Title :
Do Your Students Get It? Quiz It! The Android Classroom Response System
Author :
Adam, Dimitra ; Kioutsiouki, Dimitra ; Karakostas, Anastasios ; Demetriadis, Stavros N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
This paper presents the design and a pilot study of a real-time response system for Android mobile devices, created to enhance active learning methods and assess students´ understanding. The prototype system named Quiz It, consists of a lecturer mobile application, a student mobile application and a supportive lecturer administration web environment. Quiz It can be used by Android mobile phones or tablets with access to the Internet. In order to investigate whether Quiz It responds sufficiently under real conditions and get an overview about students´ attitude towards its use, we conducted a pilot study with 23 students who used the application during a laboratory lecture. The results indicated that no problems were encountered in use and students reported that they had a positive experience with the application.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; laboratories; mobile computing; smart phones; Android classroom response system; Android mobile devices; Android mobile phones; Internet; Quiz It; active learning methods; laboratory lecture; lecturer mobile application; real-time response system; student mobile application; supportive lecturer administration Web environment; tablets; Androids; Conferences; Education; Humanoid robots; Mobile communication; Smart phones; classroom response system; clickers; mobile learning;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2014.57
