PROJECT OVERVIEW
(Classroom Engagament Techonology - IClicker. IClicker, 2016. Web.)
This project is funded by Better Teaching Better Learning, Monash Education Academy, Monash Australia.
Facilitating discussion, interaction and feedback in the classroom are always a challenge especially in a large cohort of students due to the Asian cultural of courtesy. With the pervasiveness of mobile technologies, how these mobile devices enhance or disrupt to learning engagement remains under examined. In order to research the development of mobile technologies and computing pedagogies, educators in computing education ought to understand the learners' experience for the impact of mobile devices used in providing formative assessment and feedback.
In this proposed project, we will look into the blended use of personal response systems: Clickers and Socrative with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).
OBJECTIVE
Innovation and seamless experience of embedding Clickers and Socrative in enhancing students' engagement.
Promoting engagemet for students from various cultures
Providing timely and individualised feedback for the whole class
Bridging the digital gap between lecturer and students
To empower students to participate and provide their views in an active engaging and culturally comfortable manner.
To provide a platform for educators to provide timely feedback and learn the overall ideas of students' learning progress through the assessment feedback.
To motivate students to engage with the learning with the mobile devices they "live in" and fimiliar with.
EXTERNAL LINKS
i. Inspiring Teaching Excellence
ii. New Academy Opens Doors to Education of the Future
iii. Learning Space Technologies
iv. Blended Learning
