Infuse Learning:
A Free Student
Response System
EDD 7914 – Assignment 1
Presented by
Nicole Alexander
Candida Fielding
Bring Your Own Device
BYOD MOVEMENT
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Colleges & universities have been doing for years; infiltration to K-12 classrooms
BYOD - smartphones, laptops, tablets
Two main goals: control of funding & differentiation and meeting of individual
needs
Training is necessary for teachers; clear expectations for students
Benefits of BYOD:
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increase in student engagement
new methods of instructing & learning
provides the digital natives with 21st century skills
less monetary responsibilities for schools
closes the technology gap between high-income and low-income students
Infuse Learning - Video Introduction
Student Response Systems
• Interactive and engaging
– Supports the shift from teacher-centered instruction to studentcentered learning
• Classroom participation and discussion increases
– Students see responses and get clarification on misunderstandings
• Anxiety that is associated with traditional assessment lessens
– Not looked at like “a test” that may bring stress
• Teachers are able to monitor understanding throughout a lesson
– Allow for both formative and summative assessments
• Student Response Systems provide detailed results
– help to guide instruction and differentiate for students’ needs
A Free Student Response System
INFUSE LEARNING
• Assessment options: On-the-Fly or Preplanned
• Sent straight to students’ devices
• Variety of question types
• Draw Response, T/F, MC, Sort in Order, Open-Ended, Numeric, Likert Scale
• Allows for varied learning modalities
• Infuse Draw
• Quiz results in real time – guides instruction on the spot
Infuse Draw
• Lesson on parts of a plant
• Teacher pushes the image through; students draw on their device to label the parts
• Quick formative assessment
• teacher can see which students understand and which are still struggling
Infuse Link
• Quickly pushes out a link to all connected devices
• When clicking on the link, students are taken directly to the chosen page
• No more typing in websites, which can be problematic when there are typing errors
• Can be used for research projects or as an activity in how to find information on the
Internet
• Once requested information is found, students can respond through one a quick
assessment question
Sample Question
• Audio
• perfect to support students
needing reading assistance
• both questions & answers
can be read aloud
• Language
• choice of Chinese, English,
French, Russian, Spanish
• Skip
• can come back to items
• chance to review before
submitting final responses
Analyzing the Results
Green - Correct
Red - Incorrect
Yellow - Not Scored
When hovering over the incorrect responses, the question, student's response,
and response time becomes visible.
Teacher can analyze the data:
• Which questions did students miss?
• Is there a particular topic that needs re-teaching?
• How long is a student spending on each question?
• Am I ready to move forward?
High School Science & Higher Education
CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS
Classroom Applications
• Draw a picture of an organism
that is considered to be an
autotroph; pictures shown on
SmartBoard
• To monitor progress, different
questions/question types were
asked of the students
• Pre-planned quiz created by the
teacher; questions showed on the
students' devices
• Real time results of student
progression and responses
• Information regarding correct and
incorrect responses guided
instruction for the next less
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Classroom Applications
• Masters level course in Reading
Assessment & Remediation
• Use, administration, and analysis
of the word lists and oral reading
passages for IRI
• The instructor wished to check on
the students' understanding of
reading assessment
• A formal quiz pushed using
Multiple Choice, True False, and
Likert Scale rating
• Students logged onto phones,
iPads, and laptops to take the
quiz.
• Discussion addressing confusion
based on results
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Infuse Learning
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
Pros & Benefits
Pros
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Quick, formative assessments, can be
administered on-the-fly to gauge
understanding
Detailed results are available in real
time
Self-paced responding
Audio & a variety of language choices
are available
Students cannot do anything until the
teacher pushes the item
Learning community operated by
Infuse Learning - offers tutorials and
suggestions for use
Benefits
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Feedback is immediate and re-teaching
can take place when needed
Teachers know which students need
assistance as they work
More efficient way of meeting individual
needs
English language learners and students
with learning difficulties are able to
participate fully; less of a need to
separate
Teacher knows where students are and
can monitor progress and response time
Continuous professional development
for users
Cons & Challenges
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Software is not supported on Internet
explorer
– works effectively with Google
Chrome and Firefox
Draw response tool cannot be used in a
prepared quiz, only in quick assessment
Room numbers required for student log
in change with each prepared
assessment
– could create some confusion.
Challenges
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BYOD policy
– Schools need to rescind any
device bans that are in place
Thank you!
Questions?
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