The use of clickers in the classroom can engage students, promote active learning, and provide both instructors and students real-time feedback on students’ understanding of course material. 

How clickers are implemented, however, matters greatly. Students and instructors alike will have a better experience using clickers when instructors prepare and clearly articulate their goals for clicker use in the classroom. details more about how, when, and why to use clickers. 

Adapting Clickers to Hybrid, Remote or Online Environments:

Clicker use can facilitate student engagement while teaching synchronously, whether in-person or remotely. Enable iClicker Reef software to allow your students to participate remotely in clicker polling via their smartphone or a web application. , under “Continuing to use iClicker.” 


Further Reading & Resources: 

The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI) at the University of British Columbia hosts Ի developed by CWSEI and CU Boulder Science Education Initiative teams. There is also a available, written by Dr. Doug Duncan, of AstrophysicalԻ Planetary Sciences at CU Boulder.

CU Boulder OIT provides a to foreground your use of clickers in your classroom. 

Other available resources from OIT: