AT&T to Deliver Mobile Student Response Solution on Wireless Smartphones

September 2, 2008

By Jennifer Hull

AT&T has announced the availability of mobile student interactive response technology on its smartphones such as the iPhone or BlackBerry. A rapidly growing technology in higher education, interactive student response systems heightens the classroom experience and enhances learning at colleges and universities.

AT&T Mobile Student Response Solution Technology

A rapidly growing technology in higher education, interactive student response systems allow educators to go beyond traditional classroom lectures and teaching methods. Systems enable real-time student polling and offer in-depth analysis of responses, including tracking demographic information, ranking against criteria for decision making, analyzing comparative results that facilitate pre- and post-assessment, and more.

The mobile student interactive response solution from Turning Technologies, a developer of interactive response systems, works within a traditional classroom environment or remotely for distance learning. Additionally, the mobile application can be used on Web-enabled AT&T smartphones, eliminating the need for clickers or other peripheral classroom equipment.

Features of the AT&T Interactive Student Response System

The interactive student response systems also offer the ability to: create a dynamic, interactive classroom experience, increasing student attentiveness and comprehension; immediately address misconceptions of instruction, allowing for on-the-fly customized knowledge construction experience; seamlessly combine instruction with assessment, including the cumulative tracking of class and individual student results; all each individual student to become equally involved in no-risk answering; and reinforce content via instant polling. Poll results can then be stored for future analysis or aggregated and displayed in chart or graph form so instructors can assess student comprehension and/or gather valuable real-time feedback.

AT&T Student Response System Available Online or at Campus Bookstores

The mobile student response application has been certified for use on AT&T's third-generation (3G) and EDGE wireless data networks, and is well-positioned within the AT&T portfolio of certified applications for the higher education sector. The browser-based student response application is available on Windows-enabled smartphones, BlackBerry handsets, iPhones, and laptops.

The solution is available online or at campus bookstores through a subscription-based service that students or institutions can activate on their mobile device.