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Using Embedded Interactive Feedback Devices to Change the Classroom Dynamic in a Large Lecture Hall.

By embedding interactive feedback devices for both the student and the instructor within the online course, we hope to change the classroom dynamic of the large lecture classroom for freshman Modern Biology from one of unprepared students listening passively to the instructor’s lecture; to one where the students are prepared and the instructor’s “digital dashboard” assists him/her in delivering appropriate instruction intended to address the students’ level of preparation, misconceptions and ability to consume the topic for the day. We describe the interactive online tools we are putting into place and our experiences so far with introducing them into the classroom. The collective set of tools presented in this manner provides an interactive learning environment that provides formative and summative feedback for the student, the instructor and developer. The major strength of the system is the value of the feedback to the instructor in shaping and transforming the classroom dynamic.