Abstract:

New technologies and Wi-Fi access on the part of the university community have favored the use of a variety of audience response tools (ART), of which smartphones are an example, based on the collection of responses through a connected device.

The present work has a double objective:
(1) to study and evaluate the application of two free ARTs (namely Kahoot and Socrative) as tools that foster and encourage students’ participation as well as facilitate learning,
(2) to know students’ opinion about the functionality of these tools.

A study has been carried out at a Spanish public university, in two last year optional subjects of two different degrees: Degree in Advertising and Public Relations and Degree in Audiovisual Communication. A sample of 60 students from both degrees was selected; having the questions to them presented the same content in order to facilitate the comparison of these two tools, but using a different ART in each degree.

The results obtained in this study encourage the use of these tools.

Keywords:

Kahoot, Socrative, academic improvement, academic performance, student participation.