PaperClickers Project

Project Motivation:

This project was developed as my Master thesis proposal called Paperclickers. In my thesis, I proposed two affordable solutions for classroom response systems aiming at teachers and students’ use of active learning tools as part of classroom reality which may cause positive impact. One solution uses Bring your own device (BYOD) idea and the other solution approaches image-processing idea. Our image-processing proposition is called Paperclickers. Paperclickers kept the BYOD idea, but in this case the instructor has to be the one to bring the device instead of the student. That way, we will avoid student distraction during lecture and also will guarantee all students participation. In addition, the instructor will carry on his device through all his classes and may use the application when appropriated. The instructor will use his smartphone camera to scan the class, then he will visualize the results on his device.

Project Goal: propose affordable tools to support teacher and students on the use of active learning tools.

What we've done:

Role: Leading Research, Mentor Undergraduate Students, Project Management, Plan and execute User Studies

Methods: Literature Review, Project Ideation, Project Implementation in Android, User feedback study

Timeline: 2 years

Project Outcome:

This project was published at the Journal of Computer Applications in Engineering Education