Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - To Click Or Not To Click? Griffith’s Mobile Polling Experience Note: Please start any smart phone, netbook, tablet, laptop or other device and connect to wireless internet.

Polling and Student Response Systems  Elicit student participation and engagement to prompt deeper thinking about a particular question or problem.  Monitor students’ understanding of course content in real time, in order to identify and address areas of confusion and adjust the pace of the course appropriately.  Provide students with instant feedback on their comprehension to help them monitor their own understanding.  Spark discussion among students as they compare, justify, and (perhaps) modify their answers. Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

Background  2008 Griffith Grant for Learning and Teaching: Evaluation of audience response systems (‘clickers’) in the teaching of core (year 2/3) science subjects »Enabled the purchase of TurningPoint software and devices Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

Benefits & Limitations of TurningPoint ↑Saw and increase in lecture attendance ↑Perceived increase in engagement ↑Increased SET scores ↑Increased interest in the academic community about clickers ↓Significant cost – ongoing license fees ↓Maintenance issues – lost devices, battery issues ↓Administrative issues – access to the devices Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

The Brief  Academic Requirements »Cheap »Easy »Bug Free  Other Requirements »Equitable »Anonymous »Adaptable to distance learning Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

The Solution  Mobile Polling - jPoll Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

jPoll  Web based  Uses the students own device »Smartphone »Laptop »Tablet »All you need is a browser and an internet connection  Uses the university’s wireless connection if on campus Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

jPoll – the system  Please go to the following address »  Use the access code »1081 Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

jPoll – for online courses  Questions can be embedded in the LMS  Can be used in conjunction with virtual classrooms  Can be used asynchronously Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

jPoll – usage  How is it being used? »To gage how students feel  Bored, interested, tired etc »To gage what students know  Repeat information if students are incorrect »Follow up  Find out what they want more info on »Evaluation of Teaching »Fully online courses  CCJ course Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

jPoll – experiences so far  jPoll has been deployed as a ‘Soft Launch’  Knowledge via Word of Mouth for Semester 1  Current Acceptance of the Product »22 sets of Questions »65 questions across Question Sets »2812 responses by users »42 staff members with administration access Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor -

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