Press One for Yes: Using Clickers for Library Instruction and Information Literacy AssessmentMargo Hanson, UH-West OahuJunie Hayashi, Leeward CCBecky Rathgeber, BYU-Hawaii Hawaii Library Association ConferenceGrand Wailea, MauiOctober 25, 2008

We're going to talk about...Background of personal response systemsLibrary instruction applicationsLocal usePersonal experiencesDemonstration

Have you used clickers before?YesNo20

Background of Personal Response Systems (PRS)Audience Response Systems (ARS)Student Response Systems (SRS)Personal Response Systems (PRS)Classroom Performance Systems (CPS)Interactive audience response systems (ISRS)Wireless Response Systems (WRS)Audience-paced Feedback Systems (APS)and the list continues......

Background PRS1960’sCommercial polling Business presentations/meetings/trainingsEducationLibraries!Future: mobile devices

Background of PRS

3 Steps:Decide where to got next….

Educational usesPollingTestingSurveysGroup responseAnonymity or answer tracking

Polling

Testing

Surveys

Group response

Anonymity or answer tracking

Clicker ImplementationUniversity of Wisconsin systemhttp://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/srs/Brigham Young UniversityUniversity of Colorado at BoulderTexas A&M UniversityUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Library Instruction ApplicationsSurveys/PollingAssessmentQuizzesPre- and post-testsAnonymity or answer tracking

You can find everything in the library online catalog EXCEPT:BookseBooksDVDs Journal articlesReserve materials0 of 30

Local UseLCC since 2004Chaminade since 2007UHWO since 2007BYU-H since 2008

Personal ExperiencesFirst time user, BYUH Assessment Librarian, Rose Ram, and her experience.

Where is the first place you go for research information?LibrarianProfessorLibrary databasesFriends, family, coworkersInternet (Google, Yahoo, etc.)Answer Now

Sample Question Report

Sample Chart

Mahalo!Any questions?mdhanson@hawaii.edujunie@hawaii.edurathgebb@byuh.edu