AN E-LEARNING COFFEE BREAK SESSION Gathering student feedback using an Audience Response System Nitin Parmar Learning Technologist [ Wednesday 20 May 2009 ] QR code for the presentation slides

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

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

How can it be used to support learning? Diagnostic testing Monitoring understanding Enabling immediate feedback Promoting active engagement Encouraging peer interaction (Davenport, Hayes and Parmar, 2009)

Diagnostic testing

Monitoring understanding

Enabling immediate feedback

Promoting active engagement

Encouraging peer interaction

(Davenport, Hayes and Parmar, 2009)

TurningTechnologies’ TurningPoint 5 bags of 40 clickers, each containing a USB RF receiver To book the ARS, 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

To book the ARS,

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

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

FACT Students will already know the answers to 70% of all questions asked using ARS (Draper 2008) 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.

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