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Next Generation Response Systems for SDSU

Next Generation Response Systems for SDSU. Jim Julius ITS. What is most important to you in this session?. Getting some background on what response systems (“clickers”) are and why faculty should be interested Hearing more about the recent re-evaluation of SDSU’s standard response system

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Next Generation Response Systems for SDSU

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  1. Next Generation Response Systems for SDSU Jim Julius ITS

  2. What is most important to you in this session? • Getting some background on what response systems (“clickers”) are and why faculty should be interested • Hearing more about the recent re-evaluation of SDSU’s standard response system • Participating in a demo of SDSU’s new response system technology • Something else

  3. SDSU Clicker Overview • 2003: ENS 280 installed system • 2005: Emerging interest & concerns • 2006: Clicker Pickers - eInstruction2010: Reconsideration2011: Thorough reevaluation process • Large class appeal • Wide & deep adoption

  4. Clicker benefits • Students • feel more involved • are more likely to attend • believe clicker questions are important to their learning • Faculty • gain insight on student understanding • can adopt different strategies for engaging students • have an easy way to assign participation points

  5. Clicker challenges • Being on the spot with technology that can and does fail • Taking the time to gain comfort with the tech and redesigned class processes • Dealing with tech-challenged and otherwise disgruntled students

  6. In which semester do you think clicker use peaked at SDSU? • Fall 2008 • Spring 2009 • Fall 2009 • Spring 2010 • Fall 2010

  7. eInstruction Adoption at SDSU

  8. Which best fits your clicker “profile”? • Experienced and basically satisfied using clickers • Tried clickers but not sold on them • Haven’t yet tried clickers but definitely interested • Haven’t thought a lot about clickers • None of these

  9. Response System Re-eval Results • Demo attendees providing ratings: 9 tenure/TT, 7 lecturers, 6 students, 6 staff/admin, 2 librarians • 21/27 indicating a preference selected i>clicker • i>clicker highest on 10/15 of criteria • Overall ratings 1=excellent, 2=acceptable, 3=marginal, 4=poor

  10. Response System Re-eval Results • ITS enthusiastic about i>clicker’s focus, simplicity, & consistency across platforms • Satisfaction at other institutions and growing adoption within the CSU and in the San Diego region also a big + for i>clicker • Poll Everywhere continues to intrigue, planning expanded pilot (<10 classes)

  11. eInstruction Pricing • Lifetime clicker: $54.99 • One-semester clicker: $39.99 • Replacement clicker $25 • Upgrade code $17.99 • Lifetime code $31.00

  12. i>clicker Pricing • $42.50 • $10 rebate for students turning in an eInstruction clicker • Bookstore working on developing a clicker coupon of at least $10 for students spending a certain $ amount on course materials • Buy-back/resale value will be near $20

  13. Quick demo – i>clicker • Same simple tool across Mac or PC • Floats above anything • Runs directly from a flash drive

  14. How likely are you to use i>clicker next year? • Definitely • Probably, but need to learn more • Doubtful • No chance

  15. What do you think about the large base receivers? • Install them in classrooms and give them to professors to practice with • Let profs carry them as they do now – don’t install in classrooms • Just install them in the busiest/largest classrooms • Something else

  16. Poll Everywhere • Web-based system relying on student-owned devices • Survey results from Fall 2010: 84% of students had unlimited texting plans

  17. How To Vote via Texting EXAMPLE Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20) We have no access to your phone number Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do TIPS

  18. How To Vote via Poll4.com EXAMPLE Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do TIP

  19. How To Vote via Twitter EXAMPLE Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do Since @poll is the first word, your followers will not receive this tweet TIPS

  20. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

  21. Poll Everywhere demo • http://polleverywhere.com

  22. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

  23. Thanks – for more info, follow me to the FIT Center …

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