1. Dr Ray Stoneham University of Greenwich
Inside Out: Bridging the gap between what students think and what they say
Dr Ray Stoneham
University of Greenwich

2. Are students saying what they think?
I hate group work
I really enjoyed working in my group, and would like to do more!

3. Aim of this session
To demonstrate the use of Audience Response Systems to engage with students
To run a live demonstration with the audience
To engage with the audience
To evaluate alternative systems
To report on personal experience of using Audience Response Systems in this way

4. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Audience Response Systems (ARS)
Many to choose from
NearPod
Poll Everywhere
TurningPoint
Optivote
PowerVote

5. Key Features of a BYOD ARS
Immediate responses
Anonymous or identifiable responses
Responses are collated automatically
Results are displayed on the lecture screen
Many presentation formats are available
Charts
Statistics
Word clouds
Most systems have limited editions that are free

6. The Many Uses of a BYOD ARS
Testing student pre-knowledge
Flipped questions
Attendance recording
Testing retention of new knowledge
Feedback
Testing student post-knowledge
Student Satisfaction Surveys
Finding out what students think

7. Finding What Students Think using BYOD ARS
Anonymous
No data protection issues
Responsive
Immediate feedback
Add questions on the fly
Probing
Follow-up questions
Engaging
Students can suggest questions
Interactive

8. Dealing with difficult responses
Multiple choice is safest
Students may choose silly nicknames (e.g. Donald Trump, Mickey Mouse)
Response: Switch off displaying the responder's nickname if this persists
Students may give silly Text responses (e.g. Nice haircut Ray)
Response 1: Humour
Response 2: Preview on your own BYOD before displaying
Students may give offensive responses (e.g. swearing, racism)
Response: Use this as an opportunity to challenge them

9. My experience using NearPod
Used with third year undergraduate computing students

10. My experience

11. Conclusions
Can be effective
Can be engaging
Will use again