Audience Response

Systems for co-located audiences combine wireless hardware with presentation software, and systems for remote audiences may use telephones or web polls for audiences watching through television or the Internet. There are Hardware Based Audience Response and Software/Cloud Based Audience Response. Only software or cloud based audience response systems can accommodate distributed audiences, due to the inconveniences and costs of hardware devices.

There are many reasons for the use of audience response systems such as: Improve attentiveness, Increase knowledge retention, Poll anonymously, Track individual responses, Display polling results immediately, Create an interactive and fun learning environment, Confirm audience understanding of key points immediately, Gather data for reporting and analysis.