1. Online Audience Participation Systems in F2F IL Sessions Dina Koutsomichali - Brighton Teach Meet - 25 th May 2011 http://twtpoll.com http://www.polleverywhere.com http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/polls/

2. Why use them in F2F sessions? Large classes more opportunities for individual participation Easy to set up on the spot to check understanding Easy to access and use students use familiar devices Variety of question types can vary the focus of the question

3. How do they fit into each session? Student needs Course fit Session fit Task fit

4. What do the students need?

5. Aid recall/clarification

6. Ideas collection

7. Question formats and activities Free Text: student pair/group work results, ideas collection, opinions, suggestions, etc. Single sentence gap fill: aid recall, clarify concepts/terms/jargon, etc. Yes/No and M/C: games, voting, clarifying, testing, etc. All the above: leads to or feedback from pair/group discussion

8. Considerations Activity/task relevance Short and ‘to the point’ rubrics Words to be used as codes Time limit for questions and activities Staff or student questions 3-4 polls max a variety of question types and activities Software conflicts Happy clicking!