Polling Software - TurningPoint

UHMLG TeachMeet June 2016

Jon Andrews, Library Services, University of Birmingham

Either … clickers

Remote control, Nicolas Nova. https://flic.kr/p/5G4jL2. CC BY 2.0

Or …Login and go to: www.rwpoll.com

Session number =

According to Wikipedia*, the first poll was run by George Gallup

A. True

B. False

43%

57%

True Falsehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Gallup.png

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll

Which of the following polling tools have you used in training / teaching

A. PollEverywhere

B. Turning Point

C. Micropoll

D. A. N. Other

E. None at all

PollEve

ryw

here

Turnin

g Poin

t

Micr

opoll

A. N. O

ther

None at all

19%

32%

17%

13%

19%

In order of preference … my users’ most popular resources are … A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

20%

21%

24%

19%

16%

Evidence Search PubMed

Physical library stock Google Scholar

Me

NB: see “Image acknowledgements” slide for attributions

Medline is not …

A. A database

B. A source of peer-reviewed articles

C. The content for PubMed

D. A GPs’ telephone helpline

A data

base

A sourc

e of p

eer-revie

we...

The conte

nt for P

ubMed

A GPs’

tele

phone help

line

27%

17%

40%

17%

Case Study Physician Associates

Penn State. CC BY NC 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/8xy6if . From left, senior Penn College physician assistant students Anthony J. Quindardo, of Meadville; Larissa D. Kryder, of Jersey Shore; Stacy M. Lockcuff, of Watsontown; and Calton C. Law, of Williamsport; were among those staffing the infirmary in International Grove at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

What libraries have you used before for any studying?

A.

B.

C.

D.

NB: see “Image acknowledgements” slide for attributions

10%

33%

30%

27%

NHS library Public library Academic library Google books

You find it out first – part 1

• Go to your quiz sheets

• Work in pairs if you prefer or don’t have a login yet! Use a NEW TAB OR BROWSER : not the one with the Polling Screen (keep that open too)

• 5-10 mins: then we’ll check back – so do mark your answers on the sheet as you go along

The library’s online referencing pages are called …

A. iCite – referencing at the University of Birmingham

B. the Eyesight Guide

C. all about Referencing and referencing software

D. from Vancouver to Harvard

27%

17%37%

20%

iCite – referencing at the University of Birmingham

the Eyesight Guide

all about Referencing and referencing software

from Vancouver to Harvard

You find it out first – part 2

• Go to your quiz sheets part 2

• Keep your Polling screen open: use another tab or window for these questions

• 10-15 mins: then we’ll check back – so do mark your answers on the sheet as you go along

“Oxford handbook of general practice” – ebook. What is Chapter 10 about?

A. Endocrinology

B. Alternative therapies

C. Cardiology and vascular disease

D. Practice management

20%

27%

27%

27%

Endocrinology

Alternative therapies

Cardiology and vascular disease

Practice management

Case Study – Dentistry …

Wellcome Library, London. A dental surgeon standing on the arm of a chair and pressing his foot against a man's chest to enable him to extract a tooth from his mouth. Chromolithograph cut-out. Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Case Study – Dentistry …

• Re-organised workshop around polling software • Divided group into teams – can compare results

at end • Gave teams exercises: literature searching,

referencing • Went over answers using polling software:

chance to review difficulties • Help from colleagues in Academic and Digital

Skills teams • Positive feedback from students

Summary Useful for:

• Checking students’ knowledge

• Interactive - involves everyone

• Re-working standard workshops

• Checking results – system saves data

Watch out for:

• Internet connection for ResponseWare and mobile devices

• TurningPoint set up on “Trainer PC / laptop” – & Dongle for clickers

• A back-up plan in case things don’t work …

Image acknowledgements

On individual slides and: • Slide 1: “Imagine that”, minivan1411.. https://flic.kr/p/fm918k (CC BY 2.0) • Slide 3: Remote control, Nicolas Nova. https://flic.kr/p/5G4jL2. (CC BY 2.0) • Slide 4: George Gallup, released into the Public Domain by the Gallup organisation.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Gallup.png • Slide 6: screenshots –

– National Institute of Health and Care Excellence for Evidence Search www.evidence.nhs.uk – US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, for PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed – Hospital Library photo. pneumaticpost P1000104 https://flic.kr/p/8sEXdU (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) – Google Scholar – www.scholar.google.com – Thinker statue: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rodin_TheThinker.jpg - The Thinker, sculpture by Auguste Rodin.

Picture taken in Musee Rodin in Paris, France by wikipedian Pufacz. Released into the Public Domain. • Slide 8:

– Penn State https://flic.kr/p/8xy6if From left, senior Penn College physician assistant students Anthony J. Quindardo, of Meadville; Larissa D. Kryder, of Jersey Shore; Stacy M. Lockcuff, of Watsontown; and Calton C. Law, of Williamsport; were among those staffing the infirmary in International Grove at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. (CC BY NC 2.0)

• Slide 9:

– State Library Victoria Collections . Greenville Public Library, [mobile library service] (CC BY-NC 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/e56JDs – Hospital Library photo (details: see slide 6) – Library, Senate House, Steve Cadman. Library, Senate House, University of London. (1932) by Charles Holden’

https://flic.kr/p/KTVsg (CC BY-SA 2.0).

– Google Books: http://books.google.co.uk - screenshot

• Slide 14:

– Wellcome Library, London. A dental surgeon standing on the arm of a chair and pressing his foot against a man's chest to enable him to extract a tooth from his mouth. Chromolithograph cut-out. Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

TurningPoint and ResponseWare licensed from © Turning Technologies, http://turningtechnologies.co.uk/ : chart and Smiley images from simulated polling using TurningPoint, slides 1, 4-7, 9, 11, 13. Responseware screenshots on slide 3: www.rwpoll.com