ARS - Audience Response System

ARS - Audience Response System

Poll

"Tell me, I’ll forget

Show me, I may remember

Involve me, I’ll understand".

(Chinese Proverb)

What are ARS/CRS/Clickers?

These are systems used in different instructional settings to poll students and gather immediate feedback in response to questions posted by instructors 

Who uses ARS?

a creative or willing instructor can apply the technology to virtually any subject

How is ARS used?

• Instruction and questioning

• Response and display

• Data management and analysis

Applying ARS in the classroom

• Monitoring the classroom

• Audience -paced instruction

• Peer instruction

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implementation helps students gauge their

comprehension

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The use of the ARS in the classroom can

attendance rate and student satisfaction with lectures

Best Practice Tips

• Planning

• Communication with students

• Grades and anxiety

• Prevent wasted time and frustration

Multiple Choice

Adapting the lesson plan according to students' answers and according to the results the instructor collects is part of

• Planning

• Communication with students

• Peer learning

Poll

Most attitudes (of both instructors and students) towards ARS are:

• POSITIVE

• NEGATIVE

Summary

• many instructors have adopted ARS technology to compensate to the passive one-way communication.

• Private votes

• displaying votes and results accurately and quickly

• periodic breaks

• learners become more aware of the diverse ideas in the classroom

• the feeling that students are not alone in their confusion

• ARS improves attendance, retention and grades