campus technology fall forum 2014: best practices for designing online and blended courses

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Anyone? Anyone?

Designing a Flipped Classroom – Best Practices

Keitaro MatsuokaRasmussen College

BackgroundGoalsWhat You NeedApproachBest PracticesGlueFile Location

Agenda

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1. Describe 3 Components of a Flipped Classroom. 2. Approach to Designing a Flipped Class Session.3. Share Best Practices.

Goals Today

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Ingredients

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Motivated.Well informed of structure or have experience.Far along in their study.

Students

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Embrace inverted nature.Technologically adaptable.Have your own workflow.

Instructors

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“Untext” the textbook.Clear set of objectives.Digestible lesson blocks.

ContentMix of written and visual materials Examples, Discussions, Optional Paper

Course Design

Approach to FlippedDesign

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In Summary…

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1. Think “Relevant Simple Intricate.”2. Visualize “mastery blocks.”3. Generate comprehensive

examples.4. Assessment.5. End with lead to next topic.

Steps

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Your engagement matters.Student engagement matters.Keep blocks short.One size does not fit all.

Keep These In Mind

Best Practices

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BlocksVideoWeb resources

Lectures

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Common reasons why students don’t participate and action plan– No posting at all• Set an example early• Give rubric

– Have nothing to add• Cheerleading• Personal stories

– Technical difficulties• Get school support information

Discussions

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More reasons and remedies– Communication style mismatch• Remove offensive posts• Individually contact student

– Scheduling conflict• Have more than 1 deadline

(one midweek and one weekend)• Interesting topic

– Just not into it…• Instructor interaction

Discussions

You, the Producer

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Criteria

P l a n A h e a d

T h i n k : S i m p l e , C h e a p , P o p u l a r

E n j o y !

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• Any video recorder (camcorder or smartphone)• Memory card (SDHC Class 10, 32 GB)• Charger and extra battery• Tripod (Sunpak)• Headset (Plantronics)• Camera Case

Equipment

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Windows Movie Maker or iMovie (Editing)TechSmith Snagit (Screen capture; $30)

YouTube (Posting videos)Google Drive (Notes)

Digital Tools

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Movie Maker Title and Credit Slides

Trimming Video Clips

Transitional Effects

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• Read and watch the tutorials at:http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-snagit.html

Snagit

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YouTube Upload Button

Link to Your Video

Create Playlists

Include Tags to Make Search Easier Include

Thumbnails

Approach toRecording Your Voice

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In Summary…

The Glue That Holds It All Together

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Start with end in mind.Divide and Conquer.Set clear expectations.Cheerlead.Experiment!

Preparation!

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Wall Street Journal Opinion Pagewww.wsj.com

Casting Out Nineschronicle.com/blognetwork/castingoutnines/

Debbie Morrisononlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/

Google and YouTubewww.google.com, www.youtube.com

Resources

Keitaro.Matsuoka@Rasmussen.edu or (815) 306-2657

www.linkedin.com/in/keitaro

Ready to Get Going?

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www.slideshare.net/KeitaroMatsuoka