Using LectureTools to enhance student–instructor relations and student engagement in the large class
Positive student–instructor relationships are important for student engagement, motivation, retention and achievement. Yet, as class sizes grow, these relationships can be increasingly difficult to develop. This study explores LectureTools – a web-based student response and learning platform that fa...
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| description | Positive student–instructor relationships are important for student engagement, motivation, retention and achievement. Yet, as class sizes grow, these relationships can be increasingly difficult to develop. This study explores LectureTools – a web-based student response and learning platform that facilitates communication between instructors and students – as a possible solution to this issue by analysing survey data collected from students in a second-year communication class at a large Canadian university. This study builds on previous evidence that using LectureTools results in an increase in student engagement, attentiveness and level of learning, while expanding on this work to include the concept of student instructor relationships. Ultimately, the functionality of LectureTools was found to facilitate the development of student–instructor relationships in the large class while also enhancing student engagement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94ec1d20e3304813abe4f48f2e14c3142022-12-21T18:27:00ZengAssociation for Learning TechnologyResearch in Learning Technology2156-70772015-11-0123011410.3402/rlt.v23.2719727197Using LectureTools to enhance student–instructor relations and student engagement in the large classJerie Shaw0Sofiya Kominko1Jenepher Lennox Terrion2Department of Communication, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Communication, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Communication, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaPositive student–instructor relationships are important for student engagement, motivation, retention and achievement. Yet, as class sizes grow, these relationships can be increasingly difficult to develop. This study explores LectureTools – a web-based student response and learning platform that facilitates communication between instructors and students – as a possible solution to this issue by analysing survey data collected from students in a second-year communication class at a large Canadian university. This study builds on previous evidence that using LectureTools results in an increase in student engagement, attentiveness and level of learning, while expanding on this work to include the concept of student instructor relationships. Ultimately, the functionality of LectureTools was found to facilitate the development of student–instructor relationships in the large class while also enhancing student engagement.http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/27197/pdf_25pedagogical designundergraduatemixed methode-learningtechnology |
| spellingShingle | Jerie Shaw Sofiya Kominko Jenepher Lennox Terrion Using LectureTools to enhance student–instructor relations and student engagement in the large class Research in Learning Technology pedagogical design undergraduate mixed method e-learning technology |
| title | Using LectureTools to enhance student–instructor relations and student engagement in the large class |
| title_full | Using LectureTools to enhance student–instructor relations and student engagement in the large class |
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| title_short | Using LectureTools to enhance student–instructor relations and student engagement in the large class |
| title_sort | using lecturetools to enhance student instructor relations and student engagement in the large class |
| topic | pedagogical design undergraduate mixed method e-learning technology |
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