Resources

Pedagogy Webinar Series

i>clicker is proud to sponsor the Student Response System (SRS) Pedagogical Webinar Series. Each semester, EdTech experts demonstrate interesting ways to incorporate new innovations in a wide variety of disciplines and classes.

Each complimentary, 45-minute webinar will offer practical tips for effectively integrating SRSs that challenge the way students think, discuss, and learn.

Please check back often as additional webinars will be posted throughout the year.

Past Webinars
Pedagogy webinars, teaching strategies, and learning with technology

Different messages for different folks: Persuading faculty members to adopt EdTech

Hosted By: Dr. Marcus Dickson and Ben Biermeier-Hanson, Wayne State University, Psychology

Faculty members are at different stages of "readiness for change" in terms of adopting different forms of Educational Technology, including classroom clickers. This webinar builds on the "Stages of Change" model from Psychology, and focuses on the types of messages that faculty members at different stages of readiness need to hear in order to move towards the consideration of EdTech adoption.

Clickers in the classroom and assistive technology

Clickers for Interactive Learning: Our Story

Hosted By: Irene Knokh, University of Michigan, TLC

The presenter will discuss the educational use of classroom clickers in several programs run by the Department of Professional Development and Education in the University of Michigan Hospital System. The consistent feedback the PDE team received from clients is that there should be more interactivity during the sessions. To address the concerns of the learners, the Orientation Team purchased classroom clickers through a grant program. The presenter will share how classroom clickers were integrated into various programs at the Department of Professional Development and Education as well as future plans for integrating classroom clickers as part of an enhanced learning experience.

Self-paced polling solutions and classroom clickers

i>clicker Feature and Teacher Workshop: Using and Teaching with Self-Paced Polling

Hosted By: Matt Evans, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

In this workshop, we will showcase our newest software feature, Self-Paced Polling (SPP). SPP allows for students to complete graded assignments at their own pace and submit responses with an i>clicker2 remote. Dr. Matt Evans will also discuss ways he has implemented SPP into his classes as well as the benefits and risks associated with using these types of feature for exams.

Technology in the classroom and Student Response Systems

Sharpen Your Saw: Technology for Educators

Hosted By: Sue Frantz, Highline Community College

The fast pace of technological change has left many with the feeling of being left behind. Our day-to-day work leaves us feeling too busy to seek out tech tools that may help us be more efficient and effective teachers. What are the newest technologies that teachers can implement today for use right now?

Teaching Faculty about Effective Use of Clickers

Teaching Faculty about Effective Use of Clickers

Hosted By: Stephanie Chasteen, UC-Boulder, Physics

This interactive webinar is geared specifically toward those involved in faculty development and support (e.g., instructional technologists, faculty excellence programs, or other faculty professional developers). It will cover best practices to help faculty in multiple disciplines use classroom clickers to enhance their teaching.

Flip a Class Without Flipping Out (Part 1 of 2)

Flip a Class Without Flipping Out (Part 1 of 2)

Hosted By: Donnell King, Pellissippi State Community College, Communication

Part 1 of a 2-part Series about Classroom "Flipping" will focus on the background and research behind flipping your classroom and will give a basic outline of the benefits and considerations. We will answer questions such as: How did we get started lecturing in the first place? Why did we ever do that? Why are we still doing that, despite the bad press it gets? What is flipping or inverting? Where did it come from?

Flip a Class Without Flipping Out (Part 2 of 2)

Flip a Class Without Flipping Out (Part 2 of 2)

Hosted By: Donnell King, Pellissippi State Community College, Communication

Part 2 of a 2- a continuation of the series about Classroom "Flipping" that leans on the research previously explained in part 1 to address more questions such as: How can I possibly get enough time to be able to do it? Why would I want to? What would be the benefit? How do I know the students are learning more or retaining more? What are some quick examples of how people do it?

Mind the Overlap: Integrating Technology & Pedagogy in Your Discipline

Mind the Overlap: Integrating Technology & Pedagogy in Your Discipline

Hosted By: Rob Cassidy, Concordia University, Psych

This seminar will introduce a conceptual framework for guiding the mindful integration of technology into one's teaching practice. Using this framework, participants are encouraged to identify the critical points of integration among personally relevant disciplinary content, pedagogical intentions and technologies. Examples from personal experience and from the literature will be offered. Participants will also be encouraged to share their own experiences and issues.

The Daily Pop Quiz: Research on Teaching and Learning with Clickers

The Daily Pop Quiz: Research on Teaching and Learning with Clickers

Hosted By: Craig Leonard Brians, Virginia Tech University, Political Science

Drawing on previous research studying clickers in class, we theorize that students benefit from using this tool for the following reasons: clicker quiz questions connect each day's material to exams (and thus to students' grades), and clicker quizzes may improve student attendance and engagement. Examining these relationships in a large lecture class (i.e. 300 students), we test competing explanations using opinion surveys as well as behavioral data.

Promote Student Reading by Administering Quizzes via i>clicker

Promote Student Reading by Administering Quizzes via i>clicker

Hosted By: John Phillip Dattilo, Penn State University, Tourism and Hospitality

In this session, Dr. Dattilo explains how he converted his daily five-question multiple-choice written quizzes to i>clicker questions by including them in the slides that he shows in a class. Also, he will describe the process he follows when he administers the quizzes and how the change has positively influenced the way he interacts with his students. More specifically, he will elaborate on the advantages of this strategy that include: encouraging students to read material before attending class, giving students immediate feedback on their understanding of the reading material, and allowing him to interact more with students in a relaxed manner