Higher Education
ResearchLearning Experiences in a Hybrid, "Flipped Classroom" Versus a Face-to-Face Only Classroom
"Flipped classrooms are attractive, because they offer the possibility for viewers to control the pace of direct instruction and teachers to gain classroom time for activity-based learning. In this study, we made quantitative and qualitative comparisons between two Cognitive Neuroscience classrooms in the secondary division of a selective summer program. One section received flipped multimedia lectures while the other received extra reading. Summative academic performance outcomes did not differ, but perceptions of the approach and learning environments were complex and surprising. The hybrid class had more time for discussions, projects, topics, and immediate feedback. Nearly everyone in the hybrid class would keep the flipped lessons and 63% of learners in the face-to-face class would add them to a future class." Flipped Classrooms and Cooperative Learning: A Practical Experience
"One of the main challenges which education is facing nowadays is how to introduce and promote active and cooperative learning, in contrast to a passive and competitive one, which has traditionally ruled –and still does- our educational system. The characteristics of contemporary societies have led to a change in the role of teachers and students, being the former the guides on the side and the latter the ones who have the lead. The teacher is not the only source of knowledge. This Final Master Project, framed within the Educational Innovation modality, contemplates the introduction of the flipped classroom and cooperative learning for learning English as a Foreign Language in a post-compulsory secondary level. Its goals are to discover whether this new approach to learning leads to meaningful learning and to find out whether students acquire values and attitudes related to cooperation such as solidarity, responsibility and helping other people. In the analysis, it can be observed that the flipped classroom leads to meaningful learning, higher in comparison to traditional methodologies, which opens the door for its frequent use in our educational system. On the other hand, a high number of students acquire cooperative values and abilities, although some students do not, as they are used to working in an individual way. In this way, it can be concluded that, by following the flipped classroom and working in a cooperative way, students learn not only contents, but also values which facilitate their personal and social growth." National Survey of FILT in Universities: "Flipped classroom" Model Shows Proven Progress in Addressing Broken Educational Experience in the U.S.
"The cost of higher education has nearly doubled since 2000, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, and continues to rise. Meanwhile, college enrollments are on the decline, down 2.3 percent this spring compared with last year(1). Both the financial return and the skills preparedness of a college degree have come into question. In fact, a 2013 'Bridge That Gap' Index revealed that only 39 percent of employers believed college graduates they interviewed over the past two years were prepared for a job in their field. Meanwhile, a 2013 College Board report estimates that it takes 18 years for a college student to 'break even' on the costs of their bachelor's degree." Harvey Mudd College study of flipping (reported by USA Today with many responses from educators) "USA Today published an article today titled ‘Flipped classrooms’ may not have any impact on learning', based on research from four Harvey Mudd professors. This research is backed by a $199,544 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of the flipped classroom on students’ learning. A real research report with NSF funding finding no statistical difference in learning outcomes from flipped classroom seems to contradict much of the recent promise of ed tech." The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare? (Summary of 3-year study of student learning and experience with inverted teaching @UNC School of Pharmacy) "If college professors spent less time lecturing, would their students do better? A three-year study examining student performance in a 'flipped classroom'. A three-year study examining student performance in a 'flipped classroom' — a class in which students watch short lecture videos at home and work on activities during class time — has found statistically significant gains in student performance in 'flipped' settings and significant student preference for 'flipped' methods." Strayer dissertation: Learning Activity in Traditional Versus Intelligent Tutoring-based Classes "With the rise of technology use in college classrooms, many professors are open to structuring their classrooms in innovative ways. The classroom flip (or inverted classroom) is one such innovative classroom structure that moves the lecture outside the classroom via technology and moves homework and practice with concepts inside the classroom via learning activities." NSF grant awarded to study FILT in Engineering in 4 universities "I will be leading a 4-institution team (USF, AAMU, ASU and Univ of Pitt) to improve and assess student learning in an inverted STEM classroom setting. This is a 3-year study funded by National Science Foundation, and we will compare a hybrid classroom to the flipped classroom for a course in Numerical Methods." ResourcesVideo
Lynda.com Online Video Course-Flipping the Classroom "Discover how teachers are using online materials to flip their classrooms, push online learning at home, and focus class time on reinforcement and interaction." 5-part series on flipped learning in HE that emphasizes instructional methods (information goes beyond most intros to FILT)
"Flipped learning", a playlist created by The CeL-ed Channel. Resources mentioned in the video: 1. NIE iTunes U: http://bit.ly/nie-itunesu 2. Curated resources: http://bit.ly/flippedcourse Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrOvBh... Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRd-AE... Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXzFJ... Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXEkTM... How and Why to Flip your Classroom with VoiceThread - Flipped Community College Art History class
"In this webinar, community college instructor, Michelle Pacansky-Brock, will demonstrate how she used VoiceThread to flip her lecture-based art history class." Flipping the Classroom - Simply Speaking (Penn State University)
"You teach a course where you normally lecture to students during class time. They work on homework and group assignments during their own time. What if there were a way to do the lectures outside of class time so you could use class time to have students work on activities together? Welcome to Flipping the Classroom Simply Speaking." Podcasts
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A Successful Student-led (flipped) Class on Avian Wings (Higher Ed specific example of *how* a flipped class was facilitated) "A sign that I still need to trust students to be able and willing to lead their own learning is that I had 70 slides prepared for this class (most of them pictures, of course). A sign that this was a successful student-led (flipped) class is that I only got to project one slide—a single slide with four questions." Cell Biology Flipped Classroom Course "The Cell Biology Flipped Classroom Course was developed in collaboration with Professor Jonathan Scholey and offered in Spring 2013 at the University of California – Davis to senior undergraduate biology majors. This course was built around the flipped classroom model, where students watched iBio Seminars as homework with assignments to guide them through the video. Students then met once a week with Professor Scholey for an in-depth discussion around a scientific question relating to the talk. In this section of iBio Education, you will find all the course materials including the iBio Seminars, discussion questions, and assignments (for educators only)." This CFD Class is Flippin' "Having recorded the lectures when I first taught my Computational Fluid Dynamics course (for graduate students and senior undergraduates), I found myself in possession of around 40 hours of video to use again the next time. I had uploaded almost all the videos to the iTunes U service, and my students used this for lecture recall and replay. This seemed like a worthy venture in technology-assisted teaching, and the students loved it. But this year I went to the next level: I took the plunge and flipped this course." In-depth Chronicle of Higher Ed article about flipping in higher ed "Andrew P. Martin loves it when his lectures break out in chaos. It happens frequently, when he asks the 80 students in his evolutionary-biology class at the University of Colorado at Boulder to work in small groups to solve a problem, or when he asks them to persuade one another that the answer they arrived at before class is correct." Should You Flip Your Classroom? (Ramsey Musallam) "At its core, 'flipped instruction' refers to moving aspects of teaching out of the classroom and into the homework space. With the advent of new technologies, specifically the ability to record digitally annotated and narrated screencasts, instructional videos have become a common medium in the flipped classroom." Model for Inversion: High- and Low-Inversion The Flip Spectrum: Varying degree of inversion and the use of technologies to deliver an effective flipped classroom. The Condensed Classroom - Flipped Classrooms Don't Invert Traditional Learning So Much As Abstract It. "This year, more university students and professors will encounter a trend that has come to be known as 'flipping the classroom.' It's been largely associated with massive open online courses (MOOCs), that edu-tech vogue committed to delivering classes to large numbers of students all at once via video lectures and automated assessments conducted over the Internet." Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) "Just-in-Time Teaching focuses on improving student learning through the use of brief web-based questions (JiTT exercises) delivered before a class meeting. Students' responses to JiTT exercises are reviewed by the instructor a few hours before class and are used to develop classroom activities addressing learning gaps revealed in the JiTT responses. JiTT exercises allow instructors to quickly gather information about student understanding of course concepts immediately prior to a class meeting and tailor activities to meet students' actual learning needs." Educause 7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms Higher Ed "...Kyle has been taking a flipped course in designing food gardens. Before he attends each class, he watches videos of short lectures recorded or recommended by his instructor. Each lecture comes with a brief online quiz that offers him immediate feedback on whether he missed any essential points. Today as he enters class, he glances at the schedule on the whiteboard. For the first half hour, teams will discuss how the content of the video lectures on microclimates, insect predation, and disease control will inform their team projects."
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Articles
Flipping the Classroom (resource collection)
University of Washington
"Every teacher who has chosen to flip does so differently,” says flipping gurus Bergmann and Sams (2012). The University of Texas at Austin, has a nice 'Quick Start' guide to help you determine what kind of flip is best for your course."
University of Washington
"Every teacher who has chosen to flip does so differently,” says flipping gurus Bergmann and Sams (2012). The University of Texas at Austin, has a nice 'Quick Start' guide to help you determine what kind of flip is best for your course."
The Flipped Classroom (resource collection)
University of Houston
"The flipped classroom maximizes the face-to-face time for discussion where students are able to ask questions and interact in real-time with their instructors and fellow classmates. In other words, rather then being alone at home when working through complex topics or homework questions while studying, students benefit from the instructor's presence, coaching, and guidance."
University of Houston
"The flipped classroom maximizes the face-to-face time for discussion where students are able to ask questions and interact in real-time with their instructors and fellow classmates. In other words, rather then being alone at home when working through complex topics or homework questions while studying, students benefit from the instructor's presence, coaching, and guidance."
Flipping the Classroom
“Flipping the classroom” has become something of a buzzword in the last several years, driven in part by high profile publications in The New York Times (Fitzpatrick, 2012); The Chronicle of Higher Education (Berrett, 2012); and Science (Mazur, 2009); In essence, 'flipping the classroom' means that students gain first exposure to new material outside of class, usually via reading or lecture videos, and then use class time to do the harder work of assimilating that knowledge, perhaps through problem-solving, discussion, or debates."
“Flipping the classroom” has become something of a buzzword in the last several years, driven in part by high profile publications in The New York Times (Fitzpatrick, 2012); The Chronicle of Higher Education (Berrett, 2012); and Science (Mazur, 2009); In essence, 'flipping the classroom' means that students gain first exposure to new material outside of class, usually via reading or lecture videos, and then use class time to do the harder work of assimilating that knowledge, perhaps through problem-solving, discussion, or debates."