1. Developing electronic classroom response apps fora wide variety of mobile devices.Insights into the PINGO projectMichael Sievers, Wolfgang Reinhardt,Dennis Kundisch, Philipp HerrmannUniversity of Paderborn (Germany)

2. Not Yet Another Classroom Response System...

3. What is Peer Instruction cooperative teaching-learning strategy similar to ask-the-audience lifeline in Who wants to be a Millionaire? substantially enhanced learning success several empirical and anecdotal evidences (see our papers on the topic)INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

4. n ot yet usedin very large Brief introduction lecture (10 - 15 minutes) new topic g roups repeat the voting Multiple choice question Students vote correct answers correct answers correct answers < 30% 30% - 80% > 80% Peer discussion (2 -3 Short discussion about Another version of the mins): students try to remaining introduction lecture convince each other misconceptions General Process of PIINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

5. PI in very large groups (300+ students)1.High one-o expenditureINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

6. PI in very large groups (300+ students)1.High one-o expenditure2.Catalog of questionsINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

7. PI in very large groups (300+ students)1.High one-o expenditure2.Catalog of questions3.ClickersINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

8. PI in very large groups (300+ students)1.High one-o expenditure2.Catalog of questions3.Clickers4.CostsINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

9. PI in very large groups (300+ students)1.High one-o expenditure2.Catalog of questions3.Clickers4.Costs5.Installation INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

10. PI in very large groups (300+ students)1.High one-o expenditure2.Catalog of questions3.Clickers4.Costs5.Installation6.Conguration INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

11. PI in very large groups (300+ students)1.High one-o expenditure2.Catalog of questions3.Clickers4.Costs5.Installation6.Conguration7.Exclusive use INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

12. Goals & constraints of the PINGO development support as many mobile devices as possible support at least 5000 requests/sec in the backend push new questions to the mobile devices sync timers between backend and mobile devicesINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

13. Support as many mobile devices as possible goal: Android 1.6 and Symbian S60 3rd edition no native applications (iOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian ...) no multi-platform application (PhoneGap, Appcelerator Titanium ...) web-based application most devices and OS while minimizing development eorts powerful browsers capable of JavaScript, CSS, HTML no download needed, type in URL or scan QR codeINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

14. Scalable backend architectureINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

15. Oddities of web-based applications JQuery mobile, Dojo mobile, Twitter Bootstrap not fully supported on legacy devices missing CSS features no support for animated GIFs (spinner replacement) much less control over the devices status change of power state cannot be interrupted or even handled existing Socket.IO connections regularly droppedINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

16. Lets give it a try ... http://pingo.upb.de/6837 What is the author with the most publications in mLearn history? A) Marcus Specht C) Claire Bradley B) John Traxler D) Mike SharplesINGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

17. PINGOs answer to the identied issues1.High one-o expenditure2.Catalog of questions3.Clickers4.Costs5.Installation6.Conguration7.Exclusive use INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups

18. PINGO is free to use by anyone PINGO introduction video http://youtu.be/aZC3NnUqZcs Peer Discussion tutorial video http://youtu.be/sMyqBg_z-1Y Sign up for PINGO at http://pingo.upb.de/users/sign_up no strings attached

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