Resources: Flipping In Progress

List of Some UofU Flipped/Hybrid Courses

Contact	Dept	Links/Comments
Rudi Arnim	Economics	http://www.youtube.com/user/EconomicsUofUtah Links to an external site. We don't have classes that are specifically "flipped," but increasingly complement classrooms -- both online and face-to-face -- with video.
Brian Saam	Physics 2210	I just completed teaching Phys 2210 (calculus-based mechanics) this past fall. The link to the course web-page is http://www.physics.utah.edu/~saam/phys2210/ Links to an external site.. This has the philosophy of the course, a complete syllabus with learning outcomes, assessments, grading standards, and a description of smartPhysics, which is the basic tool I used to flip the lecture. You likely remember from Mats Selen's visit that the heart of smartPhysics is the web-based animated pre-lectures. I actually taught the course as a hybrid: 2 80-minute lectures per week, each had about 25-30 minutes traditional lecturing and working out of examples (emphasizing or augmenting smartPhysics material), then the rest of the time was live demos and power-point-based survey questions with intervening discussion amongst the students in small groups. I liked it pretty well, although the 2-per-week 80-minute lecture format was vital to be able to effectively switch between chalk+blackboard and the screen presentations. 50-minute periods make the whole thing a bit cramped.
Jordan Gerton	Physics 2210	also uses smartPhysics http://www.physics.utah.edu/~jgerton/2210.html Links to an external site.
Cindy Furse	Electrical and Computer Engineering Intro to EM -- ECE3300 Numerical EM – ECE5340/6340	www.ece.utah.edu/~cfurse Links to an external site. (scroll to the YouTube icon) www.ece.utah.edu/~ece3300 Links to an external site. www.ece.utah.edu/~cfurse/ece6340/ Links to an external site.
Tariq Mughal	Applied Business Statistics	What I have done is video record my entire lectures (from the previous in-class discussion) and have made them available to students. As I am teaching applied business statistics, the theory portion is minimal compared to physics, chemistry or EE classes and most of the time is indeed spent on doing problems. Although it is a little different than what you have done, I do have about 15% of my students who watch these lectures and come prepared with questions. I can’t figure it out how to prompt more students to do this. For me to record lectures (like you have done) where you are recording w/o audience is very difficult. This semester I am asking my students to watch these class videos prior to class. Generally, I have received very positive feedback about the availability of the video class lectures and no one has ever said that they were not helpful. Thanks for doing what you are doing.
Rajeev Balasubramonian	CS/EE 6810 Computer Architecture	http://www.eng.utah.edu/~cs6810/ Links to an external site. The class webpage has links to all the YouTube videos. I just wrote a blog post on my experience with this model: http://utaharch.blogspot.com/2013/01/observations-on-flipped-classroom.html Links to an external site. Please feel free to email if you'd like more details. And thanks for your inputs on this approach -- your advocacy definitely inspired me to give this model a try.
Leslie Sieburth (coteaches)	Developmental Biology	I guess my half of developmental biology is hybrid. Student learning and thinking improved a lot and students liked it.
A note from one research dean:		Not all faculty in department X embrace the pedagogy of classroom flipping, and feel that the standard lecture format is the tried and true approach with anything else being a disservice to the students. I have heard that not all students like the flipped classroom approach either because they feel it is too much work!
Colleen Farmer	Computational Paleophysiology (BIO/GEOL 5665)	I am slowly moving in this direction with the new course I am developing, Computational Paleophysiology (BIO/GEOL 5665), which is cross-listed in geology and biology. It is a project based course, highly interdisciplinary, and included in class time for homework. Some information on the course can be found at: http://www.farmerlab.com/#!phys-course Links to an external site.
Jake Abbott	State Space Control, Mechanical Engineering	Here is a link to my course web page with all related videos: http://www.telerobotics.utah.edu/index.php/StateSpaceControl Links to an external site. In my experience, this format was not liked by many of the students, not because it wasn’t effective, but because many students (good and bad) felt it required too much of their time (had to watch the videos, and then still come to class). I would say anecdotally that I observed an increase in students’ proficiency compared to prior years. This year, I’m going to return to something closer to traditional lectures, but still leave the videos up for students to review if they need it (but videos will not be non-mandatory viewing). We’ll see how it goes. Surprisingly, the real impact of these videos is with foreign students. My YouTube channel is constantly receiving posts from students thanking me for the videos.
Steven Farber	Geography GEOG 3020	Hi Cindy, I wanted to share the news with you that my lectures for GEOG 3020 are now online at www.youtube.com/sfarber111 Links to an external site.. I am currently exploring options for “packaging” the content in different ways (ie. canvas, itunesU, etc.) but the videos will remain on youtube for the students and anyone else that may be interested. All the best and many thanks for your assistance in getting me organized! Steve Steven Farber, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geography http://stevenfarber.wordpress.com Links to an external site.
Rajesh Menon	ECE	Has partially flipped his courses
Angela Rasmussen	ECE 1250/1270 Introduction to ECE	Has incorporated many videos of examples of solved problems in her class.
Mike Scarpulla	ECE	Incorporated video lecture support/supplementary materials
Stacy Bamberg, Debbie Mascaro, Bob Roemer	ME 1000, 1010	Incorporated video lecture support / problem solving in class
Faculty who are considering flipping their courses		Doug Christensen (ECE/BioEng) Neil Cotter (ECE) Berardi Sensale (ECE)
Bob Roemer	Mechanical Engineering	Pseudo-flipped the course, requiring students to READ rather than watch video lectures prior to class. Worked poorly, angry students.