Abstract

The use of audience response systems in classroom is a relatively new phenomenon in university classrooms. While many such systems have been employed in the business setting and large gatherings for many years, it' application in a classroom setting remains a novelty. Several manufacturers now produce devices intended for classroom use - either a stand alone system or student purchased device incorporated into a classroom set up by the instructor. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill introduced an audience response system last fall to an initial audience of 293 students in an undergraduate sociology class. This spring, an additional audience of nearly 1200 students in four core courses were introduced to the technology. This short paper reports on the success of the pilot program, student and faculty satisfaction with the devices and learned lessons with this type of equipment as well as the success and challenges with corporate partnerships. The paper will be presented using an audience response system to demonstrate it's effectiveness.

Citation

Morin, J. (2005). Audience response systems for large enrollement undergraduate classes – does it make a difference?. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2005--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1155-1156). Montreal, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 11, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/20234/.

© 2005 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Keywords

• Classrooms
• Students