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Enhancing Student Engagement with Clickers

Explore the use of Student Response Systems (PRS) to improve interaction, engagement, and learning outcomes. Understand clickers, benefits, drawbacks, and future implications. Discover ways to incorporate clickers for better teaching and learning experiences.

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Enhancing Student Engagement with Clickers

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  1. “to click or not to click” Presenters: Dave Rath & Lauri Sammartano Using a Student Response System to Enhance Student Engagement, Interaction, and Learning

  2. Rate your current knowledge of “Clickers” • No knowledge • Little knowledge • Some knowledge • Knowledgeable

  3. Rate your feelings about the statement: “Asking students TO COMMENT anonymously CAN Help get more accurate information” • Agree • Disagree • Not sure

  4. RATE YOUR feelings about the statement: “Getting student input during a lecture helps keep their interest” • Strongly Agree • Agree • Disagree • Strongly Disagree • Not sure

  5. Rate your feelings about the statement: “Collecting real-time data during a lecture can help make the lecture more effective” • Agree • Disagree • Not sure

  6. What is PRS Technology? • Combination of software and hardware: • Hardware • Receiver • Clickers • Software • Create questions • Display results • Tabulate results • Send to grade book if quiz

  7. What Can You Do With PRS? • Take attendance • Review concepts • Provide low-stake quizzes • Review perceptions and misconceptions • Record responses • Collect data • Provide feedback

  8. Who is Doing PRS? • Faculty • Increase interaction • Tap into ‘millenialists’ love of technology • Ensure understanding of fundamental concepts • Motivation • Engagement

  9. What Makes PRS Unique? • Gives faculty ability to fine tune instruction based on student responses • “just-in-time teaching” • Results can be saved • Semester long analysis • Potential for curriculum development • Assessment?

  10. Why is PRS Significant? • Easy to adopt technology to enhance learning • Easy to use • Faculty • Evaluate mastery of concepts • Gauge opinion on issues • Catalyze debate/discussion • Student • Validate their own learning • Fun

  11. What are the Downsides? • Cost • Incorrect use • Poor questions • Intimidation • Use to replace good teaching • Turn classroom into game show

  12. Where is the PRS Technology Going? • Broad applications • Simple • Any setting • Any discipline • Tap into cell phone technology • Transmit • Download and save results

  13. Implications for Teaching and Learning • Can facilitate • Interaction • Engagement • Small group discussion • Provide immediate feedback • Identify misconceptions

  14. EXAMPLES

  15. How many students have been a member of a labor union?

  16. How many of your parents have been a member of a Labor Union?

  17. Rate your knowledge about labor unions?

  18. What are your feelings about labor unions?

  19. What do you think of clickers now? • LOVE IT • LIKE IT • INDIFFERENT • DO NOT LIKE IT • WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

  20. Would you like to have more information on “clickers” in the future • Yes I would • No thanks • Not sure yet

  21. Could you see incorporating “clickers” in your lecture sometime in the future • Definitely • Perhaps • No, never !

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