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STORYBOARD B:‘Clickers’ with Articulate

December 2013

NOTES

Should contain the common name and the proper name for clickers

CLICKERS

1TITLE SLIDE

INTRODUCE THE MODULE

NO

TITLE

NO

ARTICULATE

YES

TITLE

CLICKERS

2GAGNE ONE

GAIN ATTENTION

Which teaching

method do you

think your

students find most

enjoyable? Why

not ask them in

order to find out?

NO

ARTICULATE

YESSomething to draw the

learner in. A poll of teaching

methods showing straight

lectures to be unpopular.

Slide can be an example of a

clicker poll slide.

CLICKERS

3GAGNE TWO

State learning objective

The aim of this

presentation is to

explain what

clickers are and to

make suggestions

as to how they

might be used in a

classroom

situation.

NO

ARTICULATE

YESText stating the learning

objectiveBy the end of this

presentation learners should

be able to:

Understand what clickers are

and how to use them

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4GAGNE THREE

Draw on previous knowledge

AUDIO SCRIPT:

Even if you have

never come across

clickers before you

may already be

familiar with their

concept. Do you

remember the

fastest finger round

in “who wants to be

a millionaire”? Each

audience member

had a response pad

and the fastest

person to choose the

correct answer in a

multiple choice

question got to go on

the show.

NO

ARTICULATE

Give the example of the fastest

finger round in “who wants to be a

millionaire”

Graphic showing fastest finger

roundNOTES

Look for creative

commons image

of fastest finger

round

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5GAGNE FOUR

Present the material to be learned

AUDIO SCRIPT:

“Clickers” is the

common name for

classroom response

systems. Each

student has an

individual response

pad which is about

the size of a credit

card. Each response

pad has buttons

numbered one to

nine and lettered A to

I. The lecturer

displays a multiple

choice question and

the students press

the button on their

response pad which

corresponds to their

answer. Clickers can

be used to obtain

anonymous

responses or they

can be used for

assessment.

Text giving the basics of what

clickers are. Also a picture of a

response pad

NOTES

Look for creative

commons image

of a response

pad.

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6GAGNE FOUR

Present the material to be learned

AUDIO SCRIPT:Students can be asked to do some pre-lecture reading. To ensure they have

completed the reading the lecturer can put some multiple choice questions

up at the start of the lecture to which the students must respond.

Students can be asked a number of questions on a topic before a lecture

commences. This then helps to focus them on the lecture because they will

want to discover the answers as the lecture proceeds. They are then re-

polled at the end of the lecture. If there are more correct answers at the

end of the lecture (compared to at the beginning) then the lecturer knows

that most students have understood the lecture material. If there are less

correct responses then the lecturer is alerted to a potential problem.

Students can be asked questions during a lecture. They are then shown

what percentage of students voted for each answer but they are not told

the correct answer. They are then encouraged to discuss the answers with

their peers and the question is re-polled to determine if there is more of a

consensus as to what the correct answer is. This method promotes peer

interaction and peer instruction.

Text stating the three

different ways in which

clickers can be used

See Left

NO

ARTICULATE

YES

CLICKERS

7GAGNE FIVE

Give an example

AUDIO SCRIPT:

Click on the

hyperlink to see a

you tube video of

clickers in use

NO

ARTICULATE

You Tube video showing clickers in

use

NOTES

Ensure that the

video is no

longer than

approximately

five minutes

YES

CLICKERS

8GAGNE SIX & SEVEN

Elicit performance and give feedback

NONE

NO

ARTICULATE

Ask an MCQ on clickers. Give feedback

based on the answer chosen.

NOTES

Learners should

allowed multiple

attempts at the

MCQ until they get

the correct

answer. They

should not be able

to continue until

they get the

correct answer.

YES

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9 Encourage learner to use

clickers

AUDIO SCRIPT:

Your challenge now

is to download the

free clickers software

from turning

technologies. Once

downloaded a

toolbar will appear in

powerpoint. Use this

toolbar to create

some question

slides. You don’t

need to have the

response pads to

check if the

questions work. You

can simply change

the response pads to

keyboard keys and

you can test the

slides using the

number keys on your

keyboard.

NO

ARTICULATE

Challenge the learner to download the clicker

software, make a few question slides and

then test if they work.

Screenshot showing how to change response

devices to keyboard keys

NOTES

Should contain

the common

name and the

proper name for

clickers

CLICKERS

10 Provide aid for the learner for the future

AUDIO SCRIPT:

For further

information on

clickers you

can click on

the hyperlinks.

To speak to a

DIT lecturer

already using

clickers email

‘X’ at the ‘email address

below’

NO

ARTICULATE

Hyperlinks to websites about clickers and an

email address for a DIT lecturer

NOTES

Check that the

lecturer is okay

with being the

contact for

clickers.

Further information/

advice