One aspect of mobile culture that seems to be more and more evident is that even when we are together, mobiles still play a role in our interactions. During a meeting or class, people may be using their phones to chat with others (within the group or not); in a social situation we may consult the internet for answers to wonderings that come up in a conversation; we might pull up a YouTube video from a phone and cast it to the TV in the room; and so on…
An application that can take advantage of this trend is Slido, an online, interactive platform that can facilitate Q&A, quizzes, and polls within a group – in person or virtual. Rather than fight the fact that students are on their devices, a teacher or lecturer can use something like Slido to engage them in a different way. Quizzes and polls can be shared in real-time with groups to provide information to the teacher, the individual and the group. This may be an opportunity to improve engagement in the virtual, in-person and hybrid classrooms.