Category Archives: Classroom-Based Techniques

First TLT Talk: Clickers in the Classroom: An Interactive Panel

Just a plug (and a reminder for me) for our first Teaching and Learning with Technology Series Talk of the 2006-07 year, set for later this month (Sept 26): Title: Clickers in the Classroom: An Interactive Panel This September UBC … Continue reading

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Couple of good resources for teaching large classes

My colleague Marina Milner-Bolotin from the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Faculty of Science’s Skylight (Science Centre for Learning and Teeaching) pointed me in the direction of a few exciting projects that I think have wide applicability.  Both … Continue reading

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Classroom Response Systems

One of the committees I am currently serving on is evaluating Classroom response systems, AKA “clickers”. There has been a lot of activity in this space here at UBC, particularly in Physics. My colleague Jim Sibley has been posting about … Continue reading

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Electronic Vote Systems – Good Overview

Steve Draper of Glasgow University provides a good overview and a set of good resource links for Electronic Voting Systems and interactive lectures. He has very good short and long overviews of the teaching and leanring benefits of this suite … Continue reading

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