The University of Manitoba has introduced the iClicker to about 30 classes on campus. The device looks and acts a lot like a remote control only the clicks are in response to the questions posed by the professors. "What it does is it gives the student a relative anonymity in answering the question," Kumar Sharma, a physics professor at the university told CBC News. "There's no stigma attached to making the wrong answer, and some people who were too shy to put up their hands generally respond." Some professors at the university have made the iClicker mandatory in their lectures, they are sold at the university's bookstore for about $40, and the cost has irritated some students.
