Project Objectives
In this project, a group of motivated science teachers took the initiatives to examine the effectiveness and to promote the use of clickers in enhancing science teaching. The long-term objective is to use technology to achieving system-level enhancement in science teaching.
Description of process and deliverables
Acquire hardware and train supporting staff
Design learning activities and clicker questions
Implement in more than 15 courses (at least one from each science department; with different levels, class sizes, and learning activities)
Evaluation and dissemination
Evaluation of outcomes
The project was monitored by CLEAR. Both quantitative and qualitative feedback collected are highly positive (details in the project website http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sci/clicker/).
Dissemination of results & deliverables
Within CUHK Science Faculty
- A workshop was held in July 2009
- A booklet that collects recent initiatives in science programmes is under preparation
Within CUHK
- Promoted in an orientation for New Academic Staff held on September 09
- Promoted in CUHK’s September 2009 issue of eLearning Newsletter
To a Larger Community
- Three posters and one oral presentation were delivered in the Teaching and Learning Innovation ExPo organized by CUHK in October 2009. They jointly obtained the Poster Award.
- The website http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sci/clicker/ was launched in July 2009
