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Developing electronic classroom response apps for a wide variety of mobile devices. Insights into the PINGO project
1. Developing electronic classroom response apps for
a wide variety of mobile devices.
Insights into the PINGO project
Michael Sievers, Wolfgang Reinhardt,
Dennis Kundisch, Philipp Herrmann
University of Paderborn (Germany)
3. What is Peer Instruction
• cooperative teaching-learning strategy
• similar to ask-the-audience lifeline in Who want’s to be a Millionaire?
• substantially enhanced
learning success
• several empirical and anecdotal
evidences (see our papers on
the topic)
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
4. n ot yet used
in very large Brief introduction lecture
(10 - 15 minutes)
new topic
g roups
repeat the voting
Multiple choice question
Students vote
correct answers correct answers correct answers
< 30% 30% - 80% > 80%
Peer discussion (2 -3 Short discussion about
Another version of the
mins): students try to remaining
introduction lecture
convince each other misconceptions
General Process of PI
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
5. PI in very large groups (300+ students)
1.High one-off expenditure
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
6. PI in very large groups (300+ students)
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
7. PI in very large groups (300+ students)
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
3.Clickers
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
8. PI in very large groups (300+ students)
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
3.Clickers
4.Costs
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
9. PI in very large groups (300+ students)
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
3.Clickers
4.Costs
5.Installation
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
10. PI in very large groups (300+ students)
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
3.Clickers
4.Costs
5.Installation
6.Configuration
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
11. PI in very large groups (300+ students)
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
3.Clickers
4.Costs
5.Installation
6.Configuration
7.Exclusive use
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
12. Goals & constraints of the PINGO development
• support as many mobile devices as possible
• support at least 5000 requests/sec in the backend
• push new questions to the mobile devices
• sync timers between backend and mobile devices
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
13. Support as many mobile devices as possible
• goal: Android 1.6 and Symbian S60 3rd edition
• no native applications (iOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian ...)
• no multi-platform application (PhoneGap, Appcelerator Titanium ...)
• web-based application
• most devices and OS while minimizing development efforts
• powerful browsers capable of JavaScript, CSS, HTML
• no download needed, type in URL or scan QR code
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
15. Oddities of web-based applications
• JQuery mobile, Dojo mobile, Twitter Bootstrap not fully supported on legacy
devices
• missing CSS features
• no support for animated GIFs (spinner replacement)
• much less control over the device’s status
• change of power state cannot be interrupted or even handled
• existing Socket.IO connections regularly dropped
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
16. Let’s give it a try ...
http://pingo.upb.de/6837
What is the author with the most
publications in mLearn history?
A) Marcus Specht C) Claire Bradley
B) John Traxler D) Mike Sharples
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
17. PINGO’s answer to the identified issues
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
3.Clickers
4.Costs
5.Installation
6.Configuration
7.Exclusive use
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
18. PINGO is free to use by anyone
• PINGO introduction video http://youtu.be/aZC3NnUqZcs
• Peer Discussion tutorial video http://youtu.be/sMyqBg_z-1Y
• Sign up for PINGO at http://pingo.upb.de/users/sign_up
• no strings attached
19. wolfgang reinhardt university of paderborn
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