Audience Response System presentation - Library and Learning Centre

Audience Response Systems (ARS) Nitin Parmar Learning Technologist [ Thursday 29 January 2009 ] QR code for the presentation slides

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

The 44th President of the United States of America is
Barack Obama
John McCain
Jonathan Ross

Have you come across Audience Response Systems previously, in any form?
Yes
No
0 of 5

Prior to this presentation, did you know that the e-Learning team was leading an ARS pilot project?
Yes
No
0 of 5

Allows students to participate actively in lectures, seminars, tutorials and labs
Allows for immediate submission of responses to questions
Responses are viewed as a graph
Data saved for later analysis by reporting tool
What is an ARS?

How can an ARS be used to support learning?
Diagnostic testing
Monitoring understanding
Providing immediate feedback [for both staff and students]
Keep students actively engaged
Promote peer interaction and support

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

Formative assessment
Check levels of student understanding
Identify areas of weakness - address in later Problems Class
Case Study: Retrosynthesis [ http://go.bath.ac.uk/j9i9 ]

Peer review
‘ Dragons Den’ style pitch
Initiate a group debate and 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 ARS,
[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 http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/ars/
Software

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

So, what do you think?
I am 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 am unable to see a use for the ARS at the moment but remain interested
I am not interested at all

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

Nitin Parmar Learning Technologist [email_address] http://go.bath.ac.uk/nitin Colligo: Reflections of a Learning Technologist http://colligo.wordpress.com http://go.bath.ac.uk/s0p2

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