Plickers for Engineering Education

Description:

Plickers is a novel, robust, low-cost, audience response system. The Plickers system requires access to the
Plickers website, an instructor smart phone with camera and Plickers app, and a Plicker card per student. Each
Plicker card has a unique, simplified QR-style design labeled A, B, C, and D on each side. During class, the
instructor uses his or her phone to present a multiple choice or true-false question to the class through the
Plickers website. The students then hold up their Plicker cards with their indicated answer at the top of the card.
The instructor uses his or her phone camera to scan the room, recording an answer for each student. The
Plicker technology has facilitated an enjoyable interaction between professors and students in statics, dynamics,
and surveying lectures. This paper describes the Plicker technology, the experiences of assistant professors
implementing the technology, and student-perceptions of the Plickers learning experience.

Outcome:

 It has proved that the use of plickers cards keeps students highly motivated and prepared for the quiz at
any point of time
 From the point of attainment of CO, PO and PSO, it was interestingly observed to be improved from 59%
to 72.8%.

Attainment of PO and PSO in 2016-17 and 2017-18

2016- PO
17 0.128 0.112 0.080 0.088 0.064 0.008 0.024 0.008 0.000 0.016 0.000 0.064
2017-
18 0.157 0.138 0.098 0.108 0.079 0.010 0.030 0.010 0.000 0.020 0.000 0.079
2016-17 PSO 0.22 0.13 0.02 0.22
2017-18 0.27 0.16 0.02 0.27