Using an Audience Response System to increase student engagement and participation in face-to-face teaching Nitin Parmar Learning Technologist [ Monday 6 April 2009 ] QR code for the presentation slides

Outline Background Institutional Perspective Pedagogical influences and impact Future Plans

Background

Institutional Perspective

Pedagogical influences and impact

Future Plans

What day of the week is it today? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday I don’t know!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

I don’t know!

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

Barack Obama

John McCain

Jonathan Ross

And the correct answer is: Democrat Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America Senator John McCain was the Republican nominee for President in the 2008 election Jonathan Ross is a BBC television presenter and radio broadcaster

Democrat Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America

Senator John McCain was the Republican nominee for President in the 2008 election

Jonathan Ross is a BBC television presenter and radio broadcaster

Had you heard of Audience Response Systems prior to the presentation today? Yes No I don’t know 24 of 24

Yes

No

I don’t know

Allows for effective student participation Immediate [anonymous] submission of responses Graphical output of results ‘ Raw’ response data saved What is an Audience Response System?

Allows for effective student participation

Immediate [anonymous] submission of responses

Graphical output of results

‘ Raw’ response data saved

How can it be used to support learning? Diagnostic testing Monitoring understanding Enabling immediate feedback Promoting active engagement Encouraging peer interaction

Diagnostic testing

Monitoring understanding

Enabling immediate feedback

Promoting active engagement

Encouraging peer interaction

Institutional perspective Pilot service during the 2008/2009 academic year Initiative led by the central e-Learning team Complements other services/projects Moodle (VLE), SMS, QR Codes and ‘Tiny URL’ National Students Survey influence

Pilot service during the 2008/2009 academic year

Initiative led by the central e-Learning team

Complements other services/projects

Moodle (VLE), SMS, QR Codes and ‘Tiny URL’

National Students Survey influence

TurningTechnologies’ TurningPoint 5 bags of 40 clickers, each containing a USB RF receiver 2 bags of 32 clickers to support the PGCE programme [Education] To book the ARS, Staff contact the centrally located AV team Email, online form or visit the AV helpdesk Hardware

TurningTechnologies’ TurningPoint

5 bags of 40 clickers, each containing a USB RF receiver

2 bags of 32 clickers to support the PGCE programme [Education]

To book the ARS,

Staff contact the centrally located AV team

Email, online form or visit the AV helpdesk

TurningPoint 2008, a Microsoft PowerPoint 2003/2007 plugin For students and staff, Available on every student facing 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 student facing PC

Can be installed on any staff PC

Download from ARS project website http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/ars/

For pedagogical advice [email_address] Project information http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/ars Relevant reading http://go.bath.ac.uk/ars-reading Support

For pedagogical advice [email_address]

Project information

http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/ars

Relevant reading http://go.bath.ac.uk/ars-reading

[ http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/ars/ ]

Formative assessment Check understanding Highlight weaknesses Immediate Problems class Case Study: Retrosynthesis [ http://go.bath.ac.uk/j9i9 ] Feedback Assessment }

Formative assessment

Check understanding

Highlight weaknesses

Immediate

Problems class

Peer review ‘ Dragons Den’ Group debate Formative assessment Case Study: Entrepreneurship [ http://go.bath.ac.uk/2cbf ]

Peer review

‘ Dragons Den’

Group debate

Formative assessment

Staff development seminars and workshops In the e-Learning team… [ Lunchtime taster: What can e-Learning do for me? ]

Staff development seminars and workshops

FACT Students will already know the answers to 70% of all questions asked using ARS CHALLENGE Get the students to think ! This will encourage deep(er) learning

Internet and Ethernet An internet is impossible without Ethernet The Internet needs Ethernet Today’s Internet depends on Ethernet Totally independent concepts [J.H.Davenport; CM30078 Week 5]

An internet is impossible without Ethernet

The Internet needs Ethernet

Today’s Internet depends on Ethernet

Totally independent concepts

I hope that made you think Certainly false Was false in the beginning, and may well be false again. True in practice today. True, but not as helpful as C. [J.H.Davenport; CM30078 Week 5]

Certainly false

Was false in the beginning, and may well be false again.

True in practice today.

True, but not as helpful as C.

Seek to increase uptake Purchase additional hardware TurningPoint ResponseWare [ http://go.bath.ac.uk/fxdt ] Personalisation of ARS Introduce ‘loanership’ scheme Feedback available via web interface Where Next?

Seek to increase uptake

Purchase additional hardware

TurningPoint ResponseWare [ http://go.bath.ac.uk/fxdt ]

Personalisation of ARS

Introduce ‘loanership’ scheme

Feedback available via web interface

EVAF4All: Electronic Feedback and Analysis [ JISC funded project led by the University of Edinburgh ] ‘ Engaging Student Through In-Class Technology: EVS and beyond’ SIG (ESTICT) [ University of Bath representation on the Steering Group ] Davenport J.H., Hayes A., Parmar N.R. (2009). The use of an Electronic Voting System to enhance student feedback. In the proceedings of : 4th Plymouth e-learning Conference: Boundary Changes: Redefining Learning Spaces. [ http://opus.bath.ac.uk/12505/ ] National Profiling

EVAF4All: Electronic Feedback and Analysis [ JISC funded project led by the University of Edinburgh ]

‘ Engaging Student Through In-Class Technology: EVS and beyond’ SIG (ESTICT) [ University of Bath representation on the Steering Group ]

Davenport J.H., Hayes A., Parmar N.R. (2009). The use of an Electronic Voting System to enhance student feedback. In the proceedings of : 4th Plymouth e-learning Conference: Boundary Changes: Redefining Learning Spaces. [ http://opus.bath.ac.uk/12505/ ]

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