The document discusses using audience response systems (ARS) to enhance interaction and feedback in large mass education lectures. ARS allow students to provide real-time feedback and responses through voting systems with text or multiple choice options. While students find ARS easy to use and engaging, it can be difficult for teachers to follow student discussions on a secondary screen. Effective use of ARS requires solid educational planning from teachers and preparation of discussion questions ahead of time. Overall, ARS have potential to improve interaction, but implementing them well poses challenges for instructors.

1. Interaction in Mass Education
Martin Ebner

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4. Interaction with a mass of students
• Feedback Lag
• Student Apprehension
• Single Speaker Paradigm

5. Before we start …
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6. http://backchannel.cnc.io
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7. http://backchannel.cnc.io
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8. Audience Response Systems (ARS)
Digital Frontchannel Digital Backchannel
qualitative quantitative qualitative quantitative
Voting
system with
any text
Voting
system with
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choice
Feedback
system with
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Feedback
system with
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options

9. http://realfeedback.io
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10. http://realfeedback.io
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11. Architecture of the systems

12. Real-life experiences

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15. Backchannel
• Students love it
• Easy to use, fast and impressive feedback
• Hard to follow for the teacher (second screen)
• Problem of appropriate reaction

16. Realfeedback

17. Realfeedback
Teacher are using it …
• … before the lecture starts (repetition)
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• … during the lecture (assessment)
• … during the lecture (for discussions in groups)
• … to discuss homework

18. Realfeedback
• Students attention is very high
• Easy to use and great overview
• Questions must be prepared beforehand
• It needs time

19. Conclusion
• ARS system are interesting option to
enhance interaction in huge lecture halls
• Use of ARS system need a solid didactical concept
• Use of ARS system is a challenging task for
lecturers

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21. Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
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