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Case Study

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5.3 EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES, Teaching and Learning

Publication Details

Integrating Digital Technologies; The Anonymous Voice, Techological University Dublin, Aungier Street, 2025.

doi:10.21427/mppt-5586

Abstract

A student may not answer in front of peers because they lack confidence, are afraid to get it wrong and feel silly or don’t want to be seen as a ‘nerd’. Polling software reduces barriers by allowing students to post questions anonymously as well as responding anonymously to polls posed by the lecturer. Our aim should be to empower student to speak up and engage, however for first year students this can be daunting. Polling software can foster engagement providing an anonymous voice that can create a more dynamic and active learning space. According to one student ‘It is very useful for individual answering, puts pressure off answering out loud’ while another expressed that they were not embarrassed when they got an answer wrong.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/mppt-5586

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