1. Elliott Currie,Department of BusinessUniversity of GuelphClickers Conference 2012

2. Background, Issues Opportunities New Issues Lets Try A Solution Is it working? Where to from here 3. Increasing class sizes, 40-600 students Accounting and taxation courses 25% of students are at the intro level >20% English as a second language Foreign exchange students ~5% Technological bend of students Declining Attendance 4. Learning centeredness Transformational learner Professional designation Engaged and involved students Analytical thinkers 5. Online quizzes In-class quizzes (midterms all pen and paper) Camtasia lecture capture Posting of class lecture capture 6. Not attending class Lack of engagement Extrinsic motivation: only focused on marks? Not aware of performance until examination Lost teaching moments 7. Tried clickers Problems I had to haul the technology Often forgot mine Dead batteries Cost/benefit perception 300 students responded, 200 in attendance Preparation ahead of time At the time, only multiple choice questions 8. Classroom response and homework toolbased on active learning BYOD: Uses mobile devices students alreadyown In 85 schools (including Harvard, Penn, UCLA, Stanford, Guelph & Waterloo) 60,000 students Results Increase attendance 2x Improve grades by 4-7% 95% student satisfaction rate 9. Participate Online: Tophatmonocle.com/e241084 Submit comments, questions or feedbackParticipate via Text: Store this number in your phone: 315.636.0905 In the body of the text, send the question code(6672) followed by your response (ie: 6672 Couldyou elaborate on?) 10. >500 in class in fall 2010 Technologies used: Camtasia by Tech Smith + Top Hat Monocle Grading 10% for 50% participation Mixed results Made it 60% in advanced classes of > 100 students 11. Still 10% 5% for 60% participation 5% for getting 60% of questions correct Attendance is back up CourseSemester Students in Exam GradeEach ClassIntroductoryFall 2009381 61.3ManagementAccounting 2nd YearWinter 2010389 66.4Fall 2010524 66.1Winter 2011307 64.0Fall 2011454 67.0Winter 2012356 67.1 12. Engaged, have to do something Busy and not bored Need to use familiar technology Opportunity to apply skills and lessons beingcovered Moment to reflect Neighbors to teach you, different perspectiveto instructor Feedback immediateteaching moment 85%wrong in one case 13. Need to get the students engaged Use familiar items Apply skills in class Teaching one another Feedback both ways Reflection, give them some time 14. Any Questions