Who wants to be an Aerospace Engineer? Use of an Audience Response System to stimulate student learning in engineering lectures

dc.creator	Gemma Cranston
dc.creator	Gary Lock
dc.date	2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:25:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:25:48Z
dc.identifier	1750-0044
dc.identifier	1750-0052
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8732e229528b4795b127a2203d906d2c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30223
dc.description	Undergraduate engineering lectures in universities generally follow a traditional style of ‘speaker and passive audience’. Students’ attitudes and expectations have changed and the use of technology to enhance lecture formats has been both popular and successful. This paper discusses the use of an audience response system (ARS) to engage students’ interest throughout the lecture and to encourage them to participate actively by answering a variety of questions in a vibrant environment. Multiple-choice questions are posed and students are asked to ‘vote’ for the answer they think is correct, using their own Response-Card keypad in a system fully integrated with Microsoft PowerPoint. Once polling ends, the number of votes collected for each answer is identified on the screen, the results revealed in the form of a percentage-split chart. The ARS allows the students to beneficially engage with the lecturer in a manner which would not be possible in a more traditional setting. The advantage of being completely anonymous means that all students are willing to participate and enjoy the experience, improving their understanding in a novel way. Here it is shown that the ARS stimulates student learning, helps put the topic of the lecture into context in an exciting way and breaks down the monotony that is sometimes inescapable in a subject underpinned by mathematical rigour.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	The Higher Education Academy
dc.relation	http://www.engsc.ac.uk/journal/index.php/ee/article/view/122/201
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1750-0044
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1750-0052
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Engineering Education, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 23-29 (2010)
dc.subject	audience response system (ars)
dc.subject	lecturing
dc.subject	student learning
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.title	Who wants to be an Aerospace Engineer? Use of an Audience Response System to stimulate student learning in engineering lectures
dc.type	article