Using Student Response Systems in the College Classroom Team 3: Eric Folks Eddie Mathews Jessica Pettyjohn Marni Saenz Team 3 Presentation (EDTC 6320

Using Student Response Using Student Response Systems in the College Systems in the College

ClassroomClassroom

Team 3:Team 3:

Eric FolksEric Folks

Eddie Eddie MathewsMathews

Jessica Jessica PettyjohnPettyjohn

Marni SaenzMarni Saenz

Team 3 Presentation (EDTC 6320 / Fall 2010)Team 3 Presentation (EDTC 6320 / Fall 2010)

A Problem to be AddressedA Problem to be Addressed

• Imagine a college class with over 100 students meeting together


• Imagine a college class with over 100 students meeting together – for up to 70 minutes



• Imagine that you are a student in that class



• Imagine that you are a student in that class – sitting near the back of a large room




• Imagine that you are the instructor in that class




• Imagine that you are the instructor in that class – trying to hold the students’ attention





• It doesn’t take much imagination to consider the challenges of such a setting





• It doesn’t take much imagination to consider the challenges of such a setting – for both the students and the instructor

From Problem to SolutionFrom Problem to Solution

PROBLEM IDENTIFIED:• The lack of student engagement in

college classes result in poor attention and overall learning

• Low participation is particularly true in large settings of over 100 students

From Problem to SolutionFrom Problem to Solution

PROBLEM IDENTIFIED:• The lack of student engagement in college

classes result in poor attention and overall learning

• Low participation is particularly true in large settings of over 100 students

SOLUTION RECOMMENED:• The use of “clickers” in the college

classroom• Student Response Systems are making a

difference at many colleges

Are You Ready to Be One of Those Are You Ready to Be One of Those Colleges With a Solution?Colleges With a Solution?

College Faculty Use of ClickersCollege Faculty Use of ClickersSource: Faculty Survey of Student Engagement Source: Faculty Survey of Student Engagement

20092009

A College ExampleA College Example

University of University of Wisconsin System Wisconsin System Study of ClickersStudy of Clickers

AnalyzingAnalyzing

Student Response SystemsStudent Response Systems

byby

Jessica Jessica PettyjohnPettyjohn

Audience AnalysisAudience Analysis

Characteristics of CurrentCollege Students

First Characteristic First Characteristic

• Students want immediate feedback from their instructors

Second Characteristic Second Characteristic


• Students want easy access to their instructors

Third Characteristic Third Characteristic



• Students expect instructors to be technologically proficient as it pertains to their field

Fourth Characteristic Fourth Characteristic




• Students desire access to technology more than ever before

Fifth Characteristic Fifth Characteristic




• Students desire access to technology more than ever before

• Students learn better through technologically-based collaborative projects

Clickers Work!Clickers Work!

• Immediate feedback



• Immediate access




• Technology proficiency





• Access to new forms of technology





• Access to new forms of technology

• Technologically based collaborative projects

AnalyzingAnalyzing

Teacher & Student BenefitsTeacher & Student Benefits

byby

Marni SaenzMarni Saenz

Increased AttendanceIncreased Attendance

Teacher BenefitsTeacher Benefits

Track each Track each individual students individual students progressprogress


Encourages all students to answerEncourages all students to answer


Ability to Ability to revamp revamp lesson to lesson to

meet meet the student’s the student’s

needsneeds


Immediate Immediate feedback feedback

on answers on answers givengiven

Student BenefitsStudent Benefits

Creates Creates anonymity for anonymity for students, that students, that promotes promotes involvementinvolvement


Creates an Creates an active learning active learning environment environment with group with group discussiondiscussion


The Design and Use ofThe Design and Use of


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Eddie Eddie MathewsMathews

Design & Use of ClickersDesign & Use of Clickers

Objective Content Training



Answer question:

“What Are Clickers?”

• Definition of “clickers”

• List of various names for clickers

• Discuss the overall concept

• Provide written documentation



Answer question:






Answer question:

“Who Makes the Clickers?”

• Explanation of different types

• List of popular clicker devices

• Discuss the different types

• Provide list of companies



Answer question:






Answer question:

“Who Makes the Clickers?”

• Explanation of different types

• List of popular clicker devices

• Discuss the different types

• Provide list of companies

Answer question:

“How Do We Use Clickers?

• Explanation of basic components

• Step-by-step instructions

• Demonstration of setting up a SRS

• Demonstration of using a SRS

What Are Clickers?What Are Clickers?

• Clickers are remote-sized electronic devices used to respond to an instructor’s questions

• Most SRS devices allow for A, B, C, D, E, or number responses

Audience Response System

Electronic Voting System

Personal Response System

CLICKER

S!Classroom Response System

Classroom Communication System

Who Makes Clicker Devices?Who Makes Clicker Devices?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0716779390/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books


• eInstructioneInstruction

Web Site:Web Site:www.einstruction.cwww.einstruction.comom

CPS

(Classroom Performance System)


• eInstructioneInstruction• i>Clickeri>Clicker

Web Site:Web Site:www.iclicker.comwww.iclicker.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0716779390/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books


• eInstructioneInstruction• iClickeriClicker• TurningPointTurningPoint

Web Site:Web Site:www.turningtechnologiewww.turningtechnologies.coms.com

ResponseCard

http://www.turningtechnologies.com/studentresponsesystems/studentresponsesolutions/testingpoint/


• eInstructioneInstruction• iClickeriClicker• TurningPointTurningPoint• H-ITTH-ITT

Web Site:Web Site:www.h-itt.comwww.h-itt.com iEnable

iCue iBright


• eInstructioneInstruction• iClickeriClicker• TurningPointTurningPoint• H-ITTH-ITT• OptionTechnologiOptionTechnologi

eses

Web Site:Web Site:www.optiontechnologies.comwww.optiontechnologies.com

What’s Involved in Set Up?What’s Involved in Set Up?

The Hardware contents of a 32-pad IR System(24 and 40 pad systems are also available)

Example of eInstruction’s CPS Example of eInstruction’s CPS Kit?Kit?

www.eInstruction.com

A projector can also beTable-mounted

(Optional)

What Other Equipment is What Other Equipment is Needed?Needed?

How Do We Use Clickers?How Do We Use Clickers?

““Who has read the assigned Who has read the assigned material?”material?”

The results may help The results may help you to decide how to you to decide how to begin the class lecturebegin the class lecture

Collect Student Opinions to Collect Student Opinions to Begin a DiscussionBegin a Discussion

Show Results ImmediatelyShow Results Immediately

AA BB CC

““Are You With Me?”Are You With Me?”

Check attentiveness and understanding

Get immediate feedback Good responses

→ Move on Poor responses

→ Discuss more

Real-Time Tracking

Some programs constantly track and display cumulative answer changes

““Click when finished with a Click when finished with a task”task”

Implementing & Evaluating Implementing & Evaluating


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Eric FolksEric Folks

By now, many advantages to By now, many advantages to Student Response Systems (SRS) Student Response Systems (SRS) have been identified and discussedhave been identified and discussed

Advantages to ClickersAdvantages to Clickers

By now, many advantages to By now, many advantages to Student Response Systems (SRS) Student Response Systems (SRS) have been identified and discussedhave been identified and discussed• greater levels of engagementgreater levels of engagement• instantaneous feedback instantaneous feedback • monitor objective masterymonitor objective mastery• improved gradesimproved grades

Advantages to ClickersAdvantages to Clickers

Cost: Cost: clickers often approach $2000clickers often approach $2000

Disadvantages to ClickersDisadvantages to Clickers

Cost: Cost: clickers often approach $2000clickers often approach $2000

Considerations: Considerations: • Educational institutions today face Educational institutions today face

reductions in state and federal reductions in state and federal funding, and, if applicable diminishing funding, and, if applicable diminishing local tax revenues local tax revenues

• College students are often required to College students are often required to buy their own clickers for class buy their own clickers for class

Disadvantages to ClickersDisadvantages to Clickers

Many Web 2.0 tools offer students and Many Web 2.0 tools offer students and instructors the opportunity to realize many, instructors the opportunity to realize many, but not all of the same gains offered by but not all of the same gains offered by clickersclickers

Other Technology-Based Other Technology-Based SolutionsSolutions

Google ModeratorGoogle Moderator

web-basedparticipant

generated

questions,

ideas or

comments

displayed

online

vote on & rank

display limited

Google ModeratorGoogle Moderator

Zoho PollsZoho Polls

• web-based polling toolweb-based polling tool• general polling or ranking of itemsgeneral polling or ranking of items• quick and easy to usequick and easy to use• doesn’t allow for open-ended doesn’t allow for open-ended

responsesresponses• few options for viewing results few options for viewing results • entirely free, regardless of number entirely free, regardless of number

of respondentsof respondents

Zoho PollsZoho Polls

PolldaddyPolldaddy

• live web polling live web polling • can be embedded in web pages and blogscan be embedded in web pages and blogs• offers surveys and quizzes, where multiple offers surveys and quizzes, where multiple

questions can be associated with eachquestions can be associated with each• respondents contribute exclusively via respondents contribute exclusively via

email and not with cell phones or smart email and not with cell phones or smart phonesphones

PolldaddyPolldaddy

twtpolltwtpoll

• polling tool launches from your twitter polling tool launches from your twitter accountaccount

• many different types of polls, with many different types of polls, with many, many different formats for many, many different formats for responsesresponses

• text cells are usually limited to Twitter’s text cells are usually limited to Twitter’s 140 character maximum 140 character maximum

• works with web-enabled devices onlyworks with web-enabled devices only• polls are free, but to use surveys polls are free, but to use surveys

beyond the trial, there is a $49 one-time beyond the trial, there is a $49 one-time fee, or the monthly plan, which includes fee, or the monthly plan, which includes exported results to Excel, is $15 / monthexported results to Excel, is $15 / month

twtpolltwtpoll

Poll EverywherePoll Everywhere

• live audience pollinglive audience polling• can be used with cell phones, smart phones can be used with cell phones, smart phones

and the weband the web• limited to associating one question per poll at limited to associating one question per poll at

a time, & viewing results one poll at a time, a time, & viewing results one poll at a time, though multiple polls may run concurrently though multiple polls may run concurrently

• Poll results may be embedded into Power Poll results may be embedded into Power Point or Keynote presentations and blogs, Point or Keynote presentations and blogs, and linked to Twitter accountsand linked to Twitter accounts

• access to reports feature, and to associate access to reports feature, and to associate responses with individual participants responses with individual participants requires an upgrade that costs $15 / monthrequires an upgrade that costs $15 / month

Poll EverywherePoll Everywhere

Offer many of the same benefits as Offer many of the same benefits as clicker systems:clicker systems:• high levels of engagementhigh levels of engagement• ability to get feedback on student ability to get feedback on student engagementengagement• whole group objective masterywhole group objective mastery

Reflection on Web-Based Reflection on Web-Based Solutions as Alternatives to Solutions as Alternatives to

ClickersClickers

• free versions fail to deliver detailed free versions fail to deliver detailed record keeping and analysis in terms record keeping and analysis in terms of tracking responsesof tracking responses

• consequently, assigning remediation consequently, assigning remediation groups or documenting student groups or documenting student objective mastery, especially in the objective mastery, especially in the form of summative assessments, is form of summative assessments, is difficultdifficult

Limitations of Web-Based Limitations of Web-Based Solutions as Alternatives to Solutions as Alternatives to

ClickersClickers

Suggestions Before BuyingSuggestions Before Buying

• Think about your primary classroom challenges

• Visualize how you will use a student response system

• Talk to instructors who use clicker technology often in their classroom

• Visit the Web sites of your top choices to make sure you understand design concepts

• Consider the cost of kits, individual student cost, etc.

References & CreditsReferences & Credits

• This presentation is a condensed version of our tutorials

• Watch our tutorials on our team wiki: http://team3edtc6320.pbworks.com/w/page/29553195/Fall-2010-Team-3-Home-Page

• Credits and References are listed on each individual tutorial

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