Audience Response System [ARS]

A couple of weeks ago, I travelled up to Edinburgh [photos on Flickr] for a meeting to discuss the JISC funded EVAF4All: Electronic Voting Analysis and Feedback for All project. The current EVAF system at Edinburgh allows students to obtain a record of their progress in formative assessment using an Electronic Voting System (referred to an Audience Response System, ARS, at the University of Bath).

When viewing their results, students will be directed back to relevant content and presented statistics regarding whole class performance. This feedback can thus aid their developing self-management of their own studying and provide valuable diagnostic feedback. The staff view of the system will enable aggregated data to be extracted and analyse aggregated student performance.

Some of my thoughts related to both this project and meeting are now available at: http://tr.im/hALv

Last Thursday, I attended a Learning Lab seminar, entitled Personal Response Systems: Learning through ‘ask the audience’ at the University of Wolverhampton, Telford.

A conference report is available on my blog, Colligo: Reflections of a Learning Technologist.