Category Archives: peerlearning

BA Hospitality Management using clickers to increase student participation

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Valerie Hascoet, DIT School of Languages I used the clickers this semester with a group of second year students from the B.A. in Hospitality Management as part of their third French module. I focussed on the skill of listening comprehension, … Continue reading →

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Using the Team selector tool for groups

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

In a few weeks time I will be asking students of the MSc in Applied eLearning to work in groups to design and develop elearning resources.  I plan to use clickers to enable students to self select the team they … Continue reading →

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Clickers in the Chemistry Classroom

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Barry Ryan and Julie Dunne evaluated their use of clickers in Chemistry teaching both in large lab sessions and lectures. The students answered pre-lab and post-lab questionnaires with clickers. Findings and information can be seen in their online presentation. DIT_Clickers_Workshop … Continue reading →

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DIT clickers induction workshop tomorrow

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

Welcome back to a new and promising academic year , at DIT Student numbers are up so this is definitely a year to begin using clickers for large group teaching to enhance feedback and engagement! At  DIT we have a number of specific projects … Continue reading →

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Clickers and Preliminary Engineering

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Brendan O’Beirn, Lecturer in Engineering Science, DIT Bolton Street. Since February I have been using clickers in the Engineering Physics module for students registered on the level 6 Preliminary Engineering course DT020. Preliminary Engineering caters for those students who have … Continue reading →

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Clickers as a teaching aid in Abnormal Psychology classes

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

Clickers as a teaching aid in Abnormal Psychology classes – Rosaleen McElvaney My reasons for introducing clickers into my teaching were: I was concerned about the lack of participation of a significant proportion of students in the class Detailed feedback … Continue reading →

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Clickers with First Year students in a module on Economics

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Ziene Mottiar has been using clickers with First Year students in a module on Economics for Tourism, Hospitality, Event and Leisure. I have found using the clickers a brilliant extra resource in the classroom.  I have used them to recap … Continue reading →

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