Title :
A pilot study of QuizIt: The new android classroom response system
Author :
Karakostas, Anastasios ; Adam, Dimitra ; Kioutsiouki, Dimitra ; Demetriadis, Stavros
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
QuizIt is a new prototype real-time response system for Android mobile devices that enhance active learning methods and assess students´ understanding. This paper presents (a) the main elements of the system and (b) the results from a pilot study concerning students´ opinions on using the system. QuizIt system consists of three parts: a lecturer mobile application, a student mobile application and a lecturer administration Web environment. In order to evaluate the efficacy of QuizIt, we conducted a pilot study with 23 students who used the application during a laboratory lecture. The results of a questionnaire-based evaluation showed that the students were quite positive about the use of QuizIt as a supporting system to the laboratory course.
Keywords :
Android (operating system); educational courses; laboratories; mobile learning; real-time systems; smart phones; virtual instrumentation; Android classroom response system; Android mobile devices; QuizIt system; active learning method enhancement; efficacy evaluation; laboratory course; laboratory lecture; lecturer administration Web environment; lecturer mobile application; questionnaire-based evaluation; real-time response system; student mobile application; student opinions; student understanding assessment; system elements; Androids; Conferences; Educational institutions; Mobile communication; Smart phones; classroom response system; clickers; mobile learning;
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Thessaloniki
DOI :
10.1109/IMCTL.2014.7011122
