ATS Ed Tech Spotlight: Poll Your Students with iClicker
Creating opportunities for students to engage during learning activities can be challenging, especially in lecture settings where large audiences and limited instructor time can leave learners feeling anonymous and disconnected. Research tells us that students benefit from actively participating in their learning, but engineering those behaviors into lesson plans often demands new practices or tools to overcome the tendency toward passive, less engaged learning.
Many faculty increase engagement by polling students between segments of instruction, such as by checking for understanding or by posing complex questions that drive thoughtful discussions. While one could facilitate these activities by asking for hands or inviting handwritten responses, new technologies make the process faster, easier, and more data-rich.
If polling your students sounds interesting, consider joining this month’s ATS Ed Tech Spotlight Series webinar, “iClicker: Getting Started,” on March 28, 2023 from 10-11 am. In this 60-minute session, trainers from iClicker will demonstrate the tool’s major features, including ways to administer quizzes and analyze student responses submitted through mobile devices, laptops, or iClicker remotes. If you have never touched a polling tool or could just use a refresher, please join us.
To learn more about this webinar, view upcoming webinars, and review recordings of past webinars, visit our Ed Tech Spotlight Series information page on UC Davis’ Canvas Help website. If you have any questions, feel free to contact InstructionalDesign@ucdavis.edu to connect with a member of our team at Academic Technology Services.