These excerpts from the SF State's Clicker Standardization investigation review the Web Accessibility of clickers from Turning Technologies, eInstruction, and Panopto.  The accessibility assessments included a manual assessment of each application, JAWS screen reader testing, and a VPAT analysis.  A separate document with a stand-alone VPAT analysis is also included.

This study was completed in May, 2010, and campuses should contact the vendor directly for updates to accessibility made since that time. 

ECAR research bulletin that discusses a program at the University of South Carolina to implement SRSs in the classroom and to study the impacts that the technology has on student outcomes.  They also looked at the challenges that SRSs pose, both to students and to faculty members, and investigated best practices for using this technology.  

Note: You must be an ECAR member to download this document at the link below.

 http://www.educause.edu/Resources/ClickersintheClassroomTransfor/231423

Penn State is adopting i>clicker from Macmillan after running a spring 2011 test that also evaluated the use of i>clicker and one other system. Five Penn State campuses participated in the pilot project, representing 21 courses that had enrollments totaling more than 4,600 students. Faculty and students were positive about both clicker systems, but showed a preference for their experiences with i>clicker, including an easier transition off of an earlier clicker system.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2011/05/26/penn-state-ramps-up-clickers-after-pilot.aspx

Attached is the slides from the presentation "Supporting Campus Strategies for Effective and Affordable Uses of Clickers" that was presented on May 20, 2011 with Representatives from San Diego State University, CSU San Marcos, San Francisco State University, and CSU Fullerton.  Links and resources from the presentations are also presented below (some of which are included in other files in this repository.

The archive of the presentation is at:  http://goo.gl/sXEYo

Useful links & resources

Campus Information and Processes:

• SDSU 2006 eval: http://www.tinyurl.com/SDSUclicker2006
• SDSU 2009-10 eval: http://www.tinyurl.com/SDSUclicker2010
• SDSU demo: http://www.tinyurl.com/SDSUdemo2011
• CSUSM stakeholder click-off: http://www.csusm.edu/iits/ids/click-off.html
• SDSU criteria: http://www.tinyurl.com/SDSUcriteria2011
• SDSU rating sheet: http://www.tinyurl.com/SDSUratings2011
• SFSU demo: http://at.sfsu.edu/mds/clickers.php

CSU System-wide Resources:

Compilation of internal CSU and external resources: http://dat.cdl.edu/csu-initiatives/clickers
The Merlot Elixr Site also has several case studies of Clicker implmementation at: http://goo.gl/RLf0N

We hope that these resources will help develop your campus plans on Clicker use.

This form allowed attendees at a series of live demonstrations to provide ratings of the three response systems shown (i>clicker, Turning Technologies, and Poll Everywhere).

Brief (2 pg) google document outlining the re-evaluation considered of SDSU's response system standard during 2009-2010. In short, it was determined that making a change would be more difficult than sticking with eInstruction.

See http://tinyurl.com/SDSUclicker2010

Online Daily Camera reports on a new study involving a distinguished professor from the University of Colorado which demonstrates that when interactive teaching methods are used in college lectures, students are more likely to show up to class and participate, and test scores skyrocket.

http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_18053106?source=email

CSU Chico has a great section of our knowledge base devoted to Clickers and maintained by Claudine Franquet to support our campus users of TurningPoint that contains some good home-grown materials like Preliminary Considerations. There's also an Effective Practices page that links to the material we find on the web via our Diigo social bookmarking.

https://wiki.csuchico.edu/confluence/display/tlpkb/TurningPoint+Clickers

Cheers, Peter DiFalco Instructional Technology Consultant Technology and Learning Program California State University, Chico

As part of its 2010-11 Clicker Standardization Investigation, a committee at San Francisco State University created a script for vendor finalist candidates to use when delivering a demo/presentation to the campus. The purposes of using a script include:

• having a consistent set of tasks for all clicker vendors to perform, making it possible to draw comparisons among the finalist candidates
  
• making sure that all clicker vendors cover important aspects of the clicker workflow--before class begins (instructor setup and student registration), during class (clicker use), and after class (reporting, grading, analysis)
• making sure the clicker vendors cover what the campus finds important, rather than bells and whistles that do not address criteria (user, pedagogical, technical)
  

EDUCAUSE Resrouce: Four universities perspectives on standardizing on a classroom response system.  Both Handout and Poster formats available.

EDUCAUSE article by Jim Twetten, M. K. Smith, Jim Julius, and Linda Murphy-Boyer provides an excellent overview and recommendations for Standardizing on a single clicker system enhances pedagogical support while reducing logistical support issues and student costs.

 http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/SuccessfulClickerStandardizati/162274

The University of Wisconsin's Learning Technology Center conducted an evaluation of  3 clickers. http://www.uwgb.edu/Learntech/CLICKERS/GBCE.htm

View a detailed analysis of each vendor based on criteria we created to judge the functionality, ease of use, and support options for each provider. Also, a short pro and con list is available.

The report provides an overview of the rationale,the evaluation process, and the recommendation for the standardization of clickers at Sac State. There are additional appendices concerning: A. Clicker Workgroup Membership Roster B. Selection Criteria C. ATI Review: VPAT Summary and Accessibility Statement D. eInstruction Documentation and E. Tentative Cost Structure

Campus Technology.com article on clicker use at Long Beach.

Campus Technology.com Article