In Situ lecture feedback system n Research and

In. Situ lecture feedback system n Research and development project for adaptive teaching n Aims to assist learning in mass lectures Challenges in mass lectures n Difficulties in giving and getting feedback n Versatility of students’ backgrounds n Adapting teaching according to students n Creating interactive conversation instead of monologue In. Situ for student In. Situ for lecturer n A program for Java-enabled smartphone n Assists learning by increasing interaction n Giving feedback with a push of a button n Helps to determine students’ prior-knowledge n Measuring one’s knowledge by answering n Makes possible to adjust teaching real-time according questions provided by the lecturer to feedback of students Research and development n Prototypes of the system will be developed in order to test various approaches of using large amount of devices n The network is initially formed with Bluetooth technology n Full suppor for GPRS and WLAN clients will also be added in later point n Compared to similar system the In. Situ has minimal equipment costs n The system is being developed by two part-time research assistants at the moment n During fall 2007 the system will be tested with 20 -30 simultanious clients n The main goal of the research is to enable 200 devices to operate effectively within the system n The prototypes being developed will be tested in the lectures of information technology n Project is funded by the deparment of mathematical information technology n Further information: Ph. D Vesa Lappalainen vesal@mit. jyu. fi