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Interactive with Clickers
Julia VanderMolen MACUL Grant Recipient
28 | Spring/Summer 2011 |
ABSTRACT:
Interest is growing in technologies that generalize and extend earlier “response systems” and “classroom communication systems,” and enable teachers to improve instruction in classroom- or lecture hall-sized groups. A classroom response system (CRS) is any system used in a face-to-face setting to poll students and gather immediate feedback in response to questions posed by instructors. A non-technical example of a CRS is an instructor asking students to raise their hands to agree or disagree with a given question. A slightly more sophisti cated practice involves the use of colored flashcards, with each color corresponding to a possible response in a multiple-choice question.
Key words: personal response system, clickers, nursing education, classroom response systems, assessment
Learning is not a spectator sport. Students do not learn by simply sitting in a classroom listening to an instructor’s lecture. They do not learn by just memorizing prepackaged assignments. Students today need to be engaged in the learning process. They must discuss and critically review the material they are learning. They need to apply the information to their daily lives. Students who are actively involved in learning retain information longer than when they are passive recipients of instructions.
Technology in the classroom provides many opportunities for enhancing communication, discussion and interactivity between the instructor and students. Active learning occurs when students are intentionally employing specific strategies designed to help them learn where information is acquired, acted upon, and/or ideas are shared with one another (DeBourgh, 2008; Royse & Newton, 2007). Utilizing clickers can be particularly helpful in classes scheduled for long hours or at the end of the day when students and faculty are tired. Clickers involve the students to apply knowledge to simulation. Practice takes place in a safe environment that
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