Module 1A: Introduction to Flipping the Classroom_active

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Expected Time for Module 1A: About 1 - 2 hours

 Module 1A Outcomes:  By the end of this module, you will have:

• Found information about the flipped classroom

• Reviewed the literature and resources available on the flipped classroom related to your discipline and topics

• Shared your flipping concerns, challenges and success stories with peers in the discussion forum

Module 1A Description:

Change is both exciting and intimidating for most people.  By taking this course, you are clearly looking into the possibility of changing how you teach.  Why change?  What are you hoping to accomplish?  What concerns do you have about making this change? Hopefully Module 1A will help you answer some of these questions, introduce you to the concept of the flipped classroom, and help you generate some new ideas that you can implement in your own classroom.

Browse and review as many documents as you would like below. The resources are divided into 3 categories, (1) general flipping information, (2) links to resources where you can find online videos and other materials to use for the online component of your flipped class, and (3) links to teaching and learning journals and discipline-specific examples where you can learn about what other faculty in your discipline are doing in their classrooms. We have provided a variety of resources so that you can select those most relevant to your instructional context.

Then, scroll to the bottom to find the link for this module's discussion so that you can interact with your peers!

1. General Flipping Resources

• Educause: 7 Things you should know about Flipping the Classroom Links to an external site.

  

• University of Texas Austin - Flipped Website
  
• 6 iTunes mini-videos Links to an external site. about different aspects of flipping
  

• The Flipped Learning Network website Links to an external site. [k-12] Links to an external site.

• The Flipped Classroom Infographic Links to an external site. 

• The Flipped Classroom: A survey of the Research  [ click the download paper link to get the 2013 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference literature review document]

• Vanderbilt University's Flipping the Classroom Resources Links to an external site.

• Evidence on the Flipped Classroom is Still Coming In: 20 New Facts about Flipped Learning in Higher Ed  [from eCampus News July, 7, 2014]

• Need to read more? Here is an open Diigo list of flipping the classroom resources many of which are open resources
  
  

K-12 flipped classroom Links to an external site.

Some Hindsight about the Flipped Classroom Links to an external site.

2. Browse through some the major video resource websites and search for videos in your discipline or course topic that you can use for your course. What are others in your discipline doing?  Look for videos and resources you can use in your own course, so that you do not have to recreate the wheel!

Here are some sites to get you started:

• Vimeo

• Google Videos  (which mostly finds YouTube videos but through a Google interface)

• Youtube 

• Teacher Youtube

• itunesU- download the itune U app to watch video lectures etc.

• PBS media

• Annenberg Learner (short overview videos that might be useful but mostly these are videos that need to be purchased)

• TED talks and Ted Ed

• Khan Academy

• Open Education Resources (OER) - textbooks, websites and other resources besides videos that have creative commons licenses and open for free use

• Merlot website Links to an external site. - peer reviewed resources
• OER Commons Links to an external site. K-12 common core materials
• OER search engines website Links to an external site. from the UK
• Open Textbooks website Links to an external site.

• Example: I teach a qualitative research course and I found a whole series videos on coding and qualitative research methods by an international expert, Graham Gibbs, that can say it much better than I can, and I can link to them from my course!

3. Reviewing the Educational Literature: Don't just plan to 'plop' flipping on top of what you already do. Think about being strategic in your decision-making as you decide what to flip and why!

• Start by using the Teaching Journal Directory created by Kennesaw State University to browse through some of the teaching & learning journals searchable by discipline. Use the search boxes on the right side of the page to select discipline and/or topic. Search for flipped classroom articles,  your discipline, active learning or student engagement.

• Didn't find anything there to check out? You will find a list of other more general journals in this Diigo Teaching & Learning Journal group for finding examples of teaching & learning practice and innovations in your discipline.

• To find out what are other people are doing in your discipline, search using keywords such as:

• your discipline name or specialty
  
• the types of learning activities you are considering integrating into your flipped design (ex. active learning, team based learning, student engagement, animations, )
• search terms like assessment of learning, teaching strategies, teaching practice
• A list of flipped classroom resources and articles  about how people are flipping their courses.
  

•  Examples of Articles being published about the flipped classroom:
  • The Flipped Classroom an Opportunity to Engage Millennial Students Roehl, A. Reddy, S. L., & Shannon G. J. (2013). The Flipped Classroom: An Opportunity To Engage Millennial Students Through Active Learning Strategies. Journal Of Family & Consumer Sciences, 105(2), 44-49. 
  • Student learning and perceptions in a flipped linear algebra course  Love, B., Hodge, A., Grandgenett, N., & Swift, A. W. (2014). Student learning and perceptions in a flipped linear algebra course. International Journal Of Mathematical Education In Science & Technology, 45(3), 317-324. doi:10.1080/0020739X.2013.822582
• Increased Preclass Preparation Underlies Student Outcome Improvement in the Flipped Classroom Links to an external site.. Gross et al. (2015). CBE- Life Sciences Education, 14, 1-8
• Flipped classroom model improves graduate student performance in cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal physiology [article available online comparing flipped and traditional classroom]
• Lecture Material Retention: a First Trial Report on Flipped Classroom Strategies in Electronic Systems Engineering at the University of Regina [Article for download from the Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association]
• Case Studies in the Flipped Classroom [download from the AACU.org website]
• Faculty Role in Classroom Engagement and Attendance   Stoner, S. C., & Fincham, J. E. (2012). Faculty role in classroom engagement and attendance. American journal of pharmaceutical education, 76(5).
• Redesign of a large lecture course into a small-group learning course Ferreri, S. P., & O’Connor, S. K. (2013). Redesign of a large lecture course into a small-group learning course. American journal of pharmaceutical education, 77(1).

INTERACT WITH PEERS!

Use the Module 1A Get Started Discussion to ask questions about what you have read, share examples of what you have done in the flipped classroom, and vet concerns and ideas with peers.

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