From Clickers to Kahoot, all to Engage Learning

(Kahoot!) Not easy to start at the beginning but believe in me every time you introduce something new in the class room, the learners get to love it. It equally brings ice breakers and refreshment into the classroom. Kahoot enable the teacher to create and share questions and be able to challenge learners to ask their own questions.

The interactive technology called Clickers that enables instructors to pose questions to students and immediately collect and view the responses of the entire class. Of course, no technology automatically enhances learning; rather, it must be used thoughtfully and deliberately to advance the learning objectives of a particular course. For example, an instructor in a large or medium-size class might choose to use clickers to elicit student participation and engagement to prompt deeper thinking about a particular question or problem or Monitor students’ understanding of course content in real time, in order to identify and address areas of confusion and adjust the pace of the course appropriately.

Engaged learners in shaping and leading their own learning and education have the following benefits in so doing:

·         greater sense of ownership over their learning

·         increased motivation

·         improved self-esteem

·         greater achievement

·         improved relationships with peers and educators

·         increased self-efficacy.

However, the following ‘costs’ are associated with technology engaged learning e.g digital literacy among students is still far from a level playing field and as such some students may be uncomfortable with it.

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