Promoting Interaction and Engagement

In Education and Training by the use of iPod/iPhone

Trondheim, Norway 7.10.2010

John B. Stav, Gabrielle Hansen-Nygård and Pascal Pein

Sør-Trøndelag University College (Norway)

Ongoing international R&D projects

•  EuroMecca •  iQSim •  EduMecca •  Sveis-IT •  Move-IT •  EnvKids

•  DO-IT •  EuroPlast

•  cMind •  Done-IT

What is a Student Response System (SRS)?

Technology products designed to support:

•  Response •  Communication •  Interaction

How to use a SRS?

•  Starting point: traditional teaching

•  The teacher present a question or problem

•  The students work with the issue, individually or in groups, before they vote

•  Histogram display shows the distribution of class answers

•  Closure: thorough explanation after the voting session

Practical information

Turn on the iPod by pressing the round button

and drag the arrow to the right

This page appear: “please wait”

Nothing will happen on the iPod before we start the vote!

Practical information

When the voting starts, the alternatives comes up on the iPod

Vote by pressing the alternative you think is correct

Practical information Your vote is registered when:

-  the button and background changes color

-  ”thanks for your vote”

You can change your mind, as long as the vote is open

What is your position?

A.  Teacher or instructor

B.  Researcher

C.  Student

D.  Technical

E.  Administrator

F.  Other

Why are you attending this conference?

A.  Networking

B.  Get inspired to learn about interactive teaching methods

C. Learn more about mobile learning

D. Learn more about mobile technologies

E. I want to visit Barcelona...

What have you learned most about during this conference?

A.  New training methods

B.  New mobile devices and services

C.  I learned about new technologies I don't think I can use in my teaching

D. I learned about new technologies I think I can use in my teaching

E. I dont know…

What do you feel right now?

A.  Like in heaven!

B.  Engaged

C.  Calm

D.  Stressed

E.  Eh… I feel like going for a beer

How useful has this demo been for you?

A. Very useful, I would like to try the SRS

B. Useful, It gave me a couple of new ideas

C.  It was OK, I see that it might change teaching

D.  It was fun to see, but that's pretty much it

E.  Not very useful, I'm gone teach as before

If you had the opportunity, would you like to use the SRS?

•  Yes

•  No

•  Don't know

Student perspective

Teacher perspective

-  group discussion

-  increased involvement

-  instant and anonymous feedback

-  teacher's explanation

-  preparation: develop questions

-  instant feedback on students learning

-  thoroughly explanation after the voting session:

what is the correct alternative, and why?

what are the incorrect alternatives, and why?

Active learning

To what extent does the SRS aid your learning of the course curriculum?

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Boys Girls

Quotes from interviews with the students:

“SRS transformed mathematics into something positive”

“using SRS is fun, and when it is fun it is also easier to learn”

“it gives us a response on whether or not we have actually learned something”

Quotes from interviews with the students:

“the group discussion was very good, hearing other students thoughts and opinions helped me understand”

“It is easy to loose concentration during lectures, SRS woke me up again”

”SRS force you to participate, and that's very positive, you learn more when your active”

“Its anonymous, so no one is afraid to answer”

International Conference on Education and Learning in the

Mobile Age

•  CELMA : http://srs.hud.ac.uk/conference/ •  1 – 2 June •  Lake district •  2011 •  Submission deadline: 15 February

Interested Organizations May Participate in Testing in 2010

Contact:

Dr. John B. Stav

JOHN.B.STAV@HIST.NO