2012-2013 Clicker Adoption

What

The Academic Technology Advisory Committee sponsored the FY2012-2013 Student Response System aka Clicker Product Review. The committee was charged with reviewing 2 clicker vendors and making a recommendation to the Academic Technology Advisory Committee on the product(s) to institutionally support (offer for student purchase in the bookstore).

NOTE: Any recommendations made by the committee will not affect the usage of “class sets” that are owned by Departments/Disciplines.

Vendors to be Reviewed

i>clicker
Turning Technologies

Previous Adoptions

Spring 2010, a committee met and evaluated Turning Technologies and iClicker. Turning Technologies was selected for institutional adoption. The primary factor in the decision was Turning Technologies ability to allow students to respond with numeric or free form answers in addition to the usual “A”, “B”, “C” choices.

Committee Members

Name	Discipline
Mark Hollier*	Faculty, Chair- non voting
Tracy Adkins*	OIT, Co-Chair- non voting
Jonathan Lochamy	Science
Sabrina Freeney	Humanities
Patricia Leamon	Library
Corey Pihera	Business
Priscilla Dodds	MCSE
Amy Coleman	English
Anthony Serpico	Physical Education
Wakita Bradford	Health Sciences
Faith Powell	SLIP
Jason Seitz	Social Science
Mike McClary (not present)	Fine Arts
Karen Jones	ESL/FL
Lee McKinley (not present)	Health Informatics
Valora Richardson	Instructional Technology/OIT
Pam Moolenaar Wirsiy (not present)	Center for Teaching and Learning

Vendor Presentation Information

February 15, 2013

Location:

Lakeside Center

1975 Lakeside Parkway
Suite 350A
Tucker, GA 30084

Room: Lakeside 3

Agenda:

9:00a- 9:20a- Clicker Committee Charge

9:20a-10:20a- Turning Technologies

10:20a- 10:30a- Break

10:30a-11:30a- iClicker

11:30a- 12:00p- Committee Deliberations and Voting

12:00p- Adjourn

Considerations/Criteria for Selection

Vendor MUST :

Vendor must replace faculty hardware for “free” if a switch to another vendor is made.
Vendor must offer students a “package” for switching from the current clicker system to their system if a switch to another vendor is made.
System must be capable of integrating with the iCollege- Desire2Learn Learning Management System
Demonstrate student ability to input “free form” answers
Must have remotes that are 508 compliant
Software must be Mac and PC compatible
Must have web or “app” capabilities.
Software must NOT require installation on classroom computers.
Agree to provide training at March 16 GPC T²: Teaching and Technology conference
Agree to provide other training opportunities to GPC faculty throughout the semester.

Fall 2013 Clicker Adoption Recommendation

The committee selected i>clicker as their vendor of choice and the i>clicker2 as the product to be supported by the Office of Information Technology and sold in the GPC Bookstore.