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

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

Barack Obama

John McCain

Jonathan Ross

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

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

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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?

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

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

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 ]

Revision Class

Exam practice

Pair working

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 ]

Formative assessment

Check levels of student understanding

Identify areas of weakness - address in later Problems Class

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

Peer review

‘ Dragons Den’ style pitch

Initiate a group debate and discussion

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

Staff development seminars and workshops

Diagnostic ‘testing’ to assess prior knowledge

Guide seminar content

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

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/

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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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