Paperclickers: Affordable Solution for Classroom Response Systems
Eduardo Oliveira, Jomara Bind\'a, Renato Lopes, Eduardo Valle

TL;DR
Paperclickers introduces an affordable, easy-to-use classroom response system utilizing a smartphone app and printed cards, aiming to promote active learning in developing countries.
Contribution
It presents a low-cost, scalable response system with practical development insights and initial usability testing results for educational settings.
Findings
Successful development of a prototype system
Positive initial usability test outcomes
Availability of a public beta version
Abstract
We propose a low-cost classroom response system requiring a single mobile device for the teacher and cards with printed codes for the students. We aim at broadening the adoption of active learning techniques in developing countries, offering a tool for easy implementation. We embody the solution as a smartphone application, describing the development history, pitfalls, and lessons learned that might be helpful for other small academic teams. We also described the results of the first round usability tests we performed on the first prototype, and how the affected the current version of the software. A beta release version is currently available for the public at large.
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Taxonomy
TopicsInnovative Teaching Methods · Experimental Learning in Engineering · Mobile Learning in Education
