{"id":3054,"date":"2026-04-19T15:40:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:40:56","slug":"episode-99-transmission-student-response-systems-srss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/lifelong-learning\/episode-99-transmission-student-response-systems-srss\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 99: Transmission: Student Response Systems (SRSs)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome one and all to our final episode of this EnT in the double-digit numbers! Our enthusiasm is perhaps even higher for this enterprise than it was some 3.5 years ago when we first got into all this podcasting and\/or video blogging! In this outing we&#8217;re going full Ed Tech with this deep dive into student response systems, AKA &#8220;clickers&#8221;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ed non-Tech (EnT) Podcast 99: Transmission: Student Response Systems (SRSs)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WxFEYj_7uNs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This YouTube is a widget for clicking, among other things! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EnT-99-audio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metaphorically, at least, we&#8217;re transmitting this audio from Atlantic Canada to wherever you may happen to be catching our waveform! #ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3066\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260406114444.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">20260406114444<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dipole_xmting_antenna_animation_4_408x318x150ms.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3067\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2830242714971003;width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doug&#8217;s Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Student Response Systems (SRSs) &#8211; Clickers &#8211; Networked Classrooms<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8-850x850.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-8.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 1960s, Foothill had a lecture hall where students as a class could give immediate feedback to their instructors via buttons at their seats, a forerunner to modern clicker systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did the EDEX system make an impact at Foothill? Sadly, I think the answer is no. Despite a plea to our retirees association, I could not find a faculty member who used it to teach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marasco, D. (2025). Clickers in the\u201960s at a TYC?. <em>The Physics Teacher, 63<\/em>(2), 141-141.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3099\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7727419972317932;width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-9.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-9-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-9-300x388.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One common way in which clicker systems are used in the classrooms is to stimulate classroom discussions \u2026 Another way in which clickers are used is to assess students\u2019 comprehension of course material through low stakes quizzing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105603.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105603.jpg 560w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105603-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105625.jpg 590w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105625-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaleta, R., &amp; Joosten, T. (2007). Student response systems. <em>Research Bulletin, 10<\/em>(1), 1-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3102\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6.png 577w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-6-300x278.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are instructional possibilities when using the emerging Student Response Systems (SRSs), often referred to as clickers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such guidance may be helpful but comes from a teacher-centered orientation and does little to address pedagogical issues, and just introducing new technologies does not address the pedagogical issues of how to improve student learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dangel, H. L., &amp; Wang, C. X. (2008). Student response systems in higher education: Moving beyond linear teaching and surface learning. <em>Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE), 1<\/em>(1), 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"72\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-110010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3103\" style=\"width:132px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105953.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105953.jpg 443w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-105953-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The convergence of educational technology and personal mobile technology has enabled personal devices to be included as a tool in the classroom environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>classroom performance systems (CPS),&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>audience response systems (ARS),&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>personal response systems (PRS),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>classroom communication systems,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>electronic response systems (ERS),&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>electronic voting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>systems (EVS),&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>polling systems, or&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>clicker systems.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This paper uses the term \u2018SRS\u2019 to refer to the system as a whole, and the terms \u2018clicker\u2019 to refer to the physical handheld devices used by students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aljaloud, A., Gromik, N., Billingsley, W., &amp; Kwan, P. (2015). Research trends in student response systems: A literature review. <em>International Journal of Learning Technology, 10<\/em>(4), 313-325.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3105\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5842984705154275;width:632px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-7.png 442w, https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-7-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of clickers with modern pedagogies does not only bring administrative value, but it can also increase student learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Challenges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Content and Questions Balance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question Development Time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student Challenges Using Clickers in More Traditional Classrooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clickers Can be Associated with the Anxieties of Testing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manipulating Attendance Numbers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clickers Can Add to Financial Burden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greater Reticence to Ask Questions Out Loud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henderson, J. B., &amp; Chambers, E. L. (2024). The past, present, and future of clickers: A review. <em>Education Sciences, 14<\/em>(12), 1345.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20230506154700b12ae9ab2766433ea4d0456c14e392ad.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3106\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f07a7a\">Clickers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f07a7a\">We regularly make fun of clickers. When do clickers actually help people learn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phrases of the Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f07a7a\">The usage of that term, the space age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f07a7a\">Dopamine + education = dopaminification of education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f07a7a\">What are we doing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tenor-ezgif.com-crop.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3107\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joy Division - Transmission [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6dBt3mJtgJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, I could call out when the going gets tough<br>The things that we&#8217;ve learnt are no longer enough<br>No language, just sound, that&#8217;s all we need know<br>To synchronise love to the beat of the show<br>And we could dance!#ednontech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/giphy-1-2.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3108\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7288700886683478;width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1140\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3054-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EnT-99-audio.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EnT-99-audio.mp3\">http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EnT-99-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EnT-99-audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=3054-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/analogue-trope.ca\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EnT-99-audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"EnT-99-audio.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt&#8217;s Notes Welcome one and all to our final episode of this EnT in the double-digit numbers! 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