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Using Clickers to Assess and Engage Student Learning

“Clickers” are quickly becoming vital teaching tools for engaging and involving students in the classroom. Used effectively, these student response systems can increase retention and participation. But instructors must be deliberate when constructing their class time around this emerging technology. And understanding how and why clickers work is critical.

Whether your institution has a clicker system in place or is simply looking into the idea, knowing how to effectively take advantage of this emerging technology can energize any course, while benefiting both instructors and students alike.

Instructors can use clickers during seminars to ask questions and gather student responses. These clicker systems are also commonly called “response systems”. In these systems students use a clicker device,which looks like a TV remote, to answer questions from the instructor, with a summary of the results being shown in real time in the classroom.

Led by Dr. Peter M. Saunders, director of Oregon State University’s Center for Teaching and Learning, this seminar gives participants clear strategies for integrating clickers into the college classroom. During this seminar, Dr. Saunders discusses:

What research tells us about the benefits for instructors and learners of using clickers.
Tips on designing effective clicker questions that promote more than rote memorization.
What ties clicker assessment to critical thinking, social interaction, peer instruction and fun.
A review of effective assessment tools that can be adapted for clickers.

Note: This seminar focuses on the pedagogy of using clickers, NOT on the technology of clickers or specific clicker brands.

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