Addressing diversity of student needs in large class teaching using Personal Response Systems

Description

The developing technology of Personal Response Systems (PRS) provides an opportunity to increase student-lecturer communication, that has been in recognisable decline in lectures due to the continuing growth in student backgrounds and the range of ability and subject knowledge. The aims of the project are to use PRS and evaluate it's effectiveness in:

1. increasing engagement of the diverse student population with lecture material;
2. providing immediate feedback systems to help lecturers adjust teaching to better match students learning and knowledge;
3. providing immediate targeted assessment and feedback to students; and
4. monitoring and improving attendance to support student achievement

Furthermore, the project will identify pedagogically sound teaching systems for employing the new technology within the Bioscience in order to implement effective departmental wide use of PRS.

Outcomes

• Final report

Links

Other information and examples of the use of personal response systems:

Findings of an Evaluation of interactive teaching in bioscience degree courses by Mike Mattey, University of Strathclyde.

View slides and a video clip from a presentation on Interactive Teaching using Personal Response Systems given by Mike at our event on Innovative approaches to enhancing student learning in the Biosciences.