Ask the audience

1. Ask the audience Electronic voting present and future Martin Hawksey e-Learning Advisor http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/ http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/ RSCs – Stimulating and supporting innovation in learning

2. Part A: Introducing ourselves and EVS Adapted from ‘Ways to improve learning with EVS’ by Steve Draper [EVS – Electronic Voting System] http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

3. < Which city is your organisation based in or affiliated to? A. Aberdeen D. Glasgow B. Dundee E. Inverness C. Edinburgh F. Other [Press A to F then ] http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

4. Which option best describes the organisation you work for? • Further Education • Higher Education • Public Sector (NHS, Police etc) • Other http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

5. Which option best describes your job / role? • You teach some undergraduate or FE students • You offer pedagogical advice or support to teaching staff • You offer technology advice or support to teaching staff • other: you are a vice chancellor, janitor, … http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

6. Which of these best describes your present, provisional attitude to using EVS? • Already know I’m going to use it • Have a good idea and hope it’s practicable for me to use it • Waiting to see if a good idea occurs to me or is mentioned • Doubt if I’ll use it, but could be convinced • Very unlikely to use it • Would never use it, and am here to monitor the enemy http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

7. Who has (does anyone have) a notion of how they might use EVS in their own classes / audiences? http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

8. Why use handsets? -- initial idea Main problem with large classes (thought to be): Lack of interaction, extreme passivity A simple theory: learning depends on the time spent actually thinking. Answering questions at least requires thinking. Benefits to learners: Requires thinking (about topic) 1. Allows all learners, not just one, to generate an answer 2. And to register that answer 3. In privacy 4. And so to affect what happens next Benefits to teachers: Checking if ideas were grasped Finding out a class' state of understanding and where its difficulties are http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

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10. The evidence • Hake (1998) published a survey of 62 courses (6,542 students) all studying the same subject, all using the same standardised test, and using it both pre- and post-. http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

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12. Net benefit as judged by students Evaluation results from Steve Draper

13. Techniques (question uses) • SAQs ("self-assessment questions”) • Contingency teaching • To initiate a discussion (brain teaser questions) • Multi-step worked problem. • Course feedback: Formative feedback to the teacher. • Class exam, marking and feedback done in same session • Peer assessment • Community mutual awareness building. • Collecting data in experiments using human responses • Student designed EVS questions http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

14. Part B: Current and emerging technology http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

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17. Polleverywhere.com

18. Pollimath for Android OS http://www.pollimath.com/ • Free • Students text response to your mobile number • Graphs only viewable on your phone (but can be emailed later) • Could be used for pre/post class questions (students might be more likely to repospond) http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

19. Timo Elloitt’s Free PowerPoint Toolshttp://bit.ly/7fmu6i • Free • Collects votes from ‘twitter’ • A twitter user can send a message via: • SMS (Text) • Web • Application http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

20. xcelsiustweet http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

21. Homebrew - TwEVS • Mashup of twitter, Yahoo Pipes and Google Chart • Same idea as Timo but no PowerPoint integration • More info at http://bit.ly/twevs http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

22. Trend towards using multiple sources to capture responses • Extending the discussion (learning) to outside the classroom • EVAF4All – University of Edinburgh system to allow review and discussion of in-class PRS questions (http://bit.ly/7FT2bQ) • Hotseat – Purdue University. Aggregating responses from Facebook, MySpace,Twitter, SMS and Web (http://bit.ly/6cdes9) http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

23. Part C: Final thoughts http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

24. Start simple and build • Get help with technical side (if you can) • Consider wider teaching/learning design • Implementing EVS - almost impossible not to have a positive benefit • Having good questions is the hardest bit http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

25. Any questions? Martin Hawkseymhawksey@rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk Google ‘mashe’ and you’ll find my blog Or http://bit.ly/mashe http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

26. What would happen if . . . ? Imagine a culture that puts a high value on daughters and on small families; as a result, couples stop having more children as soon as a daughter is born. How will this practice affect the sex ratio of the next generation? • There will be relatively more boys. • There will be relatively more girls. • There will be equal numbers of boys and girls. http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/

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