Session Title

Creating a Peer Instructional Learning Environment Using Clickers/Turning Point Technology with Classes v*2

Location

Yale School of Management

Submission Type

Poster Session

Presentation Track

Teaching & Learning

Start Date

10-30-2015 12:00 PM

End Date

10-30-2015 1:00 PM

Description

Using personal response systems (more commonly known as clickers in the classroom is an effective strategy for encouraging active learning. The handheld devices are used for real-time polling driven by instructors. The technology provides instant feedback, and more importantly, instant gratification. What's more, clickers allow students to express their opinions anonymously in a classroom environment without the fear of answering incorrectly. Through interactive polling, students have an increased tendency to retain material and concepts by seeing results posted immediately after answering. The polling results also help instructors gage the students' comprehension of the material. Taking it one step further, instructors can promote a teaching method called peer instruction, whereby students are asked to converse with fellow classmates for a few minutes if a clicker question is incorrectly answered by a high percentage of students. The exercise is meant to help the students assist each other in validating their conclusions and to ultimately reach the correct answers when the question is re-polled by the instructor. The technique is intended to empower the students by giving them more control of their learning. The CTL, in collaboration with ITS, has recently incorporated the ability to upload polling results into the Classes*v2 course Gradebook as assignments. A separate category just for clicker sessions can be weighted and count toward the final grade that students have access to see throughout the semester. Once the integration settings are configured in the polling software called TurningPoint, instructors can seamlessly upload polling results to the Classes*v2 server. CTL Academic Technologists, Alina Nevins and Matthew Regan, along with Prof. Andre Taylor from Chemical Engineering, will present on how the clicker technology was implemented in Prof. Taylor's Fall 2015 CENG 210 course, how he uses the Classes*v2 Gradebook, and learning outcomes.

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Creating a Peer Instructional Learning Environment Using Clickers/Turning Point Technology with Classes v*2

Yale School of Management

Using personal response systems (more commonly known as clickers in the classroom is an effective strategy for encouraging active learning. The handheld devices are used for real-time polling driven by instructors. The technology provides instant feedback, and more importantly, instant gratification. What's more, clickers allow students to express their opinions anonymously in a classroom environment without the fear of answering incorrectly. Through interactive polling, students have an increased tendency to retain material and concepts by seeing results posted immediately after answering. The polling results also help instructors gage the students' comprehension of the material. Taking it one step further, instructors can promote a teaching method called peer instruction, whereby students are asked to converse with fellow classmates for a few minutes if a clicker question is incorrectly answered by a high percentage of students. The exercise is meant to help the students assist each other in validating their conclusions and to ultimately reach the correct answers when the question is re-polled by the instructor. The technique is intended to empower the students by giving them more control of their learning. The CTL, in collaboration with ITS, has recently incorporated the ability to upload polling results into the Classes*v2 course Gradebook as assignments. A separate category just for clicker sessions can be weighted and count toward the final grade that students have access to see throughout the semester. Once the integration settings are configured in the polling software called TurningPoint, instructors can seamlessly upload polling results to the Classes*v2 server. CTL Academic Technologists, Alina Nevins and Matthew Regan, along with Prof. Andre Taylor from Chemical Engineering, will present on how the clicker technology was implemented in Prof. Taylor's Fall 2015 CENG 210 course, how he uses the Classes*v2 Gradebook, and learning outcomes.