Interactive question based learning methodology and clickers: Fundamentals of computer science course case study

Audience response systems (ARS) or “clickers” are becoming more and more popular tools for managing audience response or voting feedback for certain questions. Currently, they are more commonly used in education, mostly to engage students during lectures in large classrooms and give the lecturer prompt anonymous response from the audience. The article presents a concept of using a clickers software, which can run on a mobile, tablet, PDA or PC. Such a solution offers flexible student-lecturer interaction. The article compares results of students' learning outcomes for the students taught with and without question based learning methodology.

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