Teachers' Practical Guide to A FLipped Classroom July, 2014 Unlike the numerous graphics I shared here on the topic of flipped learning which were substantially theoretically based, the one I have for you today provides a practical demonstration of how Dr.Russell flipped his classroom . The graphic also features some of the activities and procedures he drew in his flipped instruction. Another section of this graphic highlights some of the bearings of this flipped methodology on students performance particularly in terms of the enhanced test scores. The purpose behind sharing this visual is to provide you with a concrete example of how you can go about integrating a flipped learning methodology in your instruction. Here are the three easy steps Dr. 1- Record 25 lectures were recorded with Echo 360, each just 35 minutes long 2- Watch Students tune in and watch video the night before class 3- Active Learning Students arrive to class ready to engage and participate Read on to learn more about the whole procedure Dr. Source: Echo 360
Flipped classrooms: Can they help students learn? Photo by Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Thinkstock This article is part of Future Tense, which is a partnership of Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State University. On Wednesday, April 30, Future Tense will host an event in Washington, D.C., on technology and the future of higher education. Does a flipped or inverted class sound to you like an ad for yoga? As college professors who have been conducting a study on flipped classrooms for the past two years (supported in part by a National Science Foundation grant), we’d like to suggest a perspective on this type of research. First, what is a flipped or inverted classroom? While the three of us were satisfied with our interactive, lecture-driven courses, we started studying flipped classrooms to explore ways we could use class time (when students and instructor are in the same space simultaneously) to the best advantage. It could be a different story in another environment. Should every classroom be flipped?
¿Te atreves a invertir la clase….? #flippedclassroom | M'explico... foto: flickr Durante los últimos años he estado dando vueltas a la tarea de docente a la que llevo dedicándome más de 15 años. Hemos pasado por momentos importantes de cambio como pueden ser la digitalización o la introducción de las TIC y las TAC. Con todo la gran cantidad de cambios que últimamente he ido introduciendo (moodle, blogs, PDI’s,…) no han servido, creo, de mucho. Por qué el cambio? Después de éste cambio tecnológico, he observado que ha sido únicamente un proceso de cambio o substitución total o parcial de las herramientas con que los decentes trabajamos; es decir, hemos dejado de usar el destornillador manual para pasar a usar el eléctrico con batería. Las ventajas han sido muchas, hemos substituido el libro de papel y la pizarra verde por los libros y pizarras digitales, y incluso hemos modificado la forma de trabajar con nuevas actividades, más recursos, nuevos entornos,… pero el fondo es el mismo. Qué significa invertir la clase? Así pues, de ésta manera se fomenta:
Flipped Learning Pilot Radically Reduces DFW Grade Rates in Two Courses Have you been struggling at your school with finding a way to encourage faculty to give flipped classroom techniques a try? At The College of Westchester, we found an approach that worked, and the results so far have been very encouraging. With the growing body of data supporting the effectiveness of the technique, I was eager to see faculty at my institution consider a structured approach to trying flipped teaching and learning techniques. Various instructors had been experimenting with the idea, but there was still a tentative nature to what had been done thus far. Working with CW Provost Warren Rosenberg, a small Competitive Grant was endowed, to enhance interest. Several CW Instructors submitted proposals for the “Flipped Class Competitive Grant”, which was a targeted to those who would be teaching courses in the Winter Day 2014 Term. The Academic Approach Instructors were required to define and document their approach, and to flip at least 30% of their lessons. Summarizing Findings
Three Questions to Consider Before We All Flip It seems like you can't open an education periodical these days without finding an article espousing the wonders of flipping the classroom. Like most initiatives in schools, flipping the classroom does have merit in the right situation. But also like most initiatives it's not a one-size-fits-all solution. 1. 2. 3. For the record, I'm not against flipping the classroom in the right situation. Video For My Classroom: The Flipped Classroom Limited Flipped Classroom Pilot Yields Impressive Qualitative, Quantitative Results On Sunday I shared some exciting Quantitative Results from a pilot of flipped learning that we tried this year at The College of Westchester. Today we continue this look at our experience, with a focus on the Qualitative feedback offered by our students. This first of two phases of a flipped teaching and learning pilot consisted of two courses in which selected portions of course content (roughly 30% to 50% of the content) were flipped. Further details are provided in Part 1 of this recap. Qualitative Assessment Approach Quantitative and qualitative assessment techniques were designed and incorporated into our pilot study. Five questions were asked on a survey to gauge student’s perception of how the flipped delivery method affected their learning. It should be noted that these were small groups of students (9 and 11) and that majority of students in each of these course offerings (18 out of 20 total) completed the surveys. Question No. 1: “I liked this approach to learning” Next Steps
Three Good Tools for Building Flipped Lessons That Include Assessment Tools In the right setting the flipped classroom model can work well for some teachers and students. I recently received an email from a reader who was looking for a recommendation for a tool would enable her to add an assessment aspect to her flipped lesson. Here are some tools that can accomplish that goal. eduCanon is a free service for creating, assigning, and tracking your students' progress on flipped lessons. eduCanon allows teachers to build flipped lessons using YouTube and Vimeo videos, create questions about the videos, then assign lessons to their students. Teachem is a service that uses the TED Ed model of creating lessons based on video. Knowmia is a website and a free iPad app for creating, sharing, and viewing video lessons.
Resources for Flipped Classroom After careful reflection on my predominantly direct instruction approach to teaching middle school math, I came to the realization that the majority of the students sitting in my classroom were maybe not listening to my lessons. Why? Well, this is not the way our students learn. When they want information, they Google it or look it up on YouTube. As a teacher depending predominately on direct instruction, I found I was repeating myself AFTER teaching the content to the class. My students’ standardized test scores continue to grow.
9 Video Tips for a Better Flipped Classroom Flipped Classroom | November 2013 Digital Edition 9 Video Tips for a Better Flipped Classroom Early adopters share how schools can find success with teachers and students alike--even when the technology seems as topsy-turvy as the lessons. In 2007, when Colorado high school teachers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams began experimenting with recording their lectures in order to spend class time on deeper face-to-face learning with students, they probably didn't foresee the major movement that would grow up around what came to be called the flipped classroom. But six years later, the growth in interest remains exponential, suggesting this is far more than a fad. Today, it seems, there is no one correct way to flip the classroom, and approaches vary both by subject and educational philosophy. 1) Devise a flipped strategy. • Will teachers make their own videos, curate others' material, or a combination of the two? • What video-creation software should teachers use?
Keep the lectures at home: New ‘flipped classroom’ model focuses class-time on experiments in Easthampton EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton High School junior Kevin Van Oudenhove may not be familiar with the term “flipped classroom.” But he knows there’s something different about the honors chemistry class he’s taking this semester. For homework, Van Oudenhove’s teacher, Shawn Sheehan, asks students to watch videotaped lectures and other lesson materials posted on his website. Class time is devoted to solving equations, conducting lab experiments and working on group research projects. Van Oudenhove said he likes that much of the basic instruction for chemistry class happens outside of the classroom. “If we spent all class listening to lectures and taking down notes, we wouldn’t be able to do this,” he said, in an interview last week, gesturing towards a table where his lab partners were busy creating a reaction with baking soda and acetic acid. Classmate and fellow EHS junior Jennifer Szafir said she is also a fan of flipping the traditional spheres for classroom and homework.