Using Personal Response Systems for Active Engagement and Critical Thinking

Resource Format:
Example
Resource Description:

Example of the use of personal response systems in large science course.

Resource Title:
Kurdziel- Personal Response Systems
Technology Type:
Personal Response System
Technology Tool:
Personal Response System (Clickers)
Pedagogical Goal:
Content delivery (alternatives to lecture)
Promoting student reflection and critical thinking
Increasing engagement and/or interactivity
Course Type:
Lecture
Academic Area:
Science, Technology, and Math
Discipline:
Biology
Faculty Name:
Josepha Kurdziel

Josepha Kurdziel, ([email protected]) from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, LSA, demonstrated and discussed her use of the wireless classroom response systems to involve students in active learning and critical thinking in large lectures at the CRLT IT Luncheon on Friday February 4, 2005.

You can see her PowerPoint presentation (in note form) and watch a preview, and/or an edited version of the presentation.

PowerPoint notes - .pdf 
Preview of Presentation
IT Luncheon Presentation