Comparing Tool-supported Lecture Readings and Exercise Tutorials in Classic University Settings

Tenshi Hara, Felix Kapp, Iris Braun, Alexander Schill

2015

Abstract

Teaching in classic courses offers too little interaction between docents and students and should be improved. Addressed approaches include a range from Simple Voting Systems to Clickers and Audience Response Systems, and interaction and Student motivation may be improved therein. However, different university course settings are affected in different ways by these systems. Therefore, this paper presents a comparison of a selected range of these systems (implemented as tool kits) within two course settings, namely lecture readings and exercise tutorials. These tools are Audience Response Systems, Question and Answer Systems (Q&A Systems), Discussion Systems (Panels), as well as Virtual Whiteboard Feedback Systems. A synopsis of feasibility for different settings is provided and concluded with important results on the distinguishability of Q&A Systems and Panels.

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in Harvard Style

Hara T., Kapp F., Braun I. and Schill A. (2015). Comparing Tool-supported Lecture Readings and Exercise Tutorials in Classic University Settings . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-108-3, pages 244-252. DOI: 10.5220/0005451402440252


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu15,
author={Tenshi Hara and Felix Kapp and Iris Braun and Alexander Schill},
title={Comparing Tool-supported Lecture Readings and Exercise Tutorials in Classic University Settings},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2015},
pages={244-252},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005451402440252},
isbn={978-989-758-108-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Comparing Tool-supported Lecture Readings and Exercise Tutorials in Classic University Settings
SN - 978-989-758-108-3
AU - Hara T.
AU - Kapp F.
AU - Braun I.
AU - Schill A.
PY - 2015
SP - 244
EP - 252
DO - 10.5220/0005451402440252