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Engaging Students: Piloting “Clickers” in AUC Classrooms Azza Awwad, Maha Bali, Riham Moawad Center for Learning and Teaching

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Page 1: Engaging Students: Piloting “Clickers” in AUC Classrooms Azza Awwad, Maha Bali, Riham Moawad Center for Learning and Teaching

Engaging Students: Piloting “Clickers” in AUC Classrooms

Azza Awwad, Maha Bali, Riham Moawad

Center for Learning and Teaching

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Objectives

To explore the potential of “clickers” in the context of active learning in the classroom

To discuss the advantages of the technology

To explore various pedagogical applications of “clickers” at AUC

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Tell us more about yourself…

ACTIVITY #1

You will need to use your “clickers”

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My School is…

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1. BEC (Business, Economics and Communication)

2. HUSS (Humanities and Social Sciences)

3. SSE (Sciences and Engineering)

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How often do you do debates/competitions in class?

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1. Often

2. Sometimes

3. Rarely

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0% 22% 44% 33%

14% 29% 29% 29%

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BEC (Busine...

HUSS (Human...

SSE (Scienc...

How often do you do debates/ competitions in class?

Never Rarely Sometimes Often

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How often do you do peer review/evaluation in class?

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1. Often

2. Sometimes

3. Rarely

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100% 0%0%0%

25% 0% 38% 38%

29% 14% 43% 14%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

BEC (Busine...

HUSS (Human...

SSE (Scienc...

How often do you do peer review/ evaluation in class?

Never Rarely Sometimes Often

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Agenda

Activity 1: Demographic PollingActive vs. Passive LearningWhy Use “Clickers”? Pedagogical ApplicationsActivity 2: Think-Pair-ShareBest PracticesActivity 3: Do-it-yourself! Activity 4: Workshop Evaluation

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The Case for Active Learning

Limitations of the traditional lecture:most students cannot listen for a sustained period of timereinforces passive learning

Examples of active learning strategies include: in-class case studies, peer review, debates, competitions, etc…

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Active Learning occurs when

teaching provides students with

opportunities to learn

independently and from one another

Active Learning

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Active Learning

Students are involved in more than just listening and taking notes

Students are engaged in activities -often with one another.

*E.C. Bonwell and J. A. Eison

Less emphasis is placed on transmitting information and more on developing students' higher order thinking skills

Greater emphasis is placed on students' exploration of attitudes and values

*E.C. Bonwell and J. A. Eison

General Characteristics*

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Increasing Student Engagement, Motivation and Participation

Why Use “Clickers”?

Analysis of Responses

Using a Variety of Reporting Options

Immediate Feedback

e.g. Looking at a particular student’s responses over time;

e.g. Comparing responses by student background

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University of Missouri – Rolla

Students’ Quotes

They helped you pay attention in class because you knew you had a

question coming.

Through the use of the clickers you interact more

Our row found the clickers helpful to learn what the professor wanted us to

get out of the reading.

You can see the areas you need to go back and look at when you get

questions wrong

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Different Applications for Clickers

Formative Assessment of Teaching and Learning

Stimulating Group Discussions/Peer Instruction

Competitions and Debates

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Formative Assessment of Teaching Approach

Example at AUC:

Instructor tried a “simulation game” and wanted to assess its impact on

student learning

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Pre-test/Activity/Post-test

Pre Post

Pre Post

Introductory course – different background knowledge

Introducing a new activity

Judge value of activity in improving student understanding

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Formative Assessment of Student Understanding

Activity 2: think-pair-share

Competition

Two instructors in History

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Please select a Team (table number)

Tea

m 1

Tea

m 2

Tea

m 3

Tea

m 4

Tea

m 5

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1. Team 1

2. Team 2

3. Team 3

4. Team 4

5. Team 5

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Which of the following acronyms, if painted vertically from top to bottom on a glass door, would

read the same from either side of the door

TIM

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NONA

DOO

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ITA

WEEM

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1. TIME

2. NONA

3. DOOD

4. MITA

5. WEEM

15

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Which of the following acronyms, if painted vertically from top to bottom on a glass door, would

read the same from either side of the door

TIM

E

NONA

DOO

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ITA

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0% 0% 0%0%0%

1. TIME

2. NONA

3. DOOD

4. MITA

5. WEEM

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Team Scores

166.67 Team 1

100 Team 2

100 Team 4

100 Team 5

50 Team 3

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In which subject is the balance of male/female students closest to that for

music?

Bio

logy

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Ger

man

Mat

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Male Female

26 32

3 12

24 41

104 61

16 67

Music 6 10

1.Biology

2.Geography

3.German

4.Math

5.Sociology

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In which subject is the balance of male/female students closest to that for

music?

Bio

logy

Geo

grap

hy

Ger

man

Mat

h

Soci

ology

0% 0% 0%0%0%

Male Female

26 32

3 12

24 41

104 61

16 67

Music 6 10

1.Biology

2.Geography

3.German

4.Math

5.Sociology

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Team Scores

450 Team 1

400 Team 2

300 Team 5

266.67 Team 4

100 Team 3

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Examples at AUC:

Formative Assessment Of Student Understanding And Stimulating Discussions

ConcepTests –

Construction Engineering, Mechanical Engineering;

Review –

Economics, Scientific Thinking

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Peer Instruction/Think-Pair-Share

Key is in designing good questions

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Best Practices

Refer to Handout

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Do-it-yourself!

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Quick Evaluation of this Workshop

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A student for the Dept. of Construction Engineering

AUC Student Quote

“It feels like you’re in an American University!!!”

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I can see how clickers could make my students more engaged

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1. Strongly Agree

2. Agree

3. Disagree

4. Strongly Disagree

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I am most interested in using clickers in my classes for…

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1. Assessment of student understanding

2. Assessment of my teaching approach

3. In-class games4. Stimulating

discussion5. None of the above

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I would not use clickers mainly because…

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1. I fear the technology might be complex

2. I don’t know how this could work in my classes

3. I need to think more about it

4. Actually, I would like to use clickers right away

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Contact Us

The Center for Learning and Teaching

Tel: (202) 797-6658/9

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.aucegypt.edu/academic/clt

Thank You!