Clicker Resources

E-learning - Electronic Voting Systems

In addition to distance learning and multimedia, I have been the technical support for clickers and electronic voting stems at Edinburgh since 2007

Online resources

  • A useful and accessible overview of the research in this area accompanied by practical hints and tips: Caldwell, J.E. (2007). Clickers in the large classroom: Current research and best-practice tips. Life Sciences Education, 6(1), 9-20. - PDF
  • An overview of ten years of research and development with clickers at Harvard. Offers some good ideas about how to fit clickers into wider pedagogic approaches: Crouch, C. & Mazur, E. (2001). Peer instruction: ten years of experience and results. American Journal of Physics, 69(9), 970-977. - PDF
  • An accessible introduction to the use of clickers: Draper, S. W. & Brown, M. I. (2004). Increasing interactivity in lectures using an electronic voting system. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 20, 81-94. - PDF
  • Steve Drapers PRS page - UK PRS guru from Glasgow University, lots of info and links related to PRS stuff - WEB
  • A more theoretical evaluation of two different methods for using clickers in large classes: Nicol, D. & Boyle, J. T. (2003). Peer instruction versus class-wide discussion in large classes: A comparison of two interaction methods in the wired classroom. Studies in Higher Education 28(4), 457-473 - PDF
  • A review which focuses on how thinking about clicker use has developed over time: Simpson, V. and Oliver, M. (2007). Electronic voting systems for lectures then and now: A comparison of research and practice. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 23(2), 187-208 - WEB
  • Extensive EVS bibliography collected by the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching, including discipline-specific literature – WEB
  • Scotsman Article on clickers at the University of Edinburgh (12 02 08) - WEB
  • Independent Article on clickers (14 02 08) - WEB

Clickers at the University of Edinburgh

Some links to resources from various departments and schools within Edinburgh University:

  • Clickers in the CSE, Edinburgh bits June 2008 – PDF - HTML
  • CSE Clicker staff survey 2007/2008 - PDF
  • Electronic Voting in the School of Physics - WEB
  • Alistair Bruce (Physics): Pedagogical aspects of PRS - PDF
  • Using clickers - Do’s and Don’ts handout by staff in Biological Sciences & Physics - PDF

Video Resources

  • JISC Video on the use of clickers at the University of Strathclyde - WMF
  • Eric Mazur: From questions to concepts: interactive teaching in Physics - WMF

Download software

You can download/retrieve the software from various locations:

  1. From the Interwrite websitehttp://www.interwritelearning.com/support/software.php (need to register with the site)