Ultimate Thanksgiving trivia for quizzes
Higher Education
Feast on fun with our ultimate thanksgiving trivia quiz! Engage your audience and become a holida...
Tips & inspiration for unmissable training, meetings and classes
Open-ended questions for 100% engagement
Higher Education
Learn about the power of open-ended questions to boost engagement in your classroom or meetings.
Ulster University's secret to 100% student success rate
Higher Education
Discover how Ulster University's innovative use of Vevox in criminology lectures has dramatically...
5 of the best free alternatives to iClicker
Higher Education
Explore our curated list of the top 5 free alternatives to iClicker for engaging and interactive ...
Top 20 Blogs & Newsletters Every Educator Should Follow
Higher Education
Uncover the top 20 essential blogs and newsletters designed for university professors seeking to ...
Award-winning service: Vevox again named top for customer support
Product Updates
Discover how Vevox has consistently outshined the competition, securing the top spot in customer ...
10 Halloween facts that will shock you and your students
Higher Education
Here are 10 Halloween facts that will surprise educators and students alike about this beloved Am...
10 fun facts about working in higher education
Higher Education
For those who are part of this vibrant sector, here are 10 interesting fun facts about the higher...
30 fascinating facts about USA Universities
Higher Education
Learn fun stats & facts about USA universities: Discover trends in enrollment, innovations, and t...
What is a yes or no wheel? 4 top picker wheel tools
Higher Education
Simplify your decision-making with our top picks for online "Yes or No" wheels. Discover easy-to-...
The “DILF” dialogue: 6 ways to avoid Q&A blunders
Higher Education
Here’s how a professor, oblivious to a running digital Q&A session with 450 students, ended up be...
Vevox recognized as a top 10 education software
Product Updates
The latest report by software review site Tekpon unveils Vevox as being in the top 10 must-have t...
6 proven ways to use an audience response system
Higher Education
Many organizations use ARS tools in different ways and approaches but the benefits remain the sam...
What are the key benefits of audience response systems?
Higher Education
In this article we will look at the key reasons and benefits to using an audience response system...
Poll Everywhere Vs Vevox
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How does Vevox compare to market pioneers Poll Everywhere?
Atlantic Technological University Reviews Vevox vs Kahoot
Higher Education
Frances O'Donnell shared her analysis on TeachNet which offers a compelling look into two main pl...
5 AI tools every PowerPoint presenter needs
Higher Education
Let's take a look at the top 5 AI tools that can help you save time and look like a true P...
What makes classes unmissable for students in 2024?
Higher Education
Why, when it’s well documented that students who attend their lectures and classes do better, is ...
What are Classroom Response Systems and what are the best CRS tools?
Higher Education
What exactly is a Classroom Response System, and which ones are considered the best in engaging c...
10 word cloud questions to kickstart an interactive quiz
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Let's explore 10 of the best word cloud questions that are great to kick off a class quiz and lec...
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10 multiple choice poll questions for classes
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Let's explore their importance, how to use them effectively and take a look at 10 MCQs you can us...
4 of the Best Student Attendance Tracking Tools
Higher Education
In this blog, we delve into the top 4 tools revolutionizing student attendance tracking and monit...
Top 5 MyAttendance Alternatives for Universities
Higher Education
Here’s a look at the top 5 MyAttendance alternatives to revolutionize how universities track and ...
The Critical Role of Student Attendance Monitoring in Higher Education
Higher Education
In this article, we will look at the importance of student attendance monitoring and how s...
5 key strategies to keep students engaged in class
Higher Education
To help educators boost student engagement, we present five effective strategies that have proven...
7 Top Tools for Student Assessment & Feedback
Higher Education
In this blog, we will explore the top 7 tools for student assessment and feedback that can revolu...
Top 4 Quizlet Alternatives: Enhancing Learning Experiences Through Quizzing
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In this blog, we will explore four top alternatives to Quizlet that can enhance learning experie...
5 ways to boost student participation in your University classes
Higher Education
Nowadays there are user-friendly tools that are designed to boost engagement and participation in...
One week in the sunshine state...
Higher Education
It’s been a week now since me and my family made a massive move across the ocean and moved from t...
Joe lands in Florida as our Director of Customer Success North America
Higher Education
We’re delighted to share some news of a relocation within the team here at Vevox!
Top AI tools for educators and classrooms in 2024
Higher Education
In this blog, we will explore the top types of AI tools that educators can use to make their lea...
What is TEL: The Importance of Interactive Technology in Universities
Higher Education
In this blog, we will explore what TEL is and highlight the importance of interactive technology ...
Top 10 Tools for Lecturers and Universities in 2024
Higher Education
In this blog, we will explore the top rated 10 ed tech tools for lecturers and universities to co...
10 reasons why universities love using Vevox...
Higher Education
We've put together 10 fantastic reviews from educators at universities across the United States t...
10 AI tools to revolutionize learning & classes
Higher Education
In this article, we will explore 10 AI tools that are helping educators to improve student learn...
Back to the classroom with Vevox: Tips for success
Higher Education
After another much-needed summer break, the beginning of a new academic year is upon us. Whether ...
6 use cases of AI in higher education
Higher Education
In this article, we will explore how AI is being used in lectures and classrooms around the world...
Is OLC innovate worth attending, in person?
Higher Education
‘In person’ is back… and we’d missed it! Here’s the highlights of what we learnt and loved whilst...
The top 50 word cloud questions for brainstorming & icebreakers
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To help you get started, we've compiled a list of the top 50 word cloud questions for crowdsourci...
55 word cloud poll examples perfect for classes
Polling l Q&A l Quiz Tips
Read this article to discover 50+ of the best live word cloud questions that can be used in your ...
What is educational software? (And why you should be utilising it!)
Higher Education
If you're a lecturer, there’s no doubt that it can be terribly difficult to keep your students en...
What is active learning and how to implement it
Higher Education
Active learning is a teaching method that involves student participation in the learning process....
Introducing the Vevox Community
Higher Education
The Vevox User Community is here! The community is a user led space for sharing ideas, tips, tric...
3 simple ways to increase classroom engagement
Higher Education
Lecturers have many responsibilities, but their most important one is to engage their students in...
5 of the Best Kahoot Alternatives
Higher Education
In this blog post, we will explore 5 of the best Kahoot alternatives that can be used to create a...
8 top-rated tools for a Learning Technologist's tech stack
Higher Education
It’s 2023 and hybrid/blended learning isn’t going anywhere. There's an abundance of tools availab...
3 learning technology trends for 2023
Higher Education
The Vevox team attended two key education events in 2022. Here are the 3 key trends in learning t...
3 reasons you must try a student response system this year
Higher Education
Through conversations with education customers, digital learning experts and our own research we'...
Vevox Recognised As Top Meeting Software & Frontrunner in 2022
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Vevox is proud to announce its recognition as a Top Meeting Software by Software Advice in its 20...
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5 top-tips from University educators on enhancing student engagement
Higher Education
At the November 2021 Global Insights EdTech Conference, a panel of University educators discussed...
Are Lecturers and Students Ready for Hybrid Classes?
Higher Education
We explore some of the focal points of the conversations we’re having with educators, how institu...
5 reasons to use Vevox in class
Higher Education
Dr Michael Richter, a Vevox user at Liverpool John Moore’s University since 2017, shares 5 of the...
Improving student satisfaction and inclusion at the University of Chester
Higher Education
Read this customer story with Christina Stanley - Senior Lecturer and Senior University Teaching ...
Guest Blog: Using Vevox with MS Teams to increase engagement in online classes
Higher Education
In this article, we share a customer example of how a lecturer at UCLan is using Vevox with Micro...
5 ways customers in Education are using Vevox for virtual classes
Higher Education
Through speaking to educators and lecturers, I thought I’d share some of the ways we’ve seen peop...
12 things Star Wars can teach your business...
Higher Education
The Saga Concludes. Updated following the Rise of Skywalker here's how reflecting on the Star War...
Keeping Business and Education Online in Times of Crisis
Higher Education
In a digital society and indeed economy, remote and online access are key in supporting continuit...
News release: Vevox Education response to COVID-19
Higher Education
Understanding that in these uncertain times, our education customers are looking at ways to take ...
Vevox Announces Partnership with Canvas
Product Updates
Vevox, the popular personal response system for in class polling and Q&A is now available through...
ALT Conference 2019: highlights and most liked tweets…
Higher Education
The Vevox team thoroughly enjoyed another year of being the audience engagement partner and spons...
Guest Blog - Three ways to create an engaging and effective learning experience
Higher Education
Guest Blog - University of Southampton. In this blog, student intern Simone Andorlini from the Un...
6 questioning tactics to use in your next presentation that maximise audience engagement
Higher Education
There's no excuses for a delivering boring presentation in this day and age. Engage your audience...
Guest Blog from UCLan - Vevox: An innovative approach to obtaining feedback
Higher Education
A guest post from Kerry Pollard – Senior Lecturer (School of Community Health and Midwifery). Lea...
Loughborough University reveal their advice for rolling out Vevox institution-wide
Higher Education
When educational institutions are looking for a new student response system, we often get asked h...
What are the main learning technology challenges for 2019?
Higher Education
One of the main features that seemed very popular with attendees at ALTC and was mentioned a lot ...
Polling app myths: Dispelling the 3 counter main arguments
Higher Education
As more and more universities are making the switch over to polling apps from clickers, the reaso...
4 reasons Universities are still using Clicker Student Response Systems
Higher Education
So, given the clear benefits to an institution of cloud-based polling and Q&A app solutions why a...
Why everyone is moving from clickers to polling software
Higher Education
In this article, we share the 4 main reasons why polling software is now unrivalled compared to t...
Vevox's 'Back to School' late summer product update
Higher Education
Since our last product update in June, the product and development teams in Finland and the UK ha...
Bring technology into the lecture theatre to achieve the best of both worlds!
Higher Education
In this guest blog post, Simeon, a lecturer at LIPA, shares his experience of using Vevox to teac...
How Vevox supports Self-Regulated Learning
Higher Education
Self-regulated learning is becoming increasingly relevant in Higher Education as institutions con...
How live polling and Q&A is increasing student success
Higher Education
Education establishments are often looking for engagement tools like Vevox to enhance the learnin...
Using Vevox: 5 reasons to be cheerful not fearful
Higher Education
I have used Vevox for the last 9 months with undergraduate students in sessions with between 50 t...
3 decision-making tips when choosing a student response system
Higher Education
With many factors to consider when choosing a student response system, it's important to assess y...
4 statistics that show the impact of student response systems
Higher Education
There has been a vast amount of academic research that has been published in the last decade abou...
3 quick and simple tools to increase student engagement
Higher Education
Often educators look for new pedagogical tools to help them save time and to achieve better resul...
4 vital questions every lecturer should ask their students
Higher Education
Questions have long been used as an effective teaching tool for educators to gauge student unders...
3 ways to maximize student success with your revision classes
Higher Education
Just as with lessons or lectures throughout the term, students need to participate and engage for...
We weren't asked to make a speech at the Bett awards...
Higher Education
It's still sinking in that we're the proud owners of a shiny Bett award. There wasn't time for sp...
If you don’t revise, you shall not pass
Higher Education
Deciding on how to incorporate revision into taught sessions and make it interesting can be a cha...
3 ways a student response system can help increase student retention and success rates
Higher Education
Success comes more naturally in the classroom when students enjoy their chosen field of study, fe...
How student engagement apps can support creation of assessments in the classroom
Higher Education
Educators spend an enormous amount of time not only planning lectures and seminars but also plann...
6 Top Tips for Unmissable Classes
Higher Education
Student engagement and active learning is important for any lecture as it allows students to reta...
Lectures remain at the core of higher education in the era of e-learning
Higher Education
At Vevox we believe that the Lecture is not an anachronism that persists solely because of apathy...
Vevox breaks down barriers in Medical Education
Higher Education
In this guest blog, Dr Emily Farrow from the Royal Free Hospital explains how the use of Vevox ha...
Boost motivation and results in class with these 7 tips
Higher Education
How can you keep students engaged during your lecture? How do you avoid distractions? This blog p...
How to Use Interactive Learning to Avoid the Brain Drain
Higher Education
'Brain drain' is frustrating for both lecturers and students. Can interactive learning help avoid...
5 Ways to use Differentiation in Higher Education Classrooms
Higher Education
The education world has long known that all students learn differently but with the static method...
Fight Procrastination Day: 3 steps to motivate students
Higher Education
Dr Samuel Johnson produced an anatomy of Procrastination in an essay of 1751. “The folly of allow...
How to use Vevox in a lecture
Higher Education
If you haven’t yet experimented with live polling and discussion apps in class, the start of the ...
Help students to thrive by providing real time feedback
Higher Education
Making assessments and providing feedback is a significant part of an educators role. Normally, a...
Putting Students at the Centre of Learning- the Pivotal Role of the Learning Technologist
Higher Education
Higher education is presently undergoing a far-reaching transformation, enabled by the deploy-men...
How Can Universities Improve Student Retention Rates
Higher Education
Currently the UK is a leader in terms of the number of students that start and finish a universit...
Is technology really welcome in today's classrooms?
Higher Education
As a technology company and a group of tech savvy people, it’s easy to get caught up and assume t...
4 tips to maximise the use of your University’s ICT budget
Higher Education
Today, student outcome and educational success depends on great instruction/lecturing practices, ...
How emojis are influencing engagement and interaction in our lives
Higher Education
Emojis have become ubiquitous with 92% of the online population using them. So why are they popul...
TEF, Student Outcomes & Engagement
Higher Education
On June 21 2017, in the UK, the Teaching Excellence Framework (“TEF”) was published to an accompa...
How can a polling app like Vevox help to get your new academic year off to a good start?
Higher Education
It might have been a tough slog to get to the end of this final semester/term but the end is in s...
Harnessing Disruptive Technology in Higher Education
Higher Education
The business of colleges and universities is the creation and diffusion of knowledge. The commonp...
How Can Social Media Be Successfully Used in the Classroom?
Higher Education
Today, an increasing number of lecturers are integrating social media channels such as Facebook, ...
Tips for choosing the right tool to engage students
Higher Education
Increasing student engagement and lecture participation can be difficult, even for the most exper...
Can Collaborative Learning Be a Benefit to Students
Higher Education
The aim of education is to provide students with the skills they will need for later life. Yet a...
How Technology Ensures That The Lecture Remains At The Core Of Education
Higher Education
The first University in the Western Hemisphere was founded at Fez in Morocco in 1059, followed by...
Four reasons why students love Vevox
Higher Education
From student research UCLan conducted using Vevox, we know that all students said they enjoyed us...
Does Educational Technology Spell the End of the Traditional Textbook?
Higher Education
Educators have long known that students learn the most when they are immersed in a subject and th...
How Neo-Millennials Learn Best
Higher Education
We have all become vaguely familiar with the term ‘millennials’ to describe the age group in thei...
Show them they're valued... a history lesson from the 90's
Higher Education
Things have changed, and whilst yes, some old tech can still ‘do the job’, up to date options are...
RAID 2017 - How technology can amplify levels of engagement and insight
Higher Education
RAID, Europe’s leading Conference on the nature, scale and impact of technological change, was he...
Making the Most of that Eight Seconds
Higher Education
Keeping students engaged and interested in a lecture topic has always been a challenge, even for ...
The Key to Adding Value within Training Sessions Lies with the Smartphone
Higher Education
For many corporations the ultimate aim of training is to make more money. Of course it’s also abo...
Vevox Declares an Amnesty for Clickers
Higher Education
Vevox, a global leader in real-time audience engagement, has declared an amnesty for ‘Clickers’ t...
The Surprising Reason Why Students Leave
Higher Education
I have spoken many times in front of audiences ranging from a few to many 100s of people. So why ...
“Involve me and I understand” - Harnessing Technology to Drive Student Engagement
Higher Education
The Taoist Lao-Tze wrote, “Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I underst...
5 Effective Ways to Use Vevox in the Lecture Theatre
Higher Education
Large classes present a number of challenges for many lecturers. Students typically sit back in s...
Falling out of love… with your audience response system provider?
Higher Education
Have mobile apps made audience response systems redundant? Will 2017 be your turning point?
5 interesting facts about Valentine's Day that will surprise you
Higher Education
As attention turns towards Valentine's Day, I came across 5 interesting facts about the celebrati...
Why our customers fell in love with Vevox…
Higher Education
Keeping in theme with valentine's Day - here are some reasons why our customers fell in love with...
BETT 2017 – We’ve come a long way in a year!
Higher Education
Returning to BETT last week, a year on from our launch into the education sector at BETT 2016, I ...
Will virtual reality become part of everyday life?
Higher Education
The Vevox team experienced the virtual reality world and discussed the future of VR. The question...
Have a merry Vevox Christmas and enjoy the Christmas Quiz!
Higher Education
Both our Vevox and Lumi teams have had a very busy year and have enjoyed every moment of the past...
Bringing interactive storybooks to life in the classroom
Higher Education
I was thrilled to see Ian Livingstone’s keynote speech at this years’ ALT-C conference* since he ...
Lagging or Leading - How Vevox helps to understand where your students are in their learning
Higher Education
There is a lively, and intensifying, media debate at present concerning both the mechanics of tea...
Exit tickets go digital
Higher Education
Aleksandra Perisic looks at the benefits of exit tickets and why it makes sense to do it via an a...
How knowing what’s correct will help students and teachers alike
Higher Education
Last month Vevox Product Manager Matt Kelly explained how customer feedback was so important to t...
Smartphones - a game changer for learning
Higher Education
The smartphone has become an essential part of everyday life. We use it for everything from keep...