I'd like to know whether anyone has tried to do a Fuzzy Logic style expert elicitation using clickers?
Please respond directly to [email protected]. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Mitch Cruzan <[email protected]> Sender: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:37:53 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: Mitch Cruzan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] [ap-envsci] Clickers-Which one do you love! Last year we tried to standardize to one clicker on campus for the reasons you mention. We ultimately chose the eInstruction CPS-Pulse product as it was the most flexible and did not require students to pay a registration fee each term. The key things we were looking for were: 1. Flexibility of question type (multiple choice to 10 options, decimal numbers, and alpha input). 2. The ability to conduct 'self-paced' exams. The clicker effectively replaces scantrons as students use a paper copy of the exam and enter answers on the clicker. They can scroll through the questions and answer in any order, see their last input for each question, and change their answers as many times as they want. 3. Flexibility of OS. This last item is where we had the most difficulty as the eInstruction software does not run well on Macs. Neither the iClicker or Turning Tech has the ability to do self-paced exams, and iClickers only allow multiple choice with five options. I think we may end up being a dual clicker campus with eInstruction for PC users and iClickers for the Mac people. If you have existing PowerPoints you use for lectures it is fairly easy to integrate clicker questions. I suggest developing questions that challenge students to think about the material - apply concepts to new situations, combine previously covered concepts, or use questions as a bridge to the next topic. I also suggest you use questions as discussion pauses - let them discuss with peers during class and discuss as a whole class after. Advantages are: 1. They will come to lecture - I get 90% attendance. 2. The question pauses break up the monotony - it keeps them engaged. 3. They think about and discuss the material with each other during class, so they actually learn more. 4. Based on anonymous surveys they really like the clickers because it helps them learn the material. Student evaluations have gone up since I stated using these things a few years back. On 2/22/2011 10:39 AM, Cary Chevalier wrote: > I use "clickers" all the time. > > Turning Point is good, so is Einstruction (CPS). I happen to use the > E-instruction product, but either is well reviewed. There are also probably > other providers that are just a good. If your institution is thinking about > using "clickers" have the providers send reps to your institution to give > demos. > > the one thing you DON"T want to do is have a bunch of different clickers on > campus, as it is unfair to students. Research the diff. products, then > settle on an institution adoption of your choice. > > good luck! > > Cary > > Cary D. Chevalier, Ph.D. > Department of Biology > Missouri Western State University > 4525 Downs Dr. > St. Joseph, MO 64507 > Ph: 816.271.4252 > Fax: 816.271.4252 > Email: [email protected] > >>>> "J. Michael Nolan"<[email protected]> 2/22/2011 9:48 AM>>> > List Members..... > > I know nothing about "clickers". Every year I do give the people at Stanford > U. a plug, and Rick Reis, Ph.D. for running a free newsletter called > Tomorrow's Professor. There are a gazillion lists and newsletters out there, > and sometimes it is more than overwhelming. This is one newsletter I would > subscribe to. > > Recently, there was an article, not only on types of "clickers", but also how > to use them. They are so valuable, I do keep them on file.....quicker if you > do a search, as all of their posts are archived: > http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/tomprof/postings.php > > I am not teaching new teachers, but if I was.....it would be one of the first > resources I might have people subscribe to?, will maybe right after the > AP-Env Sci list! > > Thanks and have a great day. If you don't live where there is snow, I will be > pleased send some of another foot we got on the eastern shores of Lake > Michigan yesterday and last night! Well, after I get our front door open. > > Sorry for my cross-posting. > > Thank you. > > Mike Nolan > > Interesting that you bring these brands up, Jonathan...my district just put > Promethean boards into all of the classrooms and we are expecting to get > their clickers next year, but I was able to get a set of Turning Point > (ActiveInspire) clickers as they were being cleaned "away" and I am learning > how to use them. They are very intuitive- mainly I am learning how to > incorporate questions into my existing Power Points. There is a plug-in > needed to make it work but once I figured that out, the rest is > straightforward. It's a little time consuming to write questions but I think > that will be true with any of them. I don't want to create separate lessons > really- I just want to be able to ask questions as we go through material and > have truly interactive lectures for which I can take a grade or just see how > well students are understanding as we move along. So for me, being able to > incorporate questions into my lecture material directly is very important. > > > I'd love to hear what others are saying because I am not sure what to expect > with the "new" clickers so I may end up sticking with what I just received. > Hopefully anyone with info will "reply all." > > ---------- > > If we are on another line or away from the phone, please leave your number, > best time to return your call and/or your e-mail address. > > After hours and weekend phone appointments are available upon request. > > Sincerely, > > J. 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