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More Than Words: Survey Software For Active Learning, Flipped Instruction And Formative Assessment, Meredith Farkas

Library Instruction West 2014

Survey software is used in many libraries for creating needs assessments, in-class quizzes, and more. Tools like Google Forms, Survey Monkey, and Qualtrics are not only useful for collecting information from students, but can also be powerful tools for learning. Most survey software these days allow you to insert text, images, video and links, enabling you to provide instruction within the context of an online worksheet. In this session, you will hear from a librarian -- who has used survey software to create pre-assignments, flipped instruction, full tutorials, and, yes, surveys -- how to capitalize on the sophisticated features of …