Lecture rule no. 1: Cell phones ON, please! a low-cost personal response system for learning and teaching

Albert W M LEE; Joseph K Y NG; Eva Y W WONG; Alfred TAN; April K.Y. Lau; Stephen F.Y. Lai

doi:10.1021/ed200562f

Lecture rule no. 1: Cell phones ON, please! a low-cost personal response system for learning and teaching

Albert W M LEE^*, Joseph K Y NG, Eva Y W WONG, Alfred TAN, April K.Y. Lau, Stephen F.Y. Lai

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Abstract

Every student has a powerful wireless signal transmitter, his or her cell phone, that can be used to replace the "clicker" as a personal response device. Our mobile phone-based response system (iQlickers) collects and analyzes the answers or opinions sent in by the students as SMS (short message service) messages. The statistic of the answers is displayed online in the lecture hall. On the basis of the statistic, group discussion and peer instruction can be conducted. No setup in the lecture halls and purpose-built response pads (clickers) or receivers are needed. The operation cost of our system is very low, but class interaction can be greatly enhanced.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	388-389
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Chemical Education
Volume	90
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ed200562f
Publication status	Published - 12 Mar 2013

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Education

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Distance Learning/Self Instruction
First-Year Undergraduate/General
Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning
Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Problem Solving//Decision Making
Second-Year Undergraduate
Student-Centered Learning
Testing/Assessment

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