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PERSONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM™: LIBRARY IMPLEMENTATION*

Jenifer Phelan, Gary Fick, and Bryce Nelson - University Library
Greg Phelan - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The grant will be used to purchase and install GTCO Calcomp’s InterWrite PRS™, Personal Response System in the Library Instructional Classroom and the Library Seminar Room.  The system will then be used for library information literacy instruction, as well as provide cross campus access to the PRS technology.  Once the librarians are trained to use the PRS, training will be available to any interested faculty members who would like to use the Library’s technology enhanced learning spaces.  The PSR system includes a set of handheld clickers and mounted receivers that are designed to allow students to provide instantaneous feedback to multiple choice or numeric based questions.  Questions can be easily integrated into new or existing PowerPoint presentations.  The data collected via the PRS can be tabulated and displayed instantaneously allowing for a more interactive classroom experience for our students.  Rather than simply sitting in their seats and being spoken to, the PRS allows an instructor to quickly engage the class and determine their level of understanding.

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* Update: The other academic units on campus that use the clickers will be moving to Qwizdom clickers for the 2006/2007 academic year.  Thus the library also chose to go with this brand. 

For more information visit: http://www.qwizdom.com