What are the Audience Response systems?

So whats all the hype about Audience Response Systems and what are they?

Well, for those of you who have watched Who wants to be a Millionaire they are similar to the little keypads the Audience members use to vote.

Roehampton University purchased a few of these a couple of years ago and though some schools have been using them they haven't really been used to their full potential and the eLearning team are keen to get staff across the university to using them to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. The Classroom Technologies project (a TQEF supported project) is one initiative we are using to help make staff more aware of this technology and look and document best practice ideas.

We currently have a total of 160 keypads and 4 receivers (meaning we can run 4 simultaneous sessions). These can be booked through the eLearning services team.

If you would like more information on using the systems you can get in touch with the eLearning team. You can also view a an introductory presentation.