Clickers in the classroom

This page was created as a result of the Clicking for Success Faculty Learning Community. Here we have gathered resources on using classroom response systems in addition to our own findings on the effectiveness of using clickers.

Web Sites:

Clicker Resources:

http://tlc.unlv.edu/tech/clickers.htm

Seven things you should know about clickers: http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7002.pdf

Peer instruction: Comparing clickers to flashcards: http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0702/0702186.pdf

Peer instruction: Getting students to think in class:

http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/publications.php?function=display&rowid=3

Research Articles:

Draper, S. W., & Brown, M. I. (2004). Increasing interactivity in lectures
using an electronic voting system [Electronic version]. Journal of Computer
Assisted Learning, 20
, 81-94.

Ewing, A. T. (2006). Increasing classroom engagement through the use of
technology.   Retrieved September 5, 2006, from
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mil/fcontent/2005-2006/ewing_rpt.pdf

Kennedy, G. E., & Cutts, Q. I. (2005). The association between students' use
of an electronic voting system and their learning outcomes [Electronic
version]. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21, 260-268.

Lee, J. B., & Bainum, C. K. (2006). Do clickers depersonalize the classroom?
An evaluation by shy students. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Convention
of the Western Psychological Association, Palm Springs, California.

Liu, D. J., Walker, J.D., Bauer, T. A. and Zhao, M. (2007) "Facilitating Classroom Economics Experiments With an Emerging Technology: The Case of Clickers.” Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=989482

Books:

Duncan, D. (2007). Clickers in the Classroom. Addison Wesley.

Our Vendor:

EasyGraphics Educational Technologies, http://www.easygraphics.com, 1-800-294-4084.