New uses for a familiar technology: introducing mobile phone polling in large classes

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-58

  Voelkel, Susanne ^a   Bennett, Daimark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

audience response; clickers; engagement; feedback; mobile phone; SMS; text messages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892954599     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2013.770267     Document Type: Article

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