strategies to support student engagement and helps you think intentionally about what engagement looks like in your classroom.
Whether you’re reflecting on your current practices or looking for new ways to connect with students, this is a great place to begin.
Student Engagement: Making Learning Relevant, Meaningful and Student-Centered
One of the biggest challenges educators are facing right now is student motivation. This module focuses on how to make learning more relevant and meaningful by centering student voice, identity and experiences.
By fostering inclusion and helping students see themselves in their learning, you can support deeper, more intrinsic motivation—and create a classroom where students feel invested in their success.
Student Engagement: The Integrated Microlearning Lesson
What does student engagement look like in practice?
This module brings theory to life by showing how engagement strategies can be woven into a lesson from start to finish. It’s a helpful way to visualize how small shifts in planning and instruction can lead to more active, engaged learning experiences for students.
Re-engagement is built in the small moments—a question that lands, a task that feels worth doing, a student who finally leans in.
These microlearning sessions are designed to help you create more of those moments. Start with the module that meets you where you are, and build from there.
When students feel seen, challenged and connected to their learning, everything else tends to follow.
Learn about four more microlearnings you can explore that are focused on strategies for student success here.
Share My Lesson Courses and Microlearnings
Take the next step in your professional learning. Explore Share My Lesson’s Courses and Microlearnings, led by AFT trainers and designed to meet the needs of today’s educators—on your time, at your pace.
Elisabeth (Lisa) Dickinson Manager, Professional Learning & Member Engagement Educational Issues Department AFT Lisa Dickinson oversees the professional learning work at the American Federation of Teachers. She works with a team to ensure that ongoing, job-embedded, peer led professional... See More
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