PRS @ LSE

“why bother?”

PRS @ LSE: how the story unfolds..

Students aren't engaged!

They are falling asleep with their eyes closed!

Photo by umjanedoan on flickr

A solution is theorised

Interactivity is key to engaging students!

boredom

Highereducation

retention

Star students

co-efficiency

PRS

Caffeine (coffee)

attention

Cloud thinking

unhappy bunnies

co-dependency

co-codamol(cocaine)

Classroom technology is introduced

Kids today need remote

controls.

That Learning

Technologist is just

too dreamy!

Student feedback is collected

“Those voting thingies made me smarter”» A. Student, LSE

I dream of the daywhen students will

have remote controls inthe palm of their hands!

Kathleen Libby, LSE student union vice president 1934-35

Congratulations all round

“Learning Technologists save the day!”» A. Professor, LSE

Hell yeah!

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This is exactly what happens

What were those benefits again?

Agile teaching

Feedback

Interactivity

Grabs attention → engagement!

Student-centred

Holy grail pic by Eddi 07 on flickr

Yeah but...(some questions)•[student perception of own learning]

•How interactive is it, really?

•How much can we expect academics to practice agile teaching, really?

•How many £££ does this cost?!?!?!!!

© someone else…

£££

1 clicker = £30, that's a cool million for 500 (ok, £15000.-)

+ £500.- on batteries every 6-10 months

The equivalent of four nurses (in

1934) →

← Or 4200 All butter chocolate fudge cakes.

“interactive”

What do we mean by “interactive”?

Is PRS “interactive” – or allow interactivity?

And is “interactive” what we need to aim for at all times?

Baby kaleela by jepoycamboy on flickr

“Agile” teaching

Teachers aren't cheetahs

A lecture is a lecture, not a conversation...?(and in any case: PRS ≠ conversation!)*

*As pointed out by Jim Boyle @ estict...

Students don’t want gadgetry for the hell of it

A real quote from a focus group:

“I think there has to be something you need to ask about first, or the need has to be there before the technology, not the other way round, like: we have the technology, now what can we do with it, let’s think of something randomly”

Fair point.

FIN