Abstract This workshop is designed to answer the question of: How can you use an audience response system (ARS) to create interest and enhance learning in ways that are consistent with what we know from the literature about how people learn? It integrates literature on the use of ARS in education and on how people learn, and recent advances in both technology and education. Use of ARS in education is growing and the literature indicates that it can have a positive impact on enthusiasm, attendance, problem-solving, student performance, retention, and overall learning effectiveness. The focus of this workshop is on crafting and critiquing questions which will work well with an ARS and be effective tools for enhancing learning. This complements existing literature which tends to deal largely with using the technology and the outcomes of its use, rather than on what specific characteristics make its use effective for learning. Participants will be actively engaged in discussing pros and cons of using an ARS, identifying examples of major purposes for using an ARS in education, applying educational principles to the development of effective ARS questions, and critiquing ARS questions based on established criteria. This workshop is the most recent iteration of one that has been implemented as a core teaching skills development course offered numerous times at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and as a workshop at the Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA). Evaluations indicate that the workshop has been quite successful, per participants' perceptions of their pre- and postworkshop levels of proficiency, in achieving its objectives. Participants have also indicated that the organization and method of learning are effective and that they will be able to incorporate this learning into their teaching.