oade conference talk: designing a flipped classroom
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Exchanging ideas on how to create engaging online courses and sharing best practices I learned from designing 7 courses at Rasmussen College.TRANSCRIPT
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Designing a Flipped Classroom – Best Practices
Keitaro MatsuokaRasmussen College
• Background• Goals• What You Need• Approach• Best Practices• Glue• Q&A (File Location)
Agenda
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• Rasmussen College (www.rasmussen.edu)– Developmental Math and Business Instructor, both
residentially and online.
• Idea initiated from writing an online stats course.
Background
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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.• Content– Mix of written and visual
materials – Examples– Discussions– Optional Paper
Course Design
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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 it short.• One size does not fit all.
Keep These In Mind
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Best Practices
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• Blocks• Video• Web 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
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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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One More Thing…
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• Chronicle.comwww.chronicle.com
• Casting Out Nineschronicle.com/blognetwork/castingoutnines/
• Debbie Morrisononlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/
• Google and YouTubewww.google.com, www.youtube.com
Web Resources
[email protected] or (815) 306-2657
www.linkedin.com/in/keitaro
Questions?
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