Online Audience Participation Systems in F2F IL Sessions

Dina Koutsomichali - Brighton Teach Meet - 25th May 2011

http://twtpoll.com

http://www.polleverywhere.com

http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/polls/

Why use them in F2F sessions?

• Large classes more opportunities for individual participation

• Easy to set up on the spot to check understanding

• Easy to access and use students use familiar devices

• Variety of question types can vary the focus of the question

How do they fit into each session?Student needs

Course fit

Session fit

Task fit

What do the students need?

Aid recall/clarification

Ideas collection

Question formats and activities

• Free Text: student pair/group work results, ideas collection, opinions, suggestions, etc.

• Single sentence gap fill: aid recall, clarify concepts/terms/jargon, etc.

• Yes/No and M/C: games, voting, clarifying, testing, etc.All the above: leads to or feedback from pair/group discussion

Considerations• Activity/task relevance• Short and ‘to the point’ rubrics• Words to be used as codes• Time limit for questions and activities• Staff or student questions• 3-4 polls max• a variety of question types and activities• Software conflicts

Happy clicking!