Clickers: Educational Technology that Actually Works

Doug Duncan

Doug Duncan is an astronomy professor at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research efforts include stellar spectroscopy, testing the Big Bang by studying abundances in the oldest stars, galactic chemical evolution, stellar rotation, and the evolution of stars like the sun.

Doug has written a book about teaching with wireless student response systems (clickers) which allow immediate interaction between a teacher and all the students in the classroom. This technology is inexpensive, easy to use, and can transform a class. His talk will focus on their usage.

His talk will be held at 3:45pm on Friday August 31, in room 102 of the Biology Annex. Refreshments will be served before the talk, at 3:20 in the Astronomy Conference Room (room 119). Everyone is welcome!