Press One for Yes: Using Clickers for Library Instruction and Information Literacy Assessment

Margo Hanson, UH-West OahuJunie Hayashi, Leeward CCBecky Rathgeber, BYU-Hawaii 

Hawaii Library Association ConferenceGrand Wailea, Maui

October 25, 2008

We're going to talk about...

Background of personal response systems

Library instruction applications Local use Personal experiences Demonstration

Have you used clickers before?

1. Yes2. No

Yes N

o

50%50%

20

Background of Personal Response Systems (PRS)

Audience Response Systems (ARS) Student Response Systems (SRS) Personal Response Systems (PRS) Classroom Performance Systems (CPS) Interactive audience response systems

(ISRS) Wireless Response Systems (WRS) Audience-paced Feedback Systems (APS) and the list continues...... 

Background PRS

1960’s

Commercial polling

Business presentations/meetings/trainings

Education

Libraries!

Future: mobile devices

Background of PRS

3 Steps:

Decide where to got next….

Educational uses

• Polling• Testing• Surveys• Group response• Anonymity or answer tracking

Clicker Implementation

University of Wisconsin system http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/srs/

Brigham Young University University of Colorado at Boulder Texas A&M University University of Illinois at Chicago

Library Instruction Applications

Surveys/Polling Assessment Quizzes Pre- and post-tests Anonymity or answer tracking

You can find everything in the library online catalog EXCEPT:

1. Books2. eBooks3. DVDs 4. Journal articles5. Reserve

materials

Books

eBooks D

VDs

Journ

al arti

cles

Reserve

mate

rials

20% 20% 20%20%20%

0 of 30

Local Use

LCC since 2004 Chaminade since 2007 UHWO since 2007 BYU-H since 2008

Personal Experiences

First time user, BYUH Assessment Librarian, Rose Ram, and her experience.

Where is the first place you go for research information?

1. Librarian2. Professor3. Library

databases4. Friends, family,

coworkers5. Internet

(Google, Yahoo, etc.)

Librar

ian

Profe

ssor

Librar

y databases

Friends,

family, c

oworkers

Inte

rnet (

Google, Yahoo,...

20% 20% 20%20%20%

Answer Now

Sample Question Report

Sample Chart

Mahalo!Any questions?

mdhanson@hawaii.edujunie@hawaii.edurathgebb@byuh.edu