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Interaction in Lectures with Mobile Devices - Some Evidence

In preparation, use your mobile phone visit www.rwpoll.com Session ID: will Don’t enter details, just click Continue Set Device to ‘Accept Cookies’ Or collect a ‘clicker’ from the front. Interaction in Lectures with Mobile Devices - Some Evidence.

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Interaction in Lectures with Mobile Devices - Some Evidence

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  1. In preparation, use your mobile phone visit www.rwpoll.com Session ID: will Don’t enter details, just click Continue Set Device to ‘Accept Cookies’ Or collect a ‘clicker’ from the front Interaction in Lectures with Mobile Devices - Some Evidence Paul MiddleditchLecturer in Macroeconomics Will MoindroteLearning Technologist

  2. Background Motivation for TESS 2012 TurningPoint ResponseWare and Mbclick Demonstration of TP ResponseWare BB9 - Survey Evidence Conclusion In today’s talk… TESS Project - 2012

  3. Background What do we mean by: Interaction Technology ? Technology that allows communication between student and lecturer `in class’. Specifically technology that allows the answering of multiple choice style question during lectures. Pilot:`Interaction in Lectures with Mobile Devices’: 2011/12 Faculty TESS project - Teaching Enhancement and Student Success. Large cohort module used for Pilot – ECON10042 with 533 students

  4. Background Basic idea to use mobiles instead of handsets to alleviate the logistical problems associated with large cohorts) Main Findings: 71% students use the web on their phones (excluding laptops) and 41/42 students enjoyed the interactive sessions . From this.. (handsets required for typical 600 seat lecture) To this..

  5. Motivation TESS 2012 Project to compare two ‘over web’ classroom response systems : MbClick - by Geoff Rubner (FEPS) TurningPoint ResponseWare - Turning Technologies Also to better measure the success of using mobile phones as interaction tools in lectures for large cohorts To pilot the use of `MbClick’ and `TP ResponseWare’ over one academic year Mbclick ECON20401 (520 students) Turning Point ECON10042 (633 students) (30 people used a clicker, 232 used Responseware)

  6. MbClick Runs and easy to use set up over the Web. Facility to paste coded slides into Powerpointor can run stand alone. USP: Can deliver `response specific‘ feedback to participants via email or SMS. Simultaneously accepts web AND SMS responses.

  7. TurningPointResponseWare Allows voting through the web. Runs through PowerPoint so easy WYSIWYG. Simple wizard to create interactive slides. Technology already adopted at the institution. Fully inclusive to students without mobile web browsers (Handsets already available). • NEXT SLIDE TURNINGPOINT • www.rwpoll.com • Session ID: MANC • Don’t enter details, just click Continue

  8. TURNINGPOINT • www.rwpoll.com • Session ID: MANC • Don’t enter details, just click Continue For 2012, the largest portion of UK government expenditure was: • Transport and Education. • Debt Interest and Education. • National Healthcare. • Public Pensions.

  9. TURNINGPOINT • www.rwpoll.com • Session ID: MANC • Don’t enter details, just click Continue When would the Chancellor encourage the Bank of England to raise interest rates? • At times of high inflation. • At no time. • At times of low inflation. • At times of instability.

  10. Describe how you feel about using a voting system in class. Survey Evidence 1 Mbclick Turningpoint Project 2012.1 (Mbclick) ECON20401 111/520 Responses Project 2012.2 (TPRw) ECON10042 62/633 Responses

  11. Survey Evidence 2 How strongly (1-10) do you believe that the system will enhance your satisfaction of the programme? What type of device did you use to participate?

  12. Survey Evidence 3 Do you think it was useful to use your own device in the sessions? How satisfied are you to receive feedback in this manner using your own device?

  13. Comments from Students I find it to be a great idea. It's practical and fast. And the Wi-Fi in the Uni Place Theatre has a great signal, so you don't really need to use the 3G. Plus the system works great both on mobile phones and laptops. Brilliant idea. We often turn to our phones when we lose concentration/interest or when the lecture becomes incomprehensible so I think including our devices will keep us alert and participating, as well as checking if our understanding is correct. It was a fun and different way of learning economics. Easier to pay attention The Mbclick is excellent teaching technology. I have learnt so much from this in 20 minutes alone.... Instantly helped answer those difficult question by teaching and opening our minds regarding the subject we didn't fully know. I recommend every university to have this facility. Brilliant!

  14. Conclusion We have used two competing technologies to deliver interaction in lectures using students own mobile devices. Both have proved to work feasibly in large scale use. From survey data we have found that student opinion is consistent between MbClick and TurningPoint ResponseWare. The decision to use either one may ultimately be determined by a requirement for longer asynchronous feedback (MbClick), or ease of adoption (TurningPoint ResponseWare) The differences between the two systems are not significant but the evidence shows that using mobile phones/devices in this way is very popular with students.

  15. Contact Us Feel free to contact me or Will if you are interested in adopting this technology into your teaching. Paul: paul.middleditch@manchester.ac.uk Arthur Lewis Building (3.009) Tel: 0161 2754723 Will will.moindrot@manchester.ac.uk Ellen Wilkinson Building (C1.46) Tel: 0161 2761743

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