Using Clickers in the Classroom

Clickers, which go by more formal names like Audience Response Systems (ARS), have both supporters and detractors among faculty and students.  Two strong supporters will lead this workshop and discuss the several benefits of clickers for both the instructor and the class, and what the detractors are missing.  We will discuss several systems you can use and provide some practical ideas for using clickers. Participants will write at least one clicker question. 

Please bring a laptop or tablet to the workshop if possible.

Please download to your laptop, tablet, or smartphone PollEverywhere as it will be used in the workshop. Introductory use is free.  At their website, click on Get Started.

*This workshop is part of CIRTL at Northwestern which strives to advance learning in the STEM disciplines by providing professional development programs for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Create a CIRTL Network Account

Workshop Facilitators:

Professor Robert Linsenmeier is the Institutional co-leader of CIRTL at Northwestern. He has appointments in Biomedical Engineering (McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science) and Neurobiology (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences) and a secondary appointment in Ophthalmology. Part of his research is in retinal physiology, particularly related to oxygen transport and the microenvironment, and part is in engineering education. 

Professor Suzanne Olds is Assistant Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department and Chair of its Undergraduate Committee.  She has used clickers for many years in her thermodynamics and statistics courses.