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| Wednesday, July 12, 2006: 1:30 PM-2:15 PM | |||
| Ontario Room (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers) | |||
| C-16: i>clicker: Improving Student Engagement in Large Lecture Courses using Classroom Response Systems | |||
| Detailed Description: | Recent advances in classroom response technology, including the emergence of radio frequency systems, offer an exciting opportunity to increase student engagement in large lecture courses. In this session, Dr. Timothy Stelzer, University of Illinois physicist and i>clicker inventor, will review the educational motivation behind the use of this technology. This presentation will include data from several courses where the technology has been used successfully. From these experiences, Dr. Stelzer will address some of the essential components to the successful implementation of the classroom response system. Dr. Stelzer will incorporate a demonstration of one radio frequency system, i>clicker, and will discuss how to integrate i>clicker polling results into the WebCT Grade Book. | ||
| Presentation Format: | Corporate | ||
| Topic: | Integrating the campus: Technical solutions and extended uses | ||
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, Faculty and Other Instructors, E-learning Managers | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | Recent advances in classroom response technology (including the emergence of radio frequency systems) offer an exciting opportunity to increase student engagement in large lecture courses. In this talk, University of Illinois Physicist and i>clicker inventor Dr. Timothy Stelzer will review the educational motivation behind the use of this technology. The talk will include data from several courses where the technology has been used successfully. From these experiences, Dr. Stelzer will address some of the essential components to the successful implementation of the classroom response system. Dr. Stelzer will incorporate a demonstration of one radio frequency system, i>clicker, and will discuss how to integrate i>clicker polling results with the WebCT Grade Book. | ||
| Session Leader: | Tim Stelzer University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana | ||
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