Paul Burt, E-learning Development Adviser, University of Surrey

• “We believe that interactive voting systems such as TurningPoint can play an important role in improving learning. Academic staff will use the technology to assess student’s prior understanding, engage them during lectures, and investigate their conceptual understanding.”

•  "We looked at a variety of different interactive voting systems during a thorough tender process which involved demonstrations to our academic staff.  We decided to go with TurningPoint because it can be easily integrated into lectures in Microsoft PowerPoint format, and can be used equally effectively in small groups or with hundreds of students in large lecture theatres.”

• "We view the ease of use and easy portability of the TurningPoint system as vital for encouraging staff to explore the benefits of the technology with their students. The handsets are compact, easy to use, and show all the signs of being robust and reliable."

Dr Jon Bernardes, Principal Lecturer in Sociology, Technology Supported Learning (TSL) Coordinator, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, The University of Wolverhampton

• "TurningPoint is brilliant because we can install the software on all machines for data projectors across the campus and all members of staff have to do is take the dongle and handsets with them."

• "Students love the handsets and are not tempted to "borrow" them."

• "Several non-technical staff have picked up and used the system within a matter of hours because it integrates so seamlessly into Microsoft PowerPoint."

• "The RF handsets are a blessing after having trying to work with infrared-based handsets and students trying to point over each other's heads."

• "Voting systems bring a whole new dimension to monitoring ones own teaching; students love the anonymity."

• "The ease in which TurningPoint can be integrated within existing PowerPoint presentations-utilised by the majority of academics makes its application in lectures ideal, without raising concerns, with lecturers, as to the possible extra time required to implement this particular element of Information Technology."

David Robinson, Media Services, Queen's University Belfast

• "The main reason for choosing TurningPoint was its ease of use. I am the only person in the university administrating the system to the academics so I wanted a system that would be easy to use but still provide the academic with a potentially powerful teaching tool."

• "Most, if not all of our academics use PowerPoint in their lectures and the fact that TurningPoint is just an extension to PowerPoint has enabled mass roll out with minor training implications as opposed to other standalone software solutions I looked at."

• "The question creation process is very simple process which helps relax hesitant users of the system on first contact. People like to be in control of their slide and the fact every item on screen is just a PowerPoint object they are very comfortable working with it."

John Cubbin, Professor of Economics, City University

• "Overall, I’m very pleased with the experiment so far and aim to continue it for the foreseeable future."

Patrick Baughan, Lecturer, Educational Development Centre, City University

• "I used TurningPoint for the first time with a group of adult learners at City University. The participants were highly impressed with the software and what it offers. Its particular benefits are that it engages and empowers the learner, whilst providing instant results, based on the options learners select. This is a technology that adds real opportunities for interaction in the teaching and learning process. It has a good future."