Abstract
In globally developing education system, technology has made instructional improved in many ways. One of these improvements is the Interactive Response Systems (IRS) that are applied in classroom activities. Therefore, it is “smart” to focus on interactive response systems in learning environment. This study was conducted aiming to focus on using Socrative application as a feedback agent among IRSs. The study mainly focused on how could Socrative program as a smart feedback agent be effective in fostering students’ learning. Additionally, students’ responses were examined to have an overall sense of a digitally supported learning period. The study was designed on action research. The research was conducted with 53 junior year students who were prospective teachers in different fields at the same time. In order to obtain, 11 item-survey was developed by the researchers to realize how Socrative program could contribute to reinforce learning in detail. Besides, unsystematic interviews on program’s strong and weak aspects were maintained. The results indicated Socrative program as a feedback agent could be benefited in learning process thanks to its accessibility, immediateness, and continuous interaction. The results also revealed that participants of the study perceived the program positively and attended the course more motivated. The study also reflected that students as prospective teachers more eagerly participated in digitally supported than traditionally maintained instructional activities.
Highlights
In globally developing education system, technology has made instructional improved in many ways
Interactive Response Systems, can present immediate feedbacks for both teachers and students and so evaluative steps can be circulated in the whole instructional period
It was found that interactive activities contributed to students’ academic success and had a significant effect on students learning more compared to traditional response systems (Akdemir, Kunt, & Tekin, 2015)
Summary
In globally developing education system, technology has made instructional improved in many ways One of these improvements is the Interactive Response Systems (IRS) that are applied in classroom activities. Considering recent studies of educational field, effectively integrated technology tools in instructions have been the cores of teaching techniques These tools seem to enable teachers and educators to facilitate meaningful and permanent learning in-and-out of the class hours. These digital worlds can be stepped in to increase motivation, enrich instructional period, make more objective evaluations, and maintain hands-on tasks (Hall, Thomas, Collier, & Hilgers, 2005). Interactive Response Systems, can present immediate feedbacks for both teachers and students and so evaluative steps can be circulated in the whole instructional period. Aiming to present a digital help, it was studied to what extend smart phones, internet and Socrative program (response system) could be used for organizing discussions in instructional period, individual and/or group work, and simultaneous feedback sessions
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