Clickers

Clickers in the Social Sciences (#clicker series)

April 22, 2013

Clickers are a natural fit for use in the physical sciences, where there is typically one right, or “best” answer to a question, and common errors in conceptual understanding or reasoning can lead to a wrong answer choice.  But what about in other disciplines, such as the humanities and social sciences?  A nice recent article [...]

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Should students vote individually, should you have a whole class discussion? (#clicker series)

April 12, 2013

I’m continuing my series of posts on the literature related to clickers and the use of Peer Instruction.  Catching up on some good articles! This post regards an article from 2003, “Peer Instruction vs Class-wide Discussion in Large Classes:  A comparison of two interaction methods in the wired classroom,” D. J. Nichol and J. T. Boyle, [...]

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Understanding clicker discussions (#clicker series)

April 5, 2013

To follow up on the last post on the benefits of anonymity in answering clicker questions and Peer Instruction, today I’d like to report on some of the newest research coming out of CU.  Jenny Knight has been co-author on two very nice papers in recent years, reporting results that peer discussion does enhance student [...]

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Does anonymity matter? (#clicker series)

April 1, 2013

I have just finished reading an interesting article, “Anonymity and in class learning:  The case for electronic response systems,” (Freeman, Blayney and Ginns, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 22(4), 568-580, 2006).  It’s worth a read just for the very nice and thoughtful review of the literature on electronic response systems (clickers) and benefits of anonymity. [...]

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Materials available: Active learning materials & #clicker workshops in sciences

January 13, 2013

Welcome to the new semester!  I am spreading the word about an extensive set of materials for research-based transformed courses in the sciences here at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  All materials are available to the public on a creative commons license. Please share widely (other bloggers and tweeps, help me out!) These materials [...]

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FTEP Workshops: Learning Goals & Clickers

August 15, 2012

I did a one-two workshop duo this week for the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program (FTEP) at the University of Colorado.  Here are the handouts and slides for those presentations. What do you want them to learn today?  Learning goals and formative assessment Handouts: Handout packet Bloom’s Taxonomy verbs Helpful article on Learning Goals Learning Goal [...]

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Teaching faculty about effective use of #clickers

August 8, 2012

Tomorrow I’m giving a free webinar on teaching faculty about effective clicker use.  This is an updated version of this presentation, where I share the tips and techniques that have worked for me while doing professional development for faculty in multiple disciplines.  What are some good ways to show what peer instruction is, to elicit [...]

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Make Clickers Work for You: Workshop at COLTT

August 1, 2012

I’m presenting a workshop at COLTT (the Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology) conference this week, and am uploading my handouts and PPT here for attendees (and anyone else interested). Clickers can make teaching more effective and fun, but how does a teacher best use clickers in the class?  In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore [...]

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Free webinar – Teaching faculty about clickers – Aug 9

July 27, 2012

I am offering another free webinar on clicker use — this one aimed at those who provide faculty professional development. Register here:  http://www.iclicker.com/newsandevents/events/ (You can also see the Fall webinar line-up, which includes many other great speakers) Teaching Faculty about Effective Use of Clickers August 09, 2012, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST This interactive webinar [...]

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Writing Great Clicker Questions (FTEP; Mar 2012)

April 18, 2012

I forgot to upload the slides and handouts from last month’s Faculty Teaching Excellence Program presentation on Writing Great Clicker Questions.  As usual, you can find all my past presentations on the “presentations” tab, so you can find the materials from a workshop that you’ve attended, or check out the various workshops that I can [...]

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Workshop: Engaging students with clickers “best practices”

April 10, 2012

Today I co-presented a workshop on clicker best-practices with i>clicker representative Dustin Jensen. Classroom response systems (“clickers”) offer a powerful way to increase student engagement by going beyond simple quizzes. They provide an opportunity to gather real-time feedback on student understanding. If you are new to clickers or need fresh ideas for using clickers in [...]

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FTEP “Effective facilitation of clickers” workshop

March 16, 2012

I just gave a workshop, along with Steve Pollock, for our faculty teaching excellent program at CU-Boulder on how to effectively facilitate clicker questions in the classroom. I love giving this particular workshop — working on writing questions themselves is fun, but here is where we get to get into the nitty-gritty of how to [...]

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