User response Systems

This post looks into particular software technology, Turning Point (there are various other products available). Turning Point software is free of cost, however the hardware ( handsets, receivers, bags)are quite expensive gadjets...nevertheless worth investing in!

TurningPoint technology is a unique lecturing and presentation tool! It integrates 100% with Powerpoint and it allows lecturers to communicate with their students interactively by asking them questions to which they can reply using a keypad handset.

Turning Point collects responses in real time and creates detailed reports for analysis. It is an effective way to get students involved during the lecture, engage them in active learning, improve student participation, and provide students with formative feedback. Lecturers are also provided with feedback on students understanding and the added benefit of analysing student responses for class discussion. After a session, TurningPoint’s reporting tools enables lecturers to record, collect feedback, track, analyse and share responses according to groups or individuals responses.
There are a variety of assessment (and non) questions included and interactive prompts such as countdown timer,correct answer indicators, turning a lecture into an engaging, competitive and motivating learning environment.

Once you have the equipment, an great polling on the go application is Turning Point Anywhere software (a free no license install with no added costs), which allows for polling to take place in any application with no additional preparation required (create polls from content in IWB’s, Office suite, PDF webpages, multimedia presentations, etc. )