{"id":1294,"date":"2019-01-21T21:13:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T04:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2019w211\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2019-02-11T21:21:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T04:21:39","slug":"abcd-or-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/communicatingscience2019w211\/2019\/01\/21\/abcd-or-e\/","title":{"rendered":"A,B,C,D or E?"},"content":{"rendered":"

-The Iclicker approach of Student learning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

With the start of every new semester comes a set of new inspirations, new goals and new expectations. Expectations from myself of attending every lecture, scoring A+ in each class and maybe even get in the dean\u2019s honor roll. And as much as I hate to admit, there is a slight hitch in fulfilling my all expectations. That is 8 AM lectures; which can be extremely hard for night owls like me. Most of the university students hate early morning lectures and are likely to skip them. But with the new iclicker approach, instructors have found a way to decrease this possibility. This new student response system such as the ICLICKERS<\/i> are an innovative technique for student learning and engagement. Instructors have implemented iclickers for a fair amount of grade participation to increase student engagement.<\/p>\n

Below is an image of two iclickers with their batteries turned on along with a box it comes in.<\/p>\n

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An image of two iclickers turned on (along with the box it comes with), Source- Flickr commons, Picture uploaded by- Jennifer Johansen, https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/153679585@N04\/33954367511\/in\/photolist-83Xc2E-bEAhzN-7aybCF-29YNJjY-rSTev-ppaMQN-5n6QHT-6KzWvG-29YNJqj-pgYKjM-2aZVGxm-oZr2Lx-29YNJU5-2aZVGN1-2aZVGZd-2aZVGJd-5k1YuP-NWAiZW-2b5fwhi-2aZVGzW-29YNJiW-2b5fweH-NWAjud-5ARK35-NWAjkW-2aZVH4m-29YNJGm-2b5fwwM-2b5fwap-jj78y7-NWAitW-29YNJzs-29FYBgx-2aZVGEL-y53Gtj-muSyMQ-bLZZnR-JgG5wR-K1hUr6-uSjopQ-TJr1vv-xGqPSh-q96Yqd-d3bPpA-aNPZUT-axUpJr-axWEzu-axELVj-8neFDS-5XZuKQ<\/p><\/div>\n

What are iclickers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iclickers<\/a> are devices where students are a click away from sending their answers wirelessly. The answers are recorded automatically within seconds. The instructor can record and then display the response of the class almost instantly. The instructors can then make necessary improvisations in their teaching based on the polling results from the questions and hence, explain the topic more effectively.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>There has been research conducted to show how effective iclickers were in an Introductory biochemistry class at University of Alberta<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

The results<\/a> have shown that majority of the students found that iclickers enhanced their learning. Although, the students who were receiving a high grade actually found the clickers more effective whereas the students falling behind in their grades didn\u2019t prefer the use of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Science Education Initiatives at UBC and University of Colorado, produced a video from experienced clicker instructors as follows-\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n