Technology: Integrating Teaching and Learning Audience Response Systems Steve Gregor

Audience Response System An audience response system (ARS) is a system which allows students to respond to instructor prompts or questions through a hand held device (Micheletto, 2011). The ARS records and displays student responses (Micheletto, 2011). Most ARSs allow the instructor to display student results to the class.

ARS Hardware and Software Hardware needed Student handheld device: cell phone, laptop, keypad, etc. Instructor computer If the ARS is not Web-based, the instructor will also need a receiver Visual device: monitor, projector, etc. ARS Web-based ARS ARS Software/System

The Research on ARSs ARSs have been found to improve student attendance, attention, participation, student achievement, and engagement (Kay & LeSage, 2009). ARSs allow instructors to use student feedback to modify instruction (Kay & LeSage, 2009). In turn, this improves student understanding and teacher quality (Kay & LeSAge, 2009).

ARS uses Assessments Facilitate Discussions Interactive Lectures Quizzes, Tests, etc. Facilitate Discussions Interactive Lectures Trivia Review

How have we used ARSs? Department Meeting Trivia Discussions Class Warm-Up Exit Card

References Kay, R. H. & LeSage, A. (2009). Examining the benefits and challenges of using audience response systems: A review of the literature. Computers & Education, 53, 819-827. Micheletto, M. J. (2011). Conducting a classroom mini-experiment using an audience response system: Demonstrating the isolation effect. Journal of College Teaching and Learning, 8(8), 1-13.