Work in progress: Who answered first? — A trivia game utilizing timed electronic classroom response systems

Author

Riehl, J. ; Hamlin, B.

Author_Institution

Eng. Fundamentals, Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

3-6 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Currently, classroom response systems (CRS) are being integrated into an increasing number of university courses. One of the least pursued usages of CRS is the ability to capture speed of student responses. Many of these systems produce a dynamic comma-separated value (CSV) file that presents all of this information in a database that can then be tapped for various uses. The system described in this paper combines the i>Clicker CRS, Mathworks MATLAB, and Microsoft PowerPoint to create an interactive trivia game for use in the classroom. The current implementation is used as an exam review in two first-year fundamentals of engineering courses at the university level.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer games; educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; Mathworks MATLAB; Microsoft PowerPoint; comma-separated value file; engineering course; i>Clicker CRS; timed electronic classroom response system; trivia game; university course; Databases; Educational institutions; Games; MATLAB; Programming environments; Time factors; classroom applications; classroom games; classroom response systems; classroom technology; clickers; trivia;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1353-7

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2012.6462440

Filename

6462440