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We know that interactivity and student engagement is an important part of learning and teaching design and that this can be achieved through a number of different ways; both conventional and 'technology enhanced'. Sometimes, and particularly in large groups (especially lectures) it can be challenging not only to achieve interactivity but also gauge the level of student understanding.
Here are a number of examples of technologies that you can use within your teaching session or online to support interactivity and provide some formative feedback to students.
Kahoot! is a popular eLearning tool used by more than 30 million users worldwide. A free game based learning platform, Kahoot! allows for the creation of quizzes, discussions and surveys for students. It can be easily used to add vitality, student engagement and meta-cognitive support to higher education classrooms with limited instruction or student based training required. It is fast paced and fun, which supports creative energy and student participation.
The real-time feedback provides opportunities to engage in student discussion around subjects which allows you to get an insight into student understanding.
Kahoot! is compatible with smartphones, tablets, laptops and computers. Students can choose one device per person or select team mode to use one device per team.
This video is a little introduction into Kahoot!
Padlet is an online noticeboard. It can be used in a variety of ways; collating notes, sharing resources, brainstorming. However, it can also be used for students to post questions (anonymously) during a teaching session or online. These questions can then be answered by either the tutor or by other students.
It can also be used as a way of collating questions and answers in relation to module assessment tasks. By using Padlet in this way you can provide an up-to-date, live resource that all students can access. Its definitely quicker and easier to manage than updating a FAQ sheet or replying to emails and individual discussion threads.
If you want to make your Padlet available in class the best way to do it is paste the QR code Padlet generates onto your powerpoint slide and ask the students to scan the code with a QR code reader on their smart phones.
Here's a short screencast showing how you create a padlet and make it available to your students on Blackboard.
This short video shows you how to create a padlet wall on your iPad and embed the QR code into your powerpoint slides to use in class
Google forms can be used to collect a variety of data. This can be from stringent research questionnaires to informal feedback on a session or module; or questions to check students’ understanding of a particular topic. You can use them in-class or online.
You set up a questionnaire online and dictate how you require your answer (text, multiple choice, ratings scale, paragraph text etc). Up until recently Google Forms only populated a spreadsheet of responses, or provided an overview of responses to the tutor. Students didn’t get to see their answers. Until recently….
In the last few weeks Google forms have added a new ‘quiz feature’ that gives the respondent feedback on their answers once they have submitted the form. Feedback can be a simple correct/incorrect, optional points allocation or a more detailed text description with links to further reading. Students can save their answers and feedback by right clicking the mouse/trackpad and selecting ‘save as’. This will then save their answers in a web page format. Alternatively, they can export it as a pdf by pressing ‘Ctrl P’ and saving the pdf prior to (or instead of) printing
Below is a screencast showing you how to set up the quiz, the various features available and how to share or embed it:
Uses online questioning to enable you have insight into your students' levels of understanding. There are two elements to Socrative: Socrative Teacher and Socrative Student.
The Teacher element allows you to design and deliver a quiz to your students; and display the answers. The Student element allows your students to answer the questions (anonymously if appropriate) via their own smart devices or web browser. Socrative can be used in-class to give instant feedback, or online at the students' own pace.
Here are two screencasts: one giving you an overview of how to create your own quiz; the other demonstrating how to deploy it both in the classroom and online.
If you would like information about anything on this page or would like to request training and support please contact the HWB TEL Team
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