Dear Tipsters, thanks to all who responded to my question about how to spend funds for improvement of teaching.
As promised, here is a compilation of the answers: Miguel Roig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) suggested to have a look at "the student response system (SRS), which allows instructors to record students' responses to instructor-posed questions and to summarize and present the data visually." and kindly provided two relevant websites: http://clte.asu.edu/wakonse/ENewsletter/studentresponse_idea.htm http://cit.duke.edu/ideas/tools/response.do Blaine Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> reported positive experiences with a SRS in methods classes and added a website about a classroom clicker project at U Wisconsin http://clickers.uwm.edu Sue Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is also currently using a SRS (iClicker) saying: "I'm in love with it! As are my students." , a claim which she immediately backed up by data collected with the technology. In addition she made available a presentation of different examples of how to use the system in class: http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ClickerIdeas.ppt Thanks to all for your valuable input! Meanwhile discussion has progressed at our institute; unfortunately the idea to implement such a system was turned down by my colleagues almost reflectively. Reason seemed to be the immediate association with a popular quiz show on TV ("Who will become a millionaire?"), where a similar system is used for querying the studio audience on trivia questions. But I still think it is a good instrument to increase student involvement, and will continue to argue for an implementation. Maybe the glacier can be nudged into changing its path... Kind regards, Rainer Dr. Rainer Scheuchenpflug Lehrstuhl für Psychologie III Röntgenring 11 97070 Würzburg Tel: 0931-312185 Fax: 0931-312616 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
