Lecture Feedback Polling Using Android Devices

Abstract

The feedback activity provides topics to stimulate conversation in the class and provides the lecturer with immediate feedback about student views and understanding that can help direct in-class learning to address gaps in knowledge and understanding. Using computers and other electronic devices in education is not a new concept, involving mobile devices into an everyday classroom setting is something relatively innovative. This idea is strongly supporting new and emerging mobile learning paradigms. The feedback using mobile devices is quiet a new forms of opportunity and educational dynamics for collaborative interaction and feedback from students remain to be utilised and explored. The interactivity and enhancing the teaching â“ learning methodology is an important aspect of our system. Our system is an android application as well as web-based application. This system is based on polling (voting). Feedback polling is done by the students using their android mobile devices. This needs wireless connection(data connection or Wi-Fi). The system is mainly designed for better interaction between students and teachers. The polling is done by studentâTMs for the particular lectures. This system can lead in enhance progress of students learning experiences and teachers improved way of delivering their subject knowledge.