Get Off Your Soapbox: Engaging Students in

Large Lectures

Susan [Gardner] ArchambaultLoyola Marymount University, USA

About GoSoapBox

Clickers Without the Clicker

Pricing

Step 1: Create an Event on Account Dashboard

Step 2: Use Moderation Panel to Configure Features & Create Content

Step 3: Students Join Event Using Event Access Code

Confusion Barometer

Student View Instructor View

Quizzes: Formative Assessment

Download Activity and Grade Reports

Polling

Open-Ended Discussion Questions

Social Q&A

Advantages

• Anonymous• Pre, Post, or

On-the-Fly assessment

More Advantages

• Facilitates classroom engagement and discussion

• Provides outlet for peer learning

Possible Disadvantages

• Fixed answers measure recognition, not recall

• Not “authentic” assessment

• Not measuring complex behavior

Applications for Information Literacy Instruction

Multiple Choice

• How would changing a limiter/ search string impact results?

• Which is the better research question?

• Which sources would be best for a particular info need?

• Is it scholarly, popular, trade, or primary?

• Is this plagiarism? Common Knowledge?

• What is book’s call number• What kind of source does this

citation represent?

Discussion

• How could we adjust this broad research question?

• Construct a Boolean search for this Venn diagram

• Cite this source in proper APA style

• How could this search be improved?

• Pick out the key concepts of a research question

• Brainstorm for synonyms• Provide a sample resource and

ask pointed questions

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Acknowledgements

Thank You:• William H. Hannon

Library Research Incentive Travel Grant

Contact Me:• susan.gardner@lmu.edu