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Never Teach Naked!

But still flip your class

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The Class• CSCI 160 – Intro to Structured

Programming I• Taught 8:00 MWF using IVN

– 8 students at VCSU – have laptops– 4 students at WSC – in computer lab

• Online resource: VCSU MEP– The textbook substitute and giver of

assignments

• Online resource: VCSU Web Tools– Giver of daily quiz

Technology • Some pieces of technology are

essential– Others get in the way

• Used– IVN is both, but is a necessary evil– VCSU-MEP is used instead of textbook– DevC++ IDE is free software– The VCSU Web Tools

• A computer science class without technology is counterproductive

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Class Cycle• Between classes complete VCSU MEP

reading• Take quiz, 5-15 minutes• Discuss quiz questions, 5-25 minutes

– Lengthy discussion of harder problems

• Demonstration or presentation – all remaining time, except next bullet– Often skipped in favor of previous

• Announce what needs to be done prior to next class – 5 minutes

• All but the first item is recorded via Tegrity – Especially helpful for Williston

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History• Traditional face to face in last

millennia• VCSU MEP becomes standard early

2000’s– 2010 was last of these– C++Builder was IDE

• 2011 became IVN class– No text other than VCSU MEP– C++Builder and Visual Studio

• Flipped in 2013 – DevC++

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VCSU Web Tools

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• Online system developed by David DeMuth– Many features, but the quiz is only

one used

• Easy to make multiple choice or survey questions

• Questions are released at a specified time and stay open for a limited time

• Each student has a login

VCSU-MEP

• Online learning resource discussed in several papers

• Used with a login on a Java enabled browser

• Numerous interactive objects besides normal text content

• Records student progress• Assigns projects when milestones

have been accomplished

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PowerPoint Slides & Quiz Questions

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2012 2013Slides before test 1 384 201

Slides before test 2 337 159

Slides before test 2 343 21

MC quiz questions(work alone)

0 79

MC quiz questions(work together)

0 24

Test PerformancePercentage right for Multiple Choice Questions

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Test 1 Test 2 Test 3

2013 62.07% 44.83% 60.00%2012 38.46% 16.67% 30.00%2011 54.84% 35.00% 58.80%2010 65.52% 56.21% 65.56%

Test Performance

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Performance Commentary

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• The Blue Ribbon class was 2010– Of the seven who started, six finished,

four have IT jobs today

• The class of 2013 is the second best of the classes and usually finishes close to that of 2010– Does this class have the raw talent?

• This is a long way from educational research standards but suggests that this may be a promising approach

Work

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• This was much more labor intensive than previous editions

• All the PowerPoints existed from previous classes– Delivering them is no-brainer

• Generating quiz questions and more demonstrations did turn out to be real work

• Almost like a first offering of a class

Commentary

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• The advent of IVN for this class killed numerous in-class exercises in groups

• VCSU Web Tools allowed something similar to be re-introduced

• The level of in-class interaction is not yet to where it should be

Finally

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• Ask for a demonstration of:– VCSU Web Tools– VCSU-MEP

• Questions?