There is an expectation that students can increasingly interact with materials, educators and their peers. A student response system (SRS), also know as instant feedback system, student voting or polling, is a tool that facilitates a rich learning environment within the traditional lecture theatre setting.
I’ve looked through some of the published literature and developed a presentation to highlight some of the advantages of using it for the learner, with some case studies to give a flavour of how it has been used by some instructors.
Link to SRS Slidecast
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[...] there are tools that can provide a lecturer with feedback during a lecture, the student response system being one example. However, that has to be pre-planned prior to the lecture to be used effectively, [...]