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Enhancing the student learning and the student learning experience through an Electronic Voting System.

Marina De Vos, Emma Cliffe, James Davenport, Alan Hayes, Nitin Parmar.

HEA ICT 10th Programming Workshop, University Brighton, 30 March 2010

With support of HEA ICT.Slide2

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2Goals

Provide a more interactive teaching environmentEnhance feedback to and from studentsEnhance students motivationImprove the Performance, Self-Reflection and Forethought cycle: Self-regulated environment

Support students learning the basics of programmingSlide3

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3Electronic Voting Systems (EVS)

Allows for effective student participationImmediate [anonymous] submission of responsesGraphical output of resultsResponse data saved for later analysisSlide4

1. Which one of the sentences is true considering the following lines of code:

String country = "England";

Town bath = new Town(country);

the class Town contains a constructor with a String as a parameter

bath is an instance of the class England

bath is an object of type StringSlide5

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2. After executing the code, what are the values of a and b?

int a=3;

int b=5;

int c=a++;

int d=--b;

if ((a+1)==d){

c++;

b--;

}

if (c!=b){

a++;

}

else {

b++;

}

a=3; b=4;

a=4; b=4;

a=3; b=5; a=5; b=4; a=4; b=5; Slide6

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63. A & B is the same as B & A for any boolean expression in Java.

True

FalseSlide7

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7Advantages of EVS

Enables students to benchmark their progress against their peersSupports the students actively engaging with their learningFaster loop of performance, reflection and forethought – improves self-efficacyEnables the lecturer to indentify those areas that the cohort are struggling with

Promotes peer interaction and support

Enables the students to anonymously feedback the

lecturer

But multiple-choice

questions makes stimulating deep learning more difficult.Slide8

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8EVS in Programming 1

Python: Pen and Paper Revision QuizJava: EVS revision quiz using EVSUnit Feedback: to complement the anonymous web-based oneSlide9

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93. A & B is the same as B & A for any boolean expression in Java.

True

FalseSlide10

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10EVS is good fun, something different and its very good to be interactive

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly DisagreeSlide11

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11Java EVS

vs. Python Quiz

evs

Quiz

I liked both

I liked neitherSlide12

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12Student Opinion

“.. It gives a good view on how the rest of the class is doing in comparison and lets you know how much harder you should be working”“It was useful to be able to see my answer in comparison to other peoples. This gave me an easy way to benchmark my learning against others to see how I was doing on the course”Slide13

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13Lecturer Opinion

Easy to useMakes it easier to spot problem areasMore relaxed atmosphere.Stimulates discussion between students and students-lecturerSlide14

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14The Reverse: Obtaining Feedback

Standard web-based review: limited volunteersEVS: all student in the lectureThey all see each others evaluationClosing the loopSlide15

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15Student Opinion

More enjoyableMore interactiveCompare opinionsWould have preferred to hear the lecturer’s expectationNo room for commentsFeedback on the questionsSlide16

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16Lecturer Opinion

Confrontational but worth itOpens up debateI preferred it over reading the unit evaluationsResults are comparableSlide17

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17ResponseWare

Internet version of EVSMore flexibilityUsed for remedial classesRequires more flexibility on the part of the tutorsSlide18

EVS in Literature

Caldwell, J.E., 2007. Clickers in the Large Classroom: Current Research and Best-Practice Tips. Life Sciences Education, 6(1), 9-20. Draper, S.W. & Brown, M.I., 2004. Increasing interactivity in lectures using an electronic voting system. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 20(2), 81-94.

Cutts, Q.I. & Kennedy, G.E., 2005. Connecting learning environments using electronic voting systems. In Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia: Australian Computer Society, Inc., pp. 181-186. EVS - 10th Programming Workshop – University of Brighton

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After this talk I would be willing to use EVS?

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Absolutely

Maybe

Neutral

Probably not

Definitely notSlide20

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Questions?Thank you.