1.Using a Student Response System in Library Instruction Joe Hardenbrook Educational Technology Coordinator & Research/Instruction Librarian Millikin University 2 April 2009

2. No standard terminology ClickersPersonal Response SystemsAudience Response Systems Student Response Systems Wireless Response SystemsStudent Polling Systems Interactive Student Response SystemsInteractive Student Response Systems 3. CLICKING WITH STUDENTS 4. Public University 1.Private University 2.Community College 3.Other 4. 0%0%0%0% er .... . Answer Now l. . s..erhler Co Ot v ivnity UneU iun ictiva mblm Pu PrCo 5. Yes 1.No 2.0% 0%Answer Nows No Ye 6. CLICKING WITH STUDENTS 7. Infrared (IR) Think TV remote. Can only send info. Radio Frequency (RF) Two-way device. Can verify if answer has been received. Some include LCD screens (useful for math & science) Computers Classroom control systems. Not a clicker, but similar. Cell phone / Text Messaging, smart calculators, etccan be integrated w/ clicker software 8. SYSTEMSTurning Technologies: http://www.turningtechnologies.com/ iClicker: http://www.iclicker.com/ eInstruction/Interwrite: http://www.einstruction.com/ H-ITT: http://www.h-itt.com/ COMPARISON & INFORMATIONUNLV clicker comparison:http://oit.unlv.edu/clickers/comparisons.htmlVanderbilt Clicker Bib (over 200 entries):http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/technology/crs_biblio.htmUniversity of Waterloo: http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/clickers.html 9. Install TurningPoint software on your computer. 1.Write your questions in PowerPoint. 2.Install TurningPoint software on the instructor 3.computer in the lab or classroom.Pass out the clickers to the class. 4.Bring up your PowerPoint on the screen & start 5.polling.Students responses are sent to the receiver (USB 6.port).Display the results. 7. 10. The class time it may 1.take upCost ($$$$) 2.Learning how to use 3.themPotential technology 4.issuesGetting faculty on 5. 0%0%0% 0% 0%boardAnswer NowThe class Cost ($$$$) Learning Potential Getting time...how t...tech...facult... 11. 0-10 1.11-20 2.21-30 3.Over 30 4.0% 0%0%0% Answer Now 10 00 0 -2-3r30- 1120 eOv 12. One-shot 1.30instruction sessionsCourse-integrated 2.multiple sessions or0%for-credit info litcoursesBoth 3. Answer Now One-shot instruct... Course-integrated... Both 13. CLICKING WITH STUDENTS 14. Ask student opinion-related questions. Space questions throughout your presentation. Encourage active discussion & questions. Just dont rely on the clickers! Try some assessment of learning or evaluative questions at the end. Pre- and post-testing On the question slides: indicate correct answers and show results of class. 15. Promotes active learning P-D-P: Poll-Discussion-Poll format Encourages ALL students to participate Adapt instruction based on feedback Explain a concept more thoroughly Promote discussion Move on to the next topic Student feedback: anonymous or indentified Assessment: download results Student Learning or Librarian Assessment 16. Getting your clickers back! Tech issues: installation of software, compatibility w/ PC vs. Mac, Office 2003 vs. Office 2007 Coming up with appropriate questions: just dont regurgitate content! Time spent in class Especially for assessment purposes Death by PowerPoint!!! 17. Demonstration: Do a search in the databases for articles about NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND and TESTING. Then do a new search for NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND and TESTING and BUSH. The new search will give you: The same results More results Fewer results 18. Conceptual: Indentify the key words in the followingstatement: HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES SHOULDBE TESTED FOR DRUGS. Athletes, drugs, testing Athletes, drugs Athletes Athletes, high school, drugs, testing 19. Recall: You would use the Librarys online journals link to: Get the full-text of articles Search the catalog for books Access the electronic reserves 20. Evaluative: The librarian presented the information clearlyand in a well organized manner: Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 21. CLICKING WITH STUDENTS 22. Strongly Agree 1.Agree 2.Neutral 3.Disagree 4.Strongly Disagree 5.0%0%0%0%0%ee e l ee etraerergr grAguAgsaNesa Di ly Di ng ly ro ngSt roSt 23. Bobkoff, Dan. In Search of Answers, Teachers Turn to Clickers. All Tech Considered. NPR. March 2, 2009. Online: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101343866. Bugeja, Michael. Classroom Clickers and the Cost of Technology. Commentary. Chronicle of Higher Education. December 5, 2008. Online: http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i15/15a03101.htm. Corcos, Evelyn & Vivienne Monty. Interactivity in Library Presentations Using a Personal Response System. Educause Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, April-June 2008. Online: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0826.pdf. Ivy, Krista & Debbie Renfrow. Clickers Go to the Library. [PowerPoint]. San Diego State University. August 7, 2007. Online: http://library.ucr.edu/?view=services/instruction/clickers.html. Kaleta, Robert & Tanya Joosten. Student Response Systems: A University of Wisconsin System Study of Clickers. ECAR Research Bulletin, vol. 2007, no. 10. Online: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0710.pdf.Martyn, Margie. Clickers in the Classroom: An Active Learning Approach. Educause Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007. Online: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EQM0729.pdf.Matesic, Maura Alicia & Jean M. Adams. Provocation to Learn: A Study in the Use of Personal Response Systems in Information Literacy Instruction. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, vol. 3, no. 1, 2008. Online: http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/327/802.Shieh, David. Going Beyond Classroom Clickers. Chronicle of Higher Education. March 13, 2009. Online: http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i27/27a01301.htm. 24. Joe Hardenbrook, MLS Educational Technology Coordinator & Research/Instruction Librarian Millikin University Decatur, ILjhardenbrook@millikin.edu Tel: 217.424.3692