To Click Or Not To Click?
Griffith’s Mobile Polling Experience
Note: Please start any smart phone, netbook, tablet, laptop or other
device and connect to wireless internet.
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
Polling and Student Response Systems
 Elicit student participation and engagement to prompt deeper
thinking about a particular question or problem.
 Monitor students’ understanding of course content in real time, in
order to identify and address areas of confusion and adjust the
pace of the course appropriately.
 Provide students with instant feedback on their comprehension to
help them monitor their own understanding.
 Spark discussion among students as they compare, justify, and
(perhaps) modify their answers.
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
Background
 2008 Griffith Grant for Learning and Teaching:
Evaluation of audience response systems (‘clickers’) in
the teaching of core (year 2/3) science subjects
» Enabled the purchase of
TurningPoint software and
devices
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
Benefits & Limitations of TurningPoint
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Saw and increase in lecture attendance
Perceived increase in engagement
Increased SET scores
Increased interest in the academic community about clickers
↓ Significant cost – ongoing license fees
↓ Maintenance issues – lost devices, battery issues
↓ Administrative issues – access to the devices
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
The Brief
 Academic Requirements
» Cheap
» Easy
» Bug Free
 Other Requirements
» Equitable
» Anonymous
» Adaptable to distance learning
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
The Solution
 Mobile Polling - jPoll
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
jPoll
 Web based
 Uses the students own device
» Smartphone
» Laptop
» Tablet
» All you need is a browser and an internet
connection
 Uses the university’s wireless connection if on
campus
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
jPoll – the system
 Please go to the following address
» http://app.griffith.edu.au/poll
 Use the access code
» 1081
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
jPoll – for online courses
 Questions can be embedded in the LMS
 Can be used in conjunction with virtual
classrooms
 Can be used asynchronously
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
jPoll – usage
 How is it being used?
» To gage how students feel
 Bored, interested, tired etc
» To gage what students know
 Repeat information if students are incorrect
» Follow up
 Find out what they want more info on
» Evaluation of Teaching
» Fully online courses
 CCJ course
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
jPoll – experiences so far
 jPoll has been deployed as a ‘Soft Launch’
 Knowledge via Word of Mouth for Semester 1
 Current Acceptance of the Product
» 22 sets of Questions
» 65 questions across Question Sets
» 2812 responses by users
» 42 staff members with administration access
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au
Q&A
Nicole Wall - Blended Learning Advisor - n.wall@griffith.edu.au