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Milwaukee firefighters use Turning Technologies to measure public-education campaign | Public Education content from Fire Chief

Milwaukee firefighters use Turning Technologies to measure public-education campaign | Public Education content from Fire Chief | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
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BMC Medical Education | Using Audience Response Technology to provide formative feedback on pharmacology performance for non-medical prescribing students - a preliminary evaluation

The use of anonymous audience response technology (ART) to actively engage students in classroom learning has been evaluated positively across multiple settings.
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The UH ITEAM Project: All about EEVS (electronic voting systems)

The UH ITEAM Project: All about EEVS (electronic voting systems) | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

Met with our chums in EEVS* project team (Marija Cubric and Amanda Jefferies) this week to hear them talk about their two year JISC funded project 'evaluating the use of electronic voting systems for enhancing the student experience'.

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The Monty Hall Problem as a Class Activity Using Clickers | Browse - The Physics Teacher

The Monty Hall Problem as a Class Activity Using Clickers | Browse - The Physics Teacher | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
Demonstrating probabilistic outcomes using real-time data is especially well-suited to larger lecture classes where one can generate large data sets easily. The difficulty comes in quickly collecting, analyzing, and displaying the information.
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The Presenter's Handbook: How much does presentation failure cost your organisation?

The Presenter's Handbook: How much does presentation failure cost your organisation? | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

This may come as a shock to some people: Virtually everybody performing presentations to an audience needs to improve in some way. And the potential lost revenue from not improving can be staggering.

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The search for active learning: Lessons from a happy accident - Opus

The search for active learning: Lessons from a happy accident - Opus | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

This article suggests that the concept of ‘active learning’ has different meanings. These meanings are created in the dynamic and variable relationships between the uses of learning technologies and approaches to pedagogy.

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5 Technologies To Take The Cheating Out Of Online Education |

5 Technologies To Take The Cheating Out Of Online Education | | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

As online classes move into the realm of acceptable educational tender, a cheating prevention system has become all the more necessary.

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Using Peer Discussion Facilitated by Clicker Questions in an Informal Education Setting: Enhancing Farmer Learning of Science

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What 6 Years of Study Says About Using Clickers in the Classroom | edcetera - Rafter Blog

What 6 Years of Study Says About Using Clickers in the Classroom | edcetera - Rafter Blog | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

After six years of study, more than 3,000 student surveys, nearly 40 interviews, close to 700 anonymous written responses, and numerous observations of students in classes across four disciplines, Dr. Angel Hoekstra knows a thing or two about how to use clickers in the classroom.

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A new use for Turning Technologies?

A new use for Turning Technologies? | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
Turning Technologies clickers were something that I rediscovered at Tulane Tech Day. Turning technologies is at its core a data collections technology.  My introduction to it was through one of my ...
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E-Learning Environments team blog » Blog Archive » Clickers, clickers, everywhere

E-Learning Environments team blog » Blog Archive » Clickers, clickers, everywhere | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

This summer the UCL E-Learning Environments team Each room has every seat kitted out with a voting handset and the front teaching PC has a USB receiver and the software installed. Read on for some images and educational musings to chew on…

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Allowing for guessing and for the expectations from the learning outcomes in computer-based assessments

Allowing for guessing and for the expectations from the learning outcomes in computer-based assessments | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

Computer-based assessments usually generate a percentage mark. It is not self-evident how this relates to the final percentage mark or final grade for the work since this depends on (i) its relationship to the "baseline" mark expected for someone who only guesses, (ii) to the "expectations" for the piece of work in relation to the learning objectives and (iii) the grading scheme employed. For some question types it is possible to allow for guessing within the marking scheme for the question using negative marking but in general it is preferable to correct for guessing within a post-test grading scheme that allows for guessing. Read on...

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Teaching Technology magazines for education and healthcare

Teaching Technology magazines for education and healthcare | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
Free magazines Teaching Technology for eduation and Teaching Technology for healthcare...
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BMC Medical Education | Audience response technology: engaging and empowering non-medical prescribing students in pharmacology learning

Non-medical prescribing (NMP) is a six month course for nurses and certain allied health professionals.
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1st Annual Readers’ Choice Awards | University Business Magazine

1st Annual Readers’ Choice Awards | University Business Magazine | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
The readers have spoken and for the first time ever, University Business magazine is honoring higher education products and services, in this first annual Readers’ Choice Top Products for 2012.
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Yaaay! We're on the list with a bunch of other technologies you may want to investigate for your own uses...

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The Presenter's Handbook: What are your expectations of a presenter?

The Presenter's Handbook: What are your expectations of a presenter? | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

Recently I contributed to a forum discussion on LinkedIn titled "Are audiences too tolerant of useless presenters?" The topic was started by Paul Boross.

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SSAT | Speakers and showcases

SSAT | Speakers and showcases | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

Don't miss the school case studies and articles on Eric Mazur, Guy Claxton and Emily Cummins in the September edition of SecEd. Download the SSAT 20th National Conference programme. Professor Tanya Byron – why be ...


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Points for Participation: A Bad Idea | Wired Science | Wired.com

Points for Participation: A Bad Idea | Wired Science | Wired.com | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

For me, the clicker (or student response system – since they don’t really click) is the best bang for your buck in educational innovations.

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Using Student Clickers to Foster In-Class Debate | Faculty Focus

Using Student Clickers to Foster In-Class Debate | Faculty Focus | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
Integrating technology with appropriate teaching strategies can help stimulate participation and create a student-centered atmosphere conducive to learning.
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Educause survey finds rise in use and demand for classroom technology | Inside Higher Ed

Educause survey finds rise in use and demand for classroom technology | Inside Higher Ed | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

Professors are using more technology in the classroom than they were two years ago, and their students have a message for them: Keep it coming.

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The Surprising Effect of #Clickers in the Writing Class | edcetera - Rafter Blog

The Surprising Effect of #Clickers in the Writing Class | edcetera - Rafter Blog | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

Jan Worth-Nelson has specific and detailed workshop guidelines for her creative writing class. For years, though, despite telling her students exactly what to do, Nelson often felt the workshops fell short of her expectations. When she and a few colleagues began researching the effect of clickers on student learning, she took the opportunity to reinforce workshop procedures.

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Dr. Tina Rooks of Turning Technologies | SIVAD Solutions

Dr. Tina Rooks of Turning Technologies | SIVAD Solutions | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
Dr. Tina Rooks, of Turning Technologies, joins us on SIVAD Radio to talk about technology and education...
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The ABCs of Writing Effective MCQs

The ABCs of Writing Effective MCQs | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
In my role working with academic colleagues on matters relating to assessment and feedback practice, I’m regularly invited to deliver workshops on techniques for writing effective multiple ch...
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Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills

Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills | turningtechuk | Scoop.it

Business and political leaders are increasingly asking schools to integrate development of skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration into the teaching and learning of academic subjects. Collectively these skills are often referred to as “21st century skills” or “deeper learning.”


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Do "Clickers" Always "Click" in the Classroom?

Do "Clickers" Always "Click" in the Classroom? | turningtechuk | Scoop.it
A recent question on the ASTD National LinkedIn discussion board asked about the tools, techniques, and outcomes from the use of hand-held “clickers” (personal response systems) during classroom instruction.
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