Study on the learners' performance evaluation in online teaching with personal response systems

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in its impact on education, forcing a crash course for online teaching programs and technology for students and instructions. Though, some studies have applied personal response systems (PRSs) to online teaching, few researches have experimentally evaluated the effectiveness of PRSs. Learner's performance, including academic achievement and perception, can inform the effectiveness of using PRSs in online teaching. Therefore, 98 sophomores majoring in 'Educational Technology' are selected to evaluate learners' performance in online teaching with PRSs like UMU, and reached the following conclusions: the test group's academic achievement was higher than the control group;majority of learners have positive perception, such as learning motivation (LM), learning engagement (LE) and learning satisfaction (LS) towards PRSs. In general, PRSs used in online teaching is efficient, which is a new way to improve the effectiveness of online teaching. Finally, limitations of study and prospects for further research are discussed. © 2021 IEEE.