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Over the past several years, there has been a call in higher education to move from traditional lecturing to a more active classroom. However, many faculty members face multiple challenges when attempting to make a large lecture (over 100 students) an active learning environment 1 . One way researchers have suggested engaging a large lecture is through Concept Tests and Peer Instruction 2, 3 , which can require additional resources to be purchased by the students, such as electronic response systems or "clickers" 4-6 . This study will investigate the applicability of utilizing the free software PollEverywhere, which can be accessed using student cell phones (Text messages and Twitter) or personal laptop computers (www.pollev.com), as a potential method to improve student engagement by open-ended, reflective, multiple-choice, and content specific questions in a more efficient manner as perceived by students in a large-lecture classroom.
Kappers et al. (Fri,) studied this question.