Resources on the Best Clicker Practices
Product Training and Support: Turning Technologies , maker of the clickers used at UC Merced, offers many resources to help click adopters learn more about the hardware and software as well as the many uses of clickers. It's recommended that you to go to its website to find these resources. For your convenience, there are a few useful links:
Clicker Workshops: The Center has offered various workshops on the effective use of clickers as part of its Teaching and Technology Series. Here are links to the workshop webcasts:
- "You Are Teaching, but Are They Learning?: The Role of Clickers in the Classroom" - Presented by Rick Olsen, professor of Communications Studies at the University of North Carolina
- "An Overview of Clickers and Their Uses" - Presented by Katie Winder, a former member of the UC Merced economics group
- "Catalyzing Class Interactions with Audience Response Systems" - Presented by Professor Tom Harmon
Documentations: The Center, in partnership with the Office of Information Technology, has compiled various documentations to support instructors using clickers:
Further Resources:
For your convenience, the Center has compiled a list of external resources that might be helpful for those using clickers in their classrooms.
Best Practices
- 16 Suggestions for Teaching with Classroom Response Systems by Rick Reis (Tomorrow's Professors)
- Clickers Best Practices by Vanderilt University
- Clickers Best Practices by University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Aditional Guides and Tips
- Clickers in the Classroom: Transforming Students into Active Learners by ECAR
- Seven Things You Should Know About Clickers by EDUCAUSE
- Additional Clicker Resources by EDUCAUSE
- Clickers in the Science Classroom by University of British Columbia