Economics, Markets and Enterprise
The Caledonian Business School at GCU re-engineered the Economics, Markets & Enterprise class to increase the opportunities for students to receive useful and timely feedback with the introduction of electronic voting (clickers) integrated into the existing large lecture format. Staff workload increased during test implementation but reductions anticipated in future years. Evaluations indicate that 77%* of students thought that “clickers were beneficial to their learning” and furthermore over 90%* thought that electronic voting “a useful way for teachers to get feedback about students’ understanding”. The results of the completed redesign can be found by following the links listed below:
[*Based on evaluations across 3 modules: Managerial Finance; Marketing Fundamentals; and Economics, Markets & Enterprise]
At a Glance
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Faculty:
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Caledonian Business School
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Class/Course:
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Economics Enterprise & Markets
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Students:
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1000
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Technology:
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Electronic voting system (EVS)
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Assessment Activities:
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EVS used in large lectures to question students on what has just been taught
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Efficiencies:
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Staff workload increased during test implementation but reductions anticipated in future years.
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Learning Gains:
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"They were best used towards the end of lectures so I could tell if I was understanding the work well" Student comment
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Preliminary Findings
Phase I Case Study (August 2006)
Principles in Practice
Principles in Practice (June 2007)
Staff Involved
Douglas Chalmers [d.chalmers 'at' gcal.ac.uk]