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Abdulla, Mohammed H. – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Online-based response systems are increasingly used as a continuous assessment tool in classroom due to availability and ease of access. The present study aimed to validate the utilisation of online-based exercises for teaching to medical students. For this study, Socrative, a free online platform was used in teaching a physiology component of a…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Audience Response Systems, Physiology, Lecture Method
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Tiernan, Peter – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
Research indicates that student engagement with lectures, and participation in discussion and debate, greatly improve their learning and experience of University. The nature of some lectures means they can lack opportunities for interaction and active learning. For this reason it can be difficult for some students, especially students new to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Egelandsdal, Kjetil; Krumsvik, Rune Johan – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
Lecturing is often criticized for being a monological and student passive way of teaching. However, digital technology such as Student Response Systems (SRS) can be used to reconstruct the traditional lecturing format. During a series of five two-hour lectures in "qualitative methods" for first year psychology students, we used SRS to…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Formative Evaluation, Lecture Method, Psychology