Using Poll Everywhere to Improve the Student Experience: Increasing Confidence and Encouraging

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Abstract

As an associate lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), I am what most in the business term an ‘early career academic’. Whilst this is true, in my two years working as a lecturer at the Lancashire Law School I have seen myself having to quickly adapt from being a postgraduate student and doctoral researcher to being an effective and innovative ‘facilitator of learning’ (the new buzzword for lecturers). Having been a university student since 2003, I have witnessed a shift in the teaching methods in higher education towards more modern methods. In an evolving world in which the vast majority of people live in a digital age, in which most people use a laptop, a tablet or a smartphone on a daily basis (if not hourly basis), and in which the answer to any question can be obtained with just a click of a few buttons, education too must evolve to incorporate modern technology into the learning process. Gone are the days of using chalk on blackboards, or even (once considered modern) overhead projectors.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCreative Education, Teaching and Learning Creativity, Engagement and the Student Experience
Subtitle of host publicationCreativity, Engagement and the Student Experience
EditorsGayle Brewer, Russell Hogarth
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Chapter4
Pages40-50
Number of pages11
EditionFirst
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-137-40214-1
ISBN (Print)978-1-137-40213-4
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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