Audience Response System presentation - e-Learning Practitioners Forum

Audience Response Systems (ARS) Nitin Parmar Learning Technologist Gemma Cranston Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering [ Wednesday 26 November 2008 ] QR code for the presentation slides

What day of the week is it today?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

The US President Elect is
Barack Obama
John McCain
Jonathan Ross

Have you heard of Audience Response Systems (ARS) previously?
Yes
No
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Allows students to participate actively in lectures, seminars, tutorials and labs
Allows for immediate submission of responses to questions
Responses viewed as a graph
Data saved for later analysis by reporting tool
Background

How can an ARS be useful?
Easy-to-adopt technology
Enhances the learning experience
Immediate feedback for the learner
Identify areas that require further attention
A catalyst to debate and discussion

Revision Class
Exam practice
Pair working
Case Study: Aircraft Performance and Design [ http://go.bath.ac.uk/smap ]

Revision Lecture
ARS used for an entire lecture
Revision questions to challenge and assess student learning
Variety of question types
Discussion of results
Example question…

Put these aircraft in order of maximum range (longest range first)
F, D, E, B, A, C
D, F, B, A, E, C
F, D, A, B, C, E
A: A400M B: Beluga C: Hercules D: A380 E: JSF F: B777 Department of Mechanical Engineering Gemma Cranston Aircraft Performance and Design

Results and Feedback
The lecture worked extremely well
Students were engaged throughout
Any problems were discussed during lecture and in tutorial afterwards
64% strongly agreed that the lecture and technology used was useful
Effective technology and it comes highly recommended!

Formative assessment
Check levels of understanding
Identify areas of weakness; address in problem class
Case Study: Retrosynthesis [ http://go.bath.ac.uk/j9i9 ]

Peer review / peer assessment
‘ Dragons Den’ style pitch
Initiate group discussion
Case Study: Entrepreneurship [ http://go.bath.ac.uk/2cbf ]

Staff development seminars and workshops
Diagnostic testing to assess prior knowledge
Guide seminar content
Case Study: e-Learning team

5 bags of 40 clickers, each containing a USB RF receiver
To book the Audience Response System,
[email_address]
http://www.bath.ac.uk/bucs/services/audiovisual/
Hardware

TurningPoint 2008 , a Microsoft PowerPoint 2003/2007 plugin
For students and staff,
Available on every GTA and PAC PC
Can be installed on any staff PC
Download from ARS project website
Software

For one-to-one support, departmental presentations or training sessions
[email_address]
Project information
http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/ars/
Support

Gauging reaction
I’m impressed by the ARS and want to use it right away
I like the ARS but still need some convincing before I use it
I can’t see a use for the technology at the moment but remain interested
I’m not interested at all

http://www.flickr.com/photos/balsamia/2439567770/ Questions?

Nitin Parmar Learning Technologist [email_address] http://go.bath.ac.uk/nitin +44 (0)1225 384 392 Colligo: Reflections of a Learning Technologist http://colligo.wordpress.com tag: eatbath-present08 LMF download: http://www.bath.ac.uk/lmf/download/24640

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