Presentation to UCISTResults from ITAC subgroup (Shawn

Gilbertson, Mark Morton, Andrea Chappell)April 3rd 2008

Clicker RecommendationsSupport the use of one clicker, the iClicker

brand.Support will include …

Technology – Installation (if required) of receiver, and support of the use in the e-classrooms (IST).

Pedagogy – Best practise of use (CTE).Training and documentation (IST).Distribution and resale (Bookstore).

During next two years, track alternatives (e.g., PDAs). Be prepared to recommend continued support for iClicker, other brand or solution.

Special note

Recommending one brand is not the same as endorsing or promoting the use of clickers; rather, recognition of responsibility for existing activity.

Factors in evaluationImpact on learning and on teachingCurrent usageUsability issuesAccessibility issuesImpact on technical supportCosts

Factors in choosing iClickerUsage

Two brands in use, eInstruction’s CPS, and iClicker

No individual user had strong preferenceFall 2006, UW Bookstore agreed to purchase

used iClickers. Perhaps coincidence, but more iClickers than

CPS units have been sold since Fall 2006. Fall 2007 – 1100 CPS; 1700 iClicker Winter 2008 – 110 CPS; 997 iClicker (includes used)

WLU also uses iClicker

Factors in choosing iClicker (2)Usability issues

CPS supports numeric input and LED screens, iClicker does not; initially flagged as possibly important factor, but subsequently deemed not a show stopper

Registration of units to student CPS requires course-by-course registration fees iClicker does not have such a fee, and this is seen

as a significant benefit

Factors in choosing iClicker (3)Accessibility

OPD states that a clicker without a display, and with large and tactile buttons, would be preferable.

iClicker is the better option here

Next StepsUCIST – discuss recommendation and planContact professors through Liaisons

Assess any needs for assistance in switchingAssess where needed in upcoming termsIdentify any problems

Inform iClicker and eInstruction of decision, and request test set from iClicker

Install in classrooms where first requiredSet “ready” date