[Grad-Cap Icon] Training

Audience response systems (a.k.a. "clickers") are interactive polling technologies that allow instructors to question students in class, receive student responses and provide instant feedback displayed in a viewable chart. This workshop will focus on how student engagement, active learning, peer instruction, and the collection of formative assessment data can all be promoted through the use of this technology. Participants will explore the use of clickers through discipline-based vignettes intended to model effective instructional practice. By the end of this session, participants should be able to: identify a range of instructional goals to which audience response system technology can serve (e.g., quizzing, polling, interactive learning, formative assessment); make some initial decisions about how they can begin to integrate this technology into their teaching; and develop activities that are guided by asking the right questions.