Mobile, Instant, & Electronic Feedback to Increase Participation and Learning in

Classroom

Osterman, Anne C. "Student Response Systems: Keeping the Students Engaged." College & Undergraduate Libraries 14.4 (2008): 49-57 (50).

Online Surveys

• Google Documents: Forms

• Polldaddy• SurveyMonkey• Course Management

Systems– Blackboard– Moodle

Google Documents—Quizzes & Surveys

• Create Form• Add title for survey• Create questions

– Multiple Choice– Select all that apply

(check boxes)– Paragraph– Short answer– Choose from a list– Scale– Grid

Google Documents: Form

• Free• Unlimited responses• Results in real time• Easy to share• Multiple question types

Results Appear in Spreadsheets

Form: Show Summary of Responses

Text Messaging

Poll Everywhere Demo Video

How it works

Freemium

Why use polling software?

1. Combat passive learning environment

2. Promote active learning

3. Help with participation problems

4. Provide instant feedback

5. Interrupt lecture(Osterman 52)

Anonymity

• System forces all to participate

• No one gets embarrassed

• Comfort increases• Interest grows = know

what peers think(Osterman 52)

Improves commitment

• “Makes them less likely to sit back. Evaluate a question and answer with engaged minds” (Osterman 52).

Disadvantages

• Less taught• May distract instructors

from teaching• Students may use them

to cheat

Dynamic Instruction

• Immediate feedback allows for on-the-spot adjustment to student needs

• Increases engagement

Learning Outcomes

• Psychology study– Tested reading– Corrected

misunderstandings– Improved test scores

Morling, Beth, Meghan McAuliffe, Lawrence Cohen, and Thomas M. DiLorenzo. "Efficacy of Personal Response Systems ("Clickers") in Large, Introductory Psychology Classes." Teaching of Psychology 35.1 (2008): 45-50.

• Still a new area of research in library instruction

• One study found that traditional lecture improved student performance more than polling system

Library Instruction & Surveys• Online Surveys– Send surveys a few days

before class– Find out student levels

of understanding• Specific tool• Finding books, ebooks,

articles, etc.• Scholarly vs Popular

articles• Documenting skills• Reading references or

citations

“Some instructors found that their first attempts in creating questions for a class were too complex” (56).

—Anne C. Osterman

Suggested Question Types• What do you know about X?

– What do you know about X?– How do you know if a source

is worth using?

• What kinds of materials do you think you would find in X? (library catalog, digital archives, PRIMO search, etc.)

• Should you cite Wikipedia? Should you do X?

• Osterman, Anne C. "Student Response Systems: Keeping the Students Engaged." College & Undergraduate Libraries 14.4 (2008): 51.

More Question Suggestions• Questionnaires/Surveys• Fact finding or Pre- and

Post-Tests• Comprehension testing• Checking for understanding• Drill and practice• Review Games• Voting• See Heidi Adams and Laura Howard. “Clever

Clickers: Using Audience Response Systems in the Classroom.” Library Media Connection 28.2 (October 2009): 54-56.

Library Instruction & Polling

• Text messaging in class– Have you used X

resource before?– Predict what happens

• Boolean operators• Subject headings

– Understanding of a concept or process already covered in class

– Start discussions

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Questions or Comments?

Thank You

Spencer JardineCoordinator of InstructionIdaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho, USA

jardspen@isu.edu

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