Livening up the classroom: Using audience response systems to promote active learning

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Collins, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Audience response systems; Classroom response systems; Clickers; Communication in education; Computer assisted instruction; Polling technology; Teaching aids and devices; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIBRARIAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; REVIEW; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LIBRARIANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33846428443     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v26n01_08     Document Type: Review

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