1 Copyright © 2015, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Chapter 1 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8363-1.ch001 Enhanced Student Engagement through Active Learning and Emerging Technologies ABSTRACT Active learning and emerging technologies are enhancing student learning though an explicit intentional educational design such as Flipping the Classroom and Project Based Learning to empower students. In this chapter, the authors describe an active learning classroom and emerging technologies that support learning for the 21 st century. Using vignettes, the authors model how the metacognitive teacher supports the use of emerging technologies for active learning using the Metacognitive Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Framework (M-TPACK) (Wilson, Zygouris-Coe, Cardullo, & Fong, 2013). Finally, the authors describe Blooms Taxonomy (Bloom et al., 1956) for active learning and make connections to emerging technologies and the level of integration using the SAMR Model: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition (Puentedura, 2006). INTRODUCTION Today’s students differ from the students our edu- cational system was designed to teach. American education for students was designed for agrarian and industrial eras and it does not meet the needs of the 21 st century (West, 2012). Education of the 21 st century must be active, engaging, and customized to fit the needs of the individual learner. According to the Framework for 21 st Century Learning (see http://www.p21.org/our-work/p21-framework), the most important skills for preparing students to learn in the 21 st century include communica- tion, collaboration, and creativity. In addition, the Victoria M. Cardullo Auburn University, USA Nance S. Wilson SUNY Cortland, USA Vassiliki I. Zygouris-Coe University of Central Florida, USA