FAST.Q – Feedback and Answer System Technology for Questions

Dr. John C. Murray – PI

Peter Anderson and Boaz Yehezkel

Funding and Support

• This is a student directed project funded by Student as Producer and LNCD. – Student as Producer is ...

• ...different from Student as Consumer

– LNCD is ….• ...focused on Technology in Education

So...what is FAST.Q?

• FAST.Q is an anonymous feedback system,– this is key to adoption;

• to be used by students during lectures.• Accessed via phones, laptops or other smart

devices.

Other question systems.

• OptiVote

• Only useful for answering predetermined questions, or gauging opinion.

So...how does it work?

• http://fastq.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/page/2/

So...why FAST.Q?

• As lecturers it is often difficult to get students to engage or ask questions.

• FAST.Q’s anonymity helps prevent students feeling embarrassed asking questions.

• Allows the lecturer to actively reiterate points during the lecture that students might have problems with.– Highlighted by the FAST.Q system.

So...is it open to abuse?

• Anonymity has drawbacks also:– Disinhibition.

• If there is no monitoring, people will inevitably abuse the system– Posting inappropriate comments, etc.

• We use OAuth to help reduce the disinhibition affect.

So...OAuth!

• OAuth is used to restrict modules accessible.

• Give the notion that if people abuse the system it is logged.

So...OAuth!

So… What are FAST.Q’s Objectives?

• To improve student engagement– By allowing students to ask questions.

• To allow the lecturer to gauge student understanding of lecture content.– By collation of questions pertaining to lecture

content.

• To compare success of cohorts feedback and questions over successive years.

So...Questions?

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