Clicking with your Audience: Evaluating the Use of Personal Response Systems in Library Instruction
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2010
Publication Title
Communications in Information Literacy
Volume
4
Issue Number
2
DOI
10.15760/comminfolit.2011.4.2.96
Keywords
clickers, personal response systems, library instruction, student engagement
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Abstract
University of the Pacific librarians used personal response systems (PRS) or clickers in first- year mandatory library instructional sessions to assess their effects on student engagement and retention of learning outcomes. Students who utilized clickers during their library sessions reported greater enjoyment and encouragement to participate (n=291). Students in the sessions not utilizing the clickers achieved better learning outcomes than their counterparts who utilized clickers (n=326). The implications of these results are discussed, specifically within the context of pedagogy and tailoring instruction to the Millennial generation.
Recommended Citation
Emily Chan and Lorrie Knight. "Clicking with your Audience: Evaluating the Use of Personal Response Systems in Library Instruction" Communications in Information Literacy (2010). https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2011.4.2.96
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