UM: Student Engagement

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on software developed by UM professor Perry Sampson. Called Lecture Tools, it lets students ask anonymous questions during class, mark up lecture slides, and answer questions from the instructor in real time. Sampson contends that having a laptop in class keeps students engaged: “If the lecture is boring, students are good at understanding when they don’t need to listen. I take my laptop to faculty meetings for the same reason.” [Source]