ERIC Number: EJ1157662
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
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Clickers in the Flipped Classroom: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to Promote Student Learning
Hung, Hsiu-Ting
Interactive Learning Environments, v25 n8 p983-995 2017
Flipped classrooms continue to grow in popularity across all levels of education. Following this pedagogical trend, the present study aimed to enhance the face-to-face instruction in flipped classrooms with the use of clickers. A game-like clicker application was implemented through a bring your own device (BYOD) model to gamify classroom dynamics in the spirit of question-and-answer competitions. A series of flipped learning lessons were created for the study, with clickers integrated into question-and-answer activities associated with each of the lessons as formative assessments to assist students in the learning of English as a foreign language. In this quasi-experimental research, the data were gathered using a summative assessment, a perception survey, and individual interviews. The collected data were then analyzed to compare the students' flipped learning experiences, with or without clicker use. The results indicated that the gamified use of clickers had positive influences on student learning, with regard to their performance, perceptions, and preferences. This study thus suggests that the emerging generation of clicker technology allows for a cost-effective BYOD integration model in flipped classrooms, through which it is possible to seamlessly bridge pre-class and in-class activities and to effectively promote student learning.
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Audience Response Systems, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Quasiexperimental Design, Student Attitudes, Educational Games, Program Effectiveness, Preferences, Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), Randomized Controlled Trials, Comparative Analysis, Questioning Techniques, Summative Evaluation, Student Surveys, Interviews, Interaction, Student Motivation, Student Participation, Attention, Attendance, Student Satisfaction, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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