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Who are Turning Technologies?

• E-Learning company that created the interactive response solution

called ‘TurningPoint’

• Started in 2002, in Youngstown, Ohio

• Now have International Headquarters in Belfast and additional

offices in Amsterdam and Hong Kong

• To date, we have delivered more than 20 million ResponseCards to

more than 100 countries.

Yes No Not sure

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Have you ever used TurningPoint

before?

A.Yes

B.No

C.Not sure

University of East Anglia

A Case Study Highlighting the Use of TurningPoint Data to

Produce Learning Analytics & Pedagogical Research

Fabio Aricò,

Lecturer in Macroeconomics

CASE STUDY

• Fabio was looking to provide a personal experience to students in his large classes

• Also wanted the technology to create an open dialogue of continuous feedback with students and to increase their ability to self-assess

• With TurningPoint, Fabio was able to gain insight as to

how his pedagogy was unravelling throughout the year

• With the data gathered through TurningPoint, he

produced learning analytics and pedagogical research

• During lectures, Fabio uses TurningPoint to ask revision questions at the

beginning of lecture to get a sense of how he taught the previous lesson

• He then asked questions to determine the students understanding as they

proceed through material

• At the end of each lecture, Fabio asks Likert scale questions to see how the

students got on and to measure any difficulty they may be experiencing

• With this data, Fabio produces a PDF report that is posted to the

Blackboard VLE where he comments on student feedback and provides

suggestions to further their improvement

• Fabio held focus groups to identify the power of TurningPoint in eliciting

self-confidence and self-efficacy skills.

• Almost all students recognised the role of ResponseCards as a powerful

self-assessment tool.

• Those who did not, at least felt empowered to have a voice.

• Last year, about 50% of Fabio’s students were international and due to

cultural issues, those students were not as vocal – TurningPoint gave this

minority a voice

‘TurningPoint empowers the potential to do all sorts of pedagogical research outside of class -

and I find it simply amazing.’

Dr Fabio R. Aricò is Lecturer in the School of Economics

A. B. C. D. E. F. G.

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Which VLE / LMS does your

institution use?

A. Moodle

B. Blackboard

C. Canvas

D. DESIRE2LEARN

E. Sakai

F. Other

G. None

University of Southampton

This case study outlines the use of interactive theatre

processes with TurningPoint

CASE STUDY

Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing

James Wilson has pioneered the use of interactive

theatre in health care education, which has led to

the innovation affectionately known as ‘clicker’s

theatre’

• Started using TurningPoint in the classroom to test knowledge,

expel myths and spark debates and dialogue with his students

• In recent times, he has integrated the use of interactive theatre

processes and TurningPoint to produce an innovative way for the

mental health student audience to interact with the presented piece of

theatre

• ResponseCards are given to the audience, and a play is acted in front of

them (typically a play outlining a serious mental health issue)

• The play would pause at various intervals and the students would chose

the action the actors would take, according to best practice. The play

would then continue

• In giving the students this opportunity, their learning was enhanced

and they were fully involved in the direction of the play, thus seeing the

consequences of their decisions

• This produced a sense of democracy as everyone had a vote, and

evoked debate amongst the various groups who wanted to explore

different options

• The evaluation by the participants was overwhelmingly

positive and has led to a national award and three

county level awards for excellence in teaching. It has

also been disseminated at a national level conference and

two local level conferences

• The evaluation data from both projects showed extremely

high levels of active learning and engagement

‘The experience has been second to none – the technology works a

dream and I intend to publish my findings so the wider teaching

community can learn about the work’

James Wilson, Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing

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Which is odd one out?A.

B.

C.

D.

• 31,000 students and 3,000 staff – one of country’s largest and most diverse organisations.

• Vision is to be one of the world’s leading learning and teaching universities.

• Committed to technological innovation, which extends to the latest learning technologies -

with TurningPoint playing an increasingly important role in student learning.

• Main departments using TurningPoint are the Business School and the School of Law.

• As well as helping to gauge student understanding, TurningPoint is used to stimulate group

discussions before polling takes place

‘Being able to ask questions as we go along helps to keep students engaged, and the instant

feedback helps me determine which issues they’ve understood and which we need to go over

again…’

Michael Stockdale, Principal Lecturer in the School of Law

CASE STUDYNorthumbria University

Driving Technology in Learning

‘I thought I was a good

teacher until I discovered

my students were just

memorising information

rather than learning to

understand the material…’

The purposes of TEF are:

1. to encourage excellent teaching for all students.

2. promote improvement by highlighting exemplary practice.

3. promote cultural change to recognise teaching as equal in

status to research.

4. provide clear information on teaching quality to assist

student choice.

5. provide clear information to help employers recruit students

with better and known skills.

6. recognise and respect the diversity of provision and

different types of excellence.

• Increase student engagement and classroom interaction

• Facilitate class room discussion, also supports Peer Instruction,

Game Based Learning and more

• Assess student learning efficiently on an ongoing basis

• Gauge student opinions in a confidential manner on sensitive topics

• Identify students’ background information and prior knowledge on a

subject

• Help students recognise gaps in their own learning.

Why Response Technology?

Prove teaching excellence!

How TP can help with TEF

• Instructors can prove teaching excellence via the

reporting features with solid numerical data

• Instructors can pose questions to their classes at

the start of a new topic and again at the end, to

determine if the class fully understands

• Instructors can report on classroom and individual

understanding

• Spot gaps in understanding and know what topics

needs more work

• All to help prove teaching excellence and support

student understanding

• Individual handheld devices or an app called

• Instructors pose the questions, students answer

• Multiple choice, text response, true/false, etc., instant results

• Reporting features gives instructors an instant picture into class

understanding and to see if teaching is effective

• Integrates with campus LMS

What is Response Technology?

Benefits for Instructors

• Create engaging, interactive presentations

• Gather immediate feedback and gauge understanding

• Implement and support proven learning theories

• Produce detailed, exportable reports on individuals and

sessions

• Prove teaching excellence, regardless of the metrics set

• Utilise familiar and emerging technologies

• Participate in in-depth discussions with

critical thinking

• Optional anonymous mode protects

confidentiality

• Every student has a voice and ability to

respond (anonymously or not)

• Understand their own learning and spot

gaps in their studies

Benefits for Students

• Most stable and secure product in the market

• Turning Technologies is the biggest provider worldwide of student response, with 66% market

share

• Most indepth reporting features

• Regular upgrades and maintenance

• UK based training and customer support team

• Easy to deploy software, with a TT team ready to work with your IT team

• Access software and stored files from any location

• Flexible organisational management, including admin accounts to manage multiple users

• Single Sign-On (SSO) for ease-of-use

Why TurningPoint?

Our Partners

Thank You

Any Questions?