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Implementation of personal response units in very large lecture classes: Student perceptions
Author(s) -
John B. Barnett
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
australasian journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1449-5554
pISSN - 1449-3098
DOI - 10.14742/ajet.1281
Subject(s) - perception , mathematics education , psychology , scale (ratio) , educational technology , medical education , computer science , pedagogy , multimedia , medicine , geography , cartography , neuroscience
This article reports on a large scale implementation of personal response units in three introductory science courses at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. An online survey of students was conducted to gather their perceptions on the uses of the devices, triangulated by participant observation of the classes and email interviews with the instructors. Although the students' perceptions were generally favourable, problems associated with implementation were widespread. Advantages and disadvantages of the technology are discussed along with suggestions for its use.

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