What is already known about this topic
Students' engagement is important for student learning and as indicator of quality in postsecondary education.
Students' engagement in information technology is related to other aspects of their educational practices.
Professors' conceptions of teaching influence their approaches and strategies of teaching.
What this paper adds
The paper determines aspects of course/classroom level student engagement as opposed to institution level (such as National Survey of Student Engagement).
The paper also determines the relationship between aspects of student engagement in technology rich classrooms to professors' conceptions of effective teaching.
Implications for practice and/or policy
The study developed instrument for assessing aspects of student engagement at course/classroom level.
It contributes to both the design and assessment of technology-rich classrooms.
It provides insight for faculty development programs so that they consider the issue of changing conceptions of teaching especially in relation to use of tools for teaching and student learning.