Dr. Perry Samson and Jason Aubrey present at the Innovate OSU conference in Columbus, Ohio. LectureTools is a web-based alternative to clickers designed to make large classes seem smaller and to engage students in lectures.

1. LECTURETOOLS
RETOOLS
education
Perry Samson
University of Michigan
Jason Aubrey
Lecturetools, Inc.
http://www.lecturetools.com

2. Pressures on Higher Education
Increase
Tuition
Increasing Increase LECTURETOOLS
Costs Enrollment
Larger
Increase Classes
Efficiency Cheaper
Labor

3. Pressures on Higher Education
Number of Classes Number of Classes
University (50-99 Students) (> 100 Students)
Arizona State University 237 636
Texas A&M University 529 386
Pennsylvania State University 475 475
University of Illinois – Urbana 387 387
University of Florida 329 329
University of Texas 603 339
Michigan State University 273 311
Ohio State University 519 310
University of Wisconsin-Madison 285 308
Indiana University 465 301
Purdue University 413 280
University of Minnesota 396 277
Florida State University 300 260
University of Michigan 314 249
UCLA 181 201
University of Central Florida 581 193
University of Washington-Seattle 238 182
University of Arizona 207 166

4. Issues with Large Classes

5. Once or Several Nearly every
What Do We Do in Class? Never Weekly
twice times class
Traditional lecture 5 5 2 12 63
Lecture with physical demonstration 9 8 14 20 37
Lecture with computer-aided interactive "learning
18 11 26 15 18
objects"
Questions posed by instructor are answered
5 15 30 22 16
verbally by individual students
Small group discussion or think-pair-share 25 19 21 15 5
Questions posed by instructor are answered
22 12 29 14 10
simultaneously using hand count
Questions posed by instructor are answered
32 11 18 17 8
simultaneously using clickers
Whole-class discussions 31 20 19 13 5
Lecture with computer-aided animations 61 2 4 3 17
Classroom debates or role-playing 80 5 0 1 2
In-class exercises 63 19 4 2 0
Fieldwork 52 23 11 1 0

6. Addressing Student Engagement
Student Student
Note-Taking
Response Inquiry Resources:
Textbooks,
Podcasts,
Broadcasts
Analytics

7. Changes to the Classroom

8. Student
Neither
Perceptions
2%
Other Clickers
5%
Clickers Other
3% Neither
LectureTools
90% LectureTools

9. Instructor Perceptions
Instructor concerns about use of laptops in large classes
Wireless will fail 4 8
MI
Lack of power Listserv
outlets
6 10
Added distraction
for students
15 51
Added work for
me
1 6
Learning curve for
students
3 5
Learning curve for
me
2 2
Other 10 16
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

10. Student Perceptions
“How do you feel that your use of laptops in this class has changed the
time you spend on tasks unrelated to the lecture?”

11. Student Perceptions
“My engagement in this class has increased due to laptop use”

12. LectureTools => LectureTools, Inc.
Category Past 6 Months
# Colleges & Universities 808
Courses (>15 students) 98
# Registered Instructors 1,225
# Registered Students 11,045

14. Plans for Dissemination
Learning Technologies
Interoperability
Strategic Plan:
•Embed Learning Technologies Interoperability (LTI)
standard from IMS Global.
•Promote linkage to existing university LMS systems.

15. Technology Increases Engagement
Increased instructor control
1.Present lecture
•Show/hide slides
•Pose questions
•Show answers
•Answer questions
•Review participation

16. Student View

17. Instructor Dashboard

18. http://www.lecturetools.com
jaubrey@lecturetools.com