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The Audience Response System (ARS) is a wireless
keypad technology that enables lecturers to pose
questions in PowerPoint and collect the responses
of up to 250 students. The response results tally
instantaneously and can be displayed in a variety
of graphical formats.
Research has shown that the ARS can substantially
improve the effectiveness of learning and retention
of concepts presented in lectures. (Copeland et
al, 1998; Shackow et al, 2003; Stein, 2003; Gagnon
and Thivierge, 1997; Blandford and Lockyer, 1995).
The ARS transforms lectures into stimulating, active
learning experiences. Students interact, give immediate
feedback through wireless keypads, and their responses
to questions (presented in PowerPoint) are displayed
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ARS provides an ideal educational technology for
creating an active learning environment.
Use the ARS to: |
- Promote active learning and discussion
- Clarify and expose misconceptions
- Support interactive case study analysis
- Enhance retention of information
- Assess students' mastery of content
- Adjust lecture emphasis according to needs
- Elicit diverse points of view when there is
no correct answer
- Give immediate feedback to students
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"The
ARS offers tremendous advantage in the process of
education. This interactive educational technology
has the potential to create an atmosphere where
the learner is primed for the material, interacts
with it, and uses it in a novel manner. . . In my
experience, the ARS is easy to use."
Philip R. Muskin, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
For more
information about using the ARS in approved CUMC
courses or to schedule a training session, please
contact:
Center for Education Research and Evaluation
Phone: 212-305-0229
Email: molholt@columbia.edu
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"The ARS
is an extremely useful educational tool because
it allows the teacher to interact instantaneously
with many, many students. The teacher can then adapt
the pace of the lecture and its content to the specific
audience."
Alfredo
Morabia, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health |
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Educational material:
Optimizing
Learning and Retention Through Interactive Lecturing:
Using the ARS at CUMC (PDF)
An overview of the ARS and its educational use.
Effective Use
of the ARS: A Primer (PDF)
A tip sheet with information on planning, designing and
running your interactive presentation. | |
References
Blandford L, Locker J. 1995.
Audience response systems and touch pad technology: Their
Role in CME. The Journal of Continuing Education in the
Health Professions 15: 52-57.
Bligh DA. 2000. What´s the use of lectures? San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Copeland HL, Stoller JK, Hewson AG, and Longworth DL.
1998. Making the continuing medical education lecture
effective. The Journal of Continuing Education in the
Health Professions 18: 227-234.
Gagnon RJ, Thivierge R. 1997. Evaluating touch pad technology.
The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
17: 20-26.
Shackow TE, Chavez M, Loya L, Friedman M. 2003. Audience
response system: effect on learning in family practice
residents. Abstract presentation AAMC annual meeting,
Philadelphia, 2003.
Stein T. 2003. Active participation and integration during
lecture? Assessment of an Audience Response System in
lecture format teaching. Abstract presented at AAMC annual
meeting, Philadelphia, 2003. |
| The ARS was purchased in 2002 by P&S through a grant from the Gladys Brooks foundation, with the goal of creating high-impact lectures in both large and small classroom settings. The ARS was purchased through the initiative and leadership of Dr. Marc Dickstein, who has been piloting the system in his course Science Basic to the Practice of Medicine and Dentistry (SBPM/D). This course has priority in using the ARS; other faculty can schedule the ARS on a first-come first-serve basis. |
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