A storyboard for an online tutorial on clickers

1. ‘BRAT’ PACK
BLENDED RESOURCES for
ACADEMIC TEACHING
STORYBOARD B:
‘Clickers’ with Articulate
December 2013

2. CLICKERS
1
TITLE
TITLE SLIDE
MODULE
INTRODUCE THE
TITLE
NO
ARTICULATE
YES
NOTES
Should contain
the common
name and the
proper name for
clickers
NO

3. CLICKERS
GAGNE ONE
2
GAIN ATTENTION
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ARTICULATE
arner
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poll of teaching meth
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ing straight lectures
show
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ide.
ple of a clicker poll sl
exam
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Which teaching
method do you
ts
think your studen
find most
not
enjoyable? Why
r
ask them in orde
to find out?

4. CLICKERS
GAGNE TWO
3
ive
State learning object
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ARTICULATE
ning
Text stating the lear
objective
tion
e end of this presenta
By th
le to:
learners should be ab
s are
erstand what clicker
Und
and how to use them
YES
The aim of this
presentation is to
explain what
to
clickers are and
tions as
make sugges
to how they might
be used in a
ion.
classroom situat

5. CLICKERS
GAGNE THREE
4
owledge
Draw on previous kn
ger
the fastest fin
ple of
aire”
Give the exam
to be a million
wants
round in “who
ound
stest finger r
g fa
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NOTES
creative
ook for
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of
s image
common
finger
fastest
round
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ARTICULATE
AUDIO SCRIPT:
Even if you have never
come across clickers
before you may
already be familiar
with their concept. Do
you remember the
in
fastest finger round
a
“who wants to be
millionaire”? Each
a
audience member had
the
response pad and
fastest person to
choose the correct
answer in a multiple
choice question got to
go on the show.

6. CLICKERS
GAGNE FOUR
5
l to be learned
Present the materia
ckers
ics of what cli
e bas
Text giving th
onse pad
ture of a resp
are. Also a pic
NOTES
creative
Look for
of
s image
common
se pad.
a respon
AUDIO SCRIPT:
“Clickers” is the
common name for
classroom response
systems. Each student
has an individual
response pad which is
about the size of a
credit card. Each
response pad has
e
buttons numbered on
e and lettered A
to nin
to I. The lecturer
displays a multiple
e
choice question and th
students press the
button on their
response pad which
corresponds to their
be
answer. Clickers can
used to obtain
anonymous responses
or they can be used for
assessment.

7. CLICKERS
GAGNE FOUR
6
three
Text stating the
which
different ways in
ed
clickers can be us
AUDIO SCRIPT:
NO
l to be learned
Present the materia
ensure they have
-lecture reading. To
at
asked to do some pre
le choice questions up
Students can be
er can put some multip
the reading the lectur
completed
ts must respond.
e to which the studen
fore a lecture
the start of the lectur
questions on a topic be
a number of
will want
lecture because they
Students can be asked
us them on the
n re-polled at the
This then helps to foc
commences.
ceeds. They are the
rs as the lecture pro
end of the lecture
to discover the answe
correct answers at the
e
If there are more
that most students hav
end of the lecture.
n the lecturer knows
ses then the
at the beginning) the
(compared to
less correct respon
e material. If there are
understood the lectur
m.
a potential proble
then shown what
lecturer is alerted to
g a lecture. They are
correct
asked questions durin
they are not told the
Students can be
for each answer but
h their peers and the
e of students voted
percentag
s the answers wit
n encouraged to discus
sensus as to what the
answer. They are the
there is more of a con
on.
led to determine if
on and peer instructi
question is re-pol
motes peer interacti
wer is. This method pro
correct ans
ARTICULATE
YES
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See Le

8. CLICKERS
GAGNE FIVE
7
Give an example
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ARTICULATE
us e
ing clickers in
o show
You Tube vide
NOTES
hat the
Ensure t longer
no
video is
than
ately
approxim s
ute
five min
YES
AUDIO SCRIPT:
Click on the hyperlink
eo
to see a you tube vid
in use
of clickers

9. CLICKERS
EN
GAGNE SIX & SEV
8
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d give feedback
Elicit performance an
feedback
clickers. Give
n
Ask an MCQ o
chosen.
on the answer
based
NOTES
s should
Learner
multiple
allowed
s at the
attempt they get
til
MCQ un t answer.
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the cor
be
ould not
They sh
ontinue
able to c et the
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until the
a ns w e r .
correct
ARTICULATE
YES
NONE

10. CLICKERS
9
use clickers
Encourage learner to
NO
ARTICULATE
e clicker
o download th
learner t
s and then
Challenge the
question slide
e a few
software, mak
ork.
test if they w
ge response
g how to chan
owin
Screenshot sh
rd keys
ices to keyboa
dev
NOTES
ontain
Should c n name
mo
the com
proper
and the
s
r clicker
name fo
AUDIO SCRIPT:
Your challenge now is
to download the free
m
clickers software fro
technologies.
turning
Once downloaded a
toolbar will appear in
powerpoint. Use this
e
toolbar to create som
slides. You
question
e
don’t need to have th
pads to check
response
.
if the questions work
simply change
You can
the response pads to
keyboard keys and you
can test the slides
s
using the number key
r keyboard.
on you

11. CLICKERS
n/ advice
Further informatio
10
rner for the future
Provide aid for the lea
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ARTICULATE
clickers and an
to websites about
Hyperlinks
a DIT lecturer
email address for
NOTES
hat the
Check t
is okay
lecturer the
g
with bein
for
contact
.
clickers
AUDIO SCRIPT:
For further
information on
clickers you can
click on the
hyperlinks. To
speak to a DIT
lecturer already
using clickers
email ‘X’ at the
‘email address
below’