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Subject: One view on why groups these 2 cases together

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Steve Draper
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25/05/2007 15:36  
The Bali study is an exemplar of using EVS (electronic voting systems) to engage students in class by an energetic competition between teams, somewhat like a pub quiz, but applied to their studies. The main focus seems to be on raising motivation in class, although this may lead to enhanced preparation before the class in order to earn higher scores. Since however in higher education, class time is a minority of the time students are expected to spend on learning, learning may depend more on raising engagement out of class than in it (hence the Gibbs principle of "capturing regular study time"). One of the apparently most productive uses of EVS is the Mazur method, that uses "brain teaser" type questions to trigger peer discussion on conceptual issues, which raises learner engagement with the material in class. In the Sharp case study, however, he reports that requiring students to produce EVS questions for use on their peers has the effect of engaging them in deep peer discussion out of class: something that is very seldom reported elsewhere, yet potentially even more productive of learning.
Maha Bali
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29/05/2007 12:18  
There is one thing about the Bali case study that does not follow "best practice" of EVS use in general - that the activity was graded. This is the main reason that motivated me to write the case study - I was surprised that it worked out at all!
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