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Five Ways to Motivate Unprepared Students in the Flipped Classroom (Apr ’16)

By Dan Wheeler on April 5, 2016

An article from  in Faculty Focus (Higher Ed Teaching Strategies from Magna Publications) (Apr 2016) isn’t strictly related to flipping (how to do you deal with unprepared students in any class?) so may provide useful information for any teacher.


How to Make the Most of the Flipped Classroom (Jan ’14)

By Dan Wheeler on January 31, 2014

David Raths reports in Campus Technology (Jan 2014) that while many classrooms are being “flipped,” professors are stilling working on improving their “lecture-free classroom time.”


Lecture Capture: Capturing the Imagination

By Dan Wheeler on November 20, 2013

In its infancy lecture capture was mostly focused on providing a class record for students to review. This article by Michelle Fredette in Campus TechnologyNovember 2013  relates how lecture recording can provide:

  • Interactivity
  • Increased instruction
  • Cross-disciplinary sharing
  • Customized content
  • Language instruction
  • “Khan Do” — short, instructional modules

 


Screencasting to Engage Learning

By mark hine on June 28, 2013

Screencasting to Engage Learning

The author discusses the value of screencasts as a tool for engaging the flipped classroom.

Read more at: http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/screencasting-engage-learning

 


Inside Higher Ed – Flipping out? What you need to know about the Flipped Classroom

By mark hine on June 28, 2013

Inside Higher Ed – Flipping out? What you need to know about the Flipped Classroom

Andrea Zellner lays out the flipped classroom basics including a series of resource links. Read more at:

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/flipping-out-what-you-need-know-about-flipped-classroom#ixzz2WdEv35Pq


Death Knell for the Lecture: Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education

By mark hine on June 28, 2013

Death Knell for the Lecture: Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education

Daphne Koller reviews the state of education and suggests that technology not only contributes to learning but also can reduce costs and personalize instruction. Koller emphasizes  the value of discrete modules and providing preparatory lessons in the form of short videos. Read more at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/science/daphne-koller-technology-as-a-passport-to-personalized-education.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&


San Jose State U. Says Replacing Live Lectures With Videos Increased Test Scores

By mark hine on June 28, 2013

San Jose State U. Says Replacing Live Lectures With Videos Increased Test Scores

This article reveals the value of preparatory exercises, like watching subject matter videos, and then discussing them in class. Read more at:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/san-jose-state-u-says-replacing-live-lectures-with-videos-increased-test-scores/40470


Three things I learned through teaching a flipped class

By mark hine on June 28, 2013

Three things I learned through teaching a flipped class

Robert Talbert talks about the trials and tribulations of engaging the flipped classroom model. Talbert adds some interesting insights including, “I’ve always felt that, within 5–10 years, we won’t be talking about the “flipped classroom” — we’ll just be talking about the “classroom”.”

Read more at: http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/castingoutnines/2012/12/04/three-things-i-learned-through-teaching-a-flipped-class/


How do student attitudes toward learning change in a flipped classroom?

By mark hine on June 28, 2013

How do student attitudes toward learning change in a flipped classroom?

This article details attitudes and finds that many students sing the praises of the flipped classroom model.

http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/castingoutnines/2012/09/10/student-attitudes-toward-learning-change-in-a-flipped-classroom/


Faculty Create Online Content: Screencasting to Engage Learning

By Ray Nardelli on June 28, 2013

To align screencasts with lesson objectives, goals, assessment practices, and standards, instructors can create their own screencasts rather than searching through the thousands of educational screencast videos on the web.

Read complete article
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/screencasting-engage-learning