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Using
Clickers in the Classroom:
Classroom Response Systems
Online Thursdays, April 16, 23, 30 2-3
PM EDT
Derek
Bruff, Asst. Director, Center for
Teaching, Sr. Lecturer, Vanderbilt University,
Steve Gilbert, TLT Group; special guests.
Classroom response systems can be used in a variety of ways
to motivate students to
engage meaningfully with course material during
class. The choices instructors make when using classroom
responses systems, along with the nature of the questions
asked using the systems, largely determine these
motivational effects.
Classroom response systems can also provide useful
information on student learning, perspectives and
experiences that instructors can use to make more informed
teaching decisions during class. By basing in-class
teaching choices on the formative assessment provided by
classroom response systems, instructors can make more
efficient use of class time and be more responsive to
student learning needs.
Join us
for a three week workshop in which we’ll explore common and
uncommon (but effective) question types and pedagogies,
alternate technologies, faculty learning trajectories,
faculty development, and current research on clickers. This
workshop will benefit teaching faculty as well as those with
responsibility for faculty development.
The
first session will include discussion of the basics of
the use of clickers, with examples of conceptual
understanding, application, critical thinking, and
student perspective clicker questions which will dispel
the myth that multiple choice questions are limited to
factual recall; core pedagogies such as peer
instruction, class-wide discussion, agile teaching,
reading and homework quizzes; and FAQs regarding such
topics as coverage, writing questions, student response,
logistics, start-up costs and technical problems.
The
second session content will include examples of less
common clicker questions, including confidence-level,
monitoring and free-response questions; discussion of
more advanced pedagogies that can be enhanced with
clickers, including team-based learning, creating times
for telling, interrupted case studies,
technology-enhanced formative learning, and backchannel;
and discussion of alternate technologies such as
text-messaging, Web applications and third-party
applications for smart phones.
The
third session will focus on research and development,
with discussion of a variety of questions concerning
faculty learning trajectories and faculty development as
well as a variety of ideas for conducting educational
research on clickers.
All of the TLT Group’s online offerings include use of “low
threshold” tools, examination of controversial issues,
options for participants with a range of experience, and
suggestions for assessment as you integrate what you’ve
learned into your repertoire. For information about how
TLT events are different from most others you've attended,
click
HERE.
For information about other TLT Group workshops,
click
HERE.
Participants for this workshop should sign-in 15 minutes
early for tech instructions and to meet others in the group;
they also have the option of remaining online for a
half-hour follow-up discussion immediately after the
workshop.
Registration: Click
to register for this three-part workshop. 
Workshop Pricing
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TLT Group
subscribers and members |
$150 |
We are working to have
Derek's new book Teaching with Classroom
Response Systems: Creating Active Learning
Environments available for registrants
to purchase. |
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Non
subscriber, non member |
$225 |
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Special Offer
Purchase
workshop plus Individual Membership
Use Discount at check out. |
$235 |
| If
you would like to convene a group to participate
together at one computer with a single login, there is a minimal
charge. |
$50 Please
email
Sally Gilbert to arrange this. |
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to
contact
Sally Gilbert.
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