# Engagement Tracking **Domain:** Learning Analytics / Behavioral Modeling **Doc Type:** Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Learning Analytics]], [[Educational Telemetry]], [[Behavioral Prediction]], [[Objective Function]], [[Perceptual Sovereignty]], [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] ## Definition **Engagement tracking** estimates attention, participation or persistence from observable behavior such as activity, navigation, response timing and return patterns. ## Kybernetiks Context Engagement is a model-dependent proxy, not a directly observed inner state. When the proxy becomes an optimization target, the system may reward performative signals or treat ambiguity as error. This connects telemetry to [[Objective Function]] and [[Prediction Is Not Jurisdiction]]. ## Backlinks - [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] - [[articles/Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks|Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]