Tech Expo presentation at American Dental Education Association meeting in Dallas, TX on March 31, 2008 with Darlene Cheek and Michelle Hurlbutt - Peer-reviewed and published abstract, national education research, poster and presentation. ( 3/2008 )
19. Empowering Faculty: Engaging Students with
Interactive Learning
Darlene Armstrong, Loma Linda University; D. Darlene Cheek, Loma
Linda University; Michelle Hurlbutt, Loma Linda University
The purpose of this project is to improve adoption of innovative
teaching with technology and demonstrate uses of various student
response systems that provide opportunities for enhancement of
interactive learning and student retention of information. Research
on student response systems (SRS), including clickers, vpad,
vboards, and PDAs, has shown an increase in student engagement
and improved learning when they are implemented effectively
in large and small classrooms. Faculty in many higher education
settings, including biological sciences, physical sciences, humanities,
medicine, dentistry, and engineering, have developed innovative
strategies using various educational theories to encourage student
interaction and group dynamics. Some faculty are reluctant to
implement these devices due to technological or logistical challenges
and cost. Research on the use of these systems in higher education
has generally focused on specific applications, styles of interaction,
and pedagogical methodologies. This project will demonstrate
training of faculty to use an SRS, which empowers faculty to use
innovative technology to enhance active learning and retention in
dental education. It will provide a review of the literature on response
systems and the relevant educational theories that support their
use. It will provide a demonstration of the basic steps to set up an
SRS, incorporate interactive slides into a presentation, use alternate
response systems, display responses, and incorporate responses
into learning management systems and pedagogical approaches to
customize instruction based upon the responses. The project will
report on the use of various response systems in a dental school. It
will show how different teaching styles and disciplines can effectively
incorporate this technology. It seeks to support teachers in engaging
their students in an active learning environment.
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