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30/5/2013 1 Albert Lee Department of Chemistry/Office of Students Affairs Joseph Ng Department of Computer Science Alfred Tan Knowledge Transfer Office Eva Wong Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning 29 May 2013 8 th eLearning Forum Asia 2013 Do Not Turn Off Your Mobile Phone in My Lectures iQlickers™ :A Low Cost Personal Response System 2 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbMpadn9ZA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Albert Lee Department of Chemistry/Office of Students AffairsJoseph Ng Department of Computer ScienceAlfred Tan Knowledge Transfer OfficeEva Wong Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning
29 May 20138theLearning Forum Asia 2013
DoNot TurnOffYourMobilePhoneinMyLecturesiQlickers™ :ALowCostPersonalResponseSystem
2• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbMpadn9ZA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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CHEM1111OrganicChemistry
AlbertWMLee
DepartmentofChemistry
Fall2012
CellPhonesONPlease
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Problems
• In a large‐size class, student‐student and student‐instructor interaction are low.
• When questions are posed, students’ responses are usually very passive.
• They are afraid to speak up.
• They try to avoid embarrassments.
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WaytoMotivateStudentsandEnhanceClassInteractions
Instructor poses question
Instructor poses question
Class votesClass votes
Give briefexplanationGive briefexplanation
(optional hint)(optional hint)
Students discuss withneighbors
Students discuss withneighbors
Give detailedexplanationGive detailedexplanation
Class votesClass votes
MajoritycorrectMajoritycorrect
Majority incorrectMajority incorrect
Via wireless PRSVia wireless PRS
Peer InstructionPeer Discussion
Eric Mazur
Throughthisiteratingprocess
• students can learn from each other
• Instructor can better understand how well the class is learning
• Students can comfortably send in their responses to a questions privately
• They can choose to remain anonymous
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LimitationsofPRSAvailableonMarket
~HK$ 18,000-25,000 for a 40-transmitter set
Every student has a powerful data transmitter hanging around their necks or inside the pockets !!
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Observations:
• 5 Major Mobile Service Providers in HK
• Roaming cost for SMS among providers
But…
• Intra‐network SMS (同台短訊)
• Charge: Free, No Wi‐Fi
Here comes our iQlickers™ !
EquipmentforiQlickers™
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AdvantagesofiQlickers™
• Location Independent
• No Wi‐Fi, Just SMS
• No Limitation on number of users
• Maintenance Free
• Low Cost
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上我的課
不要關掉手機
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iQlickers™is
• Un‐threatening
• Student‐friendly
• Enabling Platform for Teaching & Learning
Location and Hardware IndependentNo Wi-Fi Just SMS
The best teachers are the students themselves
http://www.iqlickers.com
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