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Increasing Interactivity in Lectures Using an Electronic Voting System
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Draper, S. W.; Brown, M. I. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2004
An overview of the experience of the opening two years of an institution-wide project in introducing electronic voting equipment for lectures is presented. Eight different departments and a wide range of group size (up to 300) saw some use. An important aspect of this is the organizational one of addressing the whole institution, rather than a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Voting, Lecture Method, Electronic Equipment
Computer Support for Peer-based Methodology Tutorials.
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Anderson, A.; Cheyne, W.; Foot, H.; Howe, C.; Low, J.; Tolmie, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2000
Reports on a study of undergraduates at the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) that was designed to explore computer support for peer-based learning in methodology tutorials. Describes software that was developed to organize group discussion and discusses student ratings of their reactions to the software and to the tutorial sessions. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion
Why Observing a Dialogue May Benefit Learning.
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McKendree, J.; Stenning, K.; Mayes, T.; Lee, J.; Cox, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1998
Describes the Vicarious Learner Project, a project which investigates the fundamental role of dialog for learning, specifically the benefits to learners of being able to observe others participating in discussion. Theoretical aspects of the work, a high-level process model of learning, and a more detailed logic model of what happens in educational…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Dialogs (Language), Discovery Learning, Educational Technology