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Interactive Lectures
Just-in-time Teaching
Using Clickers
Sidney Eve Matrix, Queen's University

student
engagement
especially challenging
in an attention economy
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increasingly
millennial students
expect
to use technology in the classroom

using clickers
simple technological tool
sophisticated pedagogical FX
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clickers as technological enhancements
chalk & talk retrofit

student-centred
customized, participatory
learning experiences

transform & energize the classroom with
the power of mass feedback
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click-pair-share, then re-poll
peer-to-peer
reciprocity
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some question types

standard MCQs
According to the lecture, this sets Web
2.0 apart from Web 1.0:
A. commercial imperatives
B. push media technologies
C. architectures of participation
D. wireless connectivity
E. mobile privatization

opinion based Qs
Do you think that violent/
aggressive video games
encourage players to be
violent/aggressive in the
real world?
A. Yes, definitely
B. Perhaps
C. I am completely undecided
D. Quite unlikely
E. No, absolutely not

opinion Qs
inspire debate
Should universities screen
via Facebook to make
admissions decisions?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Undecided
D. No opinion

prediction Qs
pose question--poll--then...
City with highest % news readership?
A. Toronto
B. Vancouver
C. Calgary
D. Ottawa
E. Montreal

...revealhave weighed& they are more
once students
results in, discuss
interested in the results
City with highest % news readership:
A. Toronto 76%
B. Vancouver 78%
C. Calgary 79%
D. Ottawa 82%
E. Montreal 77%

participation rubric
attaching clickers to assessment
if you click 80-100% over 12 weeks = 5 pts
65-79% = 4 pts
50-64% = 3pts
less than 50% = 0
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teaching with clickers
often produces some surprising results
other outcomes

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higher attendance
students vote with their feet

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students talk to students
positive P2P buzz

overflow FX
improved student
course evaluations

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sidneyevematrix.net
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