The use of clickers in the classroom can engage students, promote active learning, and provide both instructors and students real-time feedback on students鈥� understanding of course material.聽
How clickers are implemented, however, matters greatly. Students and instructors alike will have a better experience using clickers when instructors prepare and clearly articulate their goals for clicker use in the classroom. details more about how, when, and why to use clickers.聽
Adapting Clickers to Hybrid, Remote or Online Environments:
Clicker use can聽facilitate student engagement while teaching synchronously, whether in-person or remotely. Enable iClicker Reef software to allow your students to participate remotely in clicker polling via their smartphone or a web application. , under 鈥淐ontinuing to use iClicker.鈥澛�
Further Reading & Resources:聽
The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI) at the University of British Columbia hosts 听补苍诲 developed by CWSEI and CU Boulder Science Education Initiative teams. There is also a available, written by聽Dr. Doug Duncan,聽of Astrophysical听补苍诲 Planetary Sciences at CU Boulder.
CU Boulder OIT provides a to foreground your use of clickers in your classroom.聽
Other available resources from OIT:聽