S. Kopf and W. Effelsberg
Mobile learning, mobile technology in education, interactive lecture, participatory simulation
Conventional lectures in large classrooms come with fundamental didactic problems due to a lack of interactivity and feedback opportunities. In an interactive lecture each student is equipped with a lightweight mobile device that can be used to interact with the lecturer during the lesson, thus creating an additional channel of communication. These devices support new teaching and learning paradigms such as participatory simulations. We present our experiences with the usage of mobile devices in lectures. After discussing the didactic benefits of interactive lectures, we introduce the software toolkits used in our scenarios, we highlight selected tools such as a quiz tool or a support tool for participatory simulation, and present major results from six pedagogical studies we have conducted.
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