Exploring Textwall: Enhancing Student Engagement
Discover how Textwall, an online personal response system, is utilized to promote student interaction in educational settings. Learn about its features, benefits, and considerations for effective implementation, as shared by faculty members at a recent learning and teaching event. Find out how Textwall facilitates communication, addresses common concerns, and fosters a dynamic learning environment, highlighting both advantages and challenges of its use.
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Faculty of Science 2ndAnnual Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Development Event Wednesday 6thJanuary 2016 My Textwall: How I ve used the Textwall personal response system.
What is Textwall? An online application that can display remarks sent by students via SMS messages or through a dedicated webform. SCS staff can request an account and are provided with a username, password and Textwall code. The Textwall code is 4-5 characters in length and students must include this at the start of every message. The system also supports multiple-choice voting and outcomes are displayed on a graph.
4103 PSYSCI Developmental & Social Psychology Introductory Lecture Specific Textwall Code = ljaa Tel = 020 71 83 83 29 Email = sms@textwall.co.uk
What are you most looking forward to/concerned about coming to university? Please text/email BRIEF details e.g. text ljaa new friends Wordle feedback on Bb Specific Textwall Code = ljaa Tel = 020 71 83 83 29 Email = sms@textwall.co.uk
Pros Introduces and sets up the technology in a non-threatening scenario Facilitates textwall use in later lectures Seeing common concerns may help to allay fears Engagement with tutor/peers on large module (n = 400, class sizes n = 200) Students leave the first lecture laughing and chatting Module used as an example for explicit request in BoS for more textwall use Can provide issues to follow up on Bb discussion boards Cons Requires careful monitoring Make clear the rules of engagement
