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Volume 15 (1)
Volume 15, Issue 1, March 1995
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1995; 15(1):52-57
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Audience Response Systems and Touch Pad Technology: Their Role in CME
Liane Blandford
Jocelyn Lockyer
A b s t r a c t
Audience response systems, often referred to as touch pad technology (TPT),
consist of many small calculator sized response pads, which are linked to a central
computer and an audio visual display. Teachers can use TPT to ask a series of multiple
choice or true false questions to which the audience respond. Responses are presented
graphically on a screen and used in teaching. This article discusses TPT and its potential
role in adult learning, lists a number of questions to consider when determining
the utility of TPT for a specific course, discusses question development, and suggests
directions for evaluating the technology in future applications so that CME professionals
can begin to determine its appropriate role in contemporary CME.
Keywords: Adult education; audience response; touch pad technology
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