presentation for the Clickers 2012

1. Elliott Currie,
Department of Business
University of Guelph
Clickers Conference 2012

2.  Background,
 Issues
 Opportunities
 New Issues
 Let’s Try A Solution
 Is it working?
 Where to from here

3.  Increasing class sizes, 40-600 students
 Accounting and taxation courses
 25% of students are at the intro level
 >20% English as a second language
 Foreign exchange students ~5%
 Technological bend of students
 Declining Attendance

4.  Learning centeredness
 Transformational learner
 Professional designation
 Engaged and involved students
 Analytical thinkers

5.  Online quizzes
 In-class quizzes (midterms all pen and paper)
 Camtasia lecture capture
 Posting of class lecture capture

6.  Not attending class
 Lack of engagement
 Extrinsic motivation: only focused on marks?
 Not aware of performance until examination
 Lost teaching moments

7.  Tried clickers
◦ Problems
 I had to haul the technology
 Often forgot mine
 Dead batteries
 Cost/benefit perception
 300 students responded, 200 in attendance
 Preparation ahead of time
 At the time, only multiple choice questions

8.  Classroom response and homework tool
based on active learning
 BYOD: Uses mobile devices students already
own
 In 85 schools (including Harvard, Penn, UCLA,
Stanford, Guelph & Waterloo)
 60,000 students Results
◦ Increase attendance 2x
◦ Improve grades by 4-7%
◦ 95% student satisfaction rate

10.  Participate Online:
◦ Tophatmonocle.com/e241084
◦ Submit comments, questions or feedback
 Participate via Text:
◦ Store this number in your phone: 315.636.0905
◦ In the body of the text, send the question code
(6672) followed by your response (ie: 6672 Could
you elaborate on…?)

11.  >500 in class in fall 2010
 Technologies used:
◦ Camtasia by Tech Smith + Top Hat Monocle
 Grading
◦ 10% for 50% participation
◦ Mixed results
◦ Made it 60% in advanced classes of > 100 students

12.  Still 10%
 5% for 60% participation
 5% for getting 60% of questions correct
 Attendance is back up
Course Semester Students in Exam Grade
Each Class
Introductory Fall 2009 381 61.3
Management
Accounting 2nd Year
Winter 2010 389 66.4
Fall 2010 524 66.1
Winter 2011 307 64.0
Fall 2011 454 67.0
Winter 2012 356 67.1

13.  Engaged, have to do something
 Busy and not bored
 Need to use familiar technology
 Opportunity to apply skills and lessons being
covered
 Moment to reflect
 Neighbors to teach you, different perspective
to instructor
 Feedback immediate—teaching moment 85%
wrong in one case

14.  Need to get the students engaged
 Use familiar items
 Apply skills in class
 Teaching one another
 Feedback both ways
 Reflection, give them some time

15. Any Questions