FlipA new twist on the classroom “Flip”

•Traditional methods of Instruction

•Learning Pyramid

•The “Flip”

•Issues with the “Flip

•A twist on the “Flip”

•Students ask questions

•Resources

•Summary

•Sources

Table of Content

“Sage on the Stage” approach (aka Passive Learning)

•Expert (teacher) Lectures

•Students Listen (maybe)

•Knowledge is transferred ????

•Homework assigned (and completed?)

•Tests taken

•Knowledge forgotten (20% of what is heard is remembered)

Traditional Methods of Instruction

Learning PyramidPassive to Active learning

http://mathsimulationtechnology.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/active-learning-passive-teaching/

The “Flip”

Traditional definition of the “Flipped Classroom”

• videos take the place of direct instruction• students get individual time in class to work with

their teacher on key learning activities

It is called the flipped class because what used to be class work (the "lecture" is done at home via teacher-created videos and what used to be homework (assigned problems) is now done in class.

http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php

The “Flip”

Survey Results: 67% Educators Report Flipped Classroom Improves Test Scores88% of educators said flipping their classroom improved their job satisfaction67% report improved student test scores80% claimed improved student attitude99% would use it again next year

http://edudemic.com/2012/06/survey-results-67-educators-report-flipped-classroom-improves-test-scores/

So, What is a Flipped Classroom?

Select the link below for an overview of the “Flipped Classroom” by Missy Braden

Missy Braden's discussion of the flipped classroom at https://vimeo.com/55631288

Issues with the “Flip”

Some current issues and concerns include:

• Is the technology driving the pedagogy?

• Is the teacher still relevant?

• How much time and effort is needed to prepare videos and other replacements for lectures?

• Will the students do there homework (where knowledge transfer takes place)?

• Will students come prepared for the “hands-on” learning activity?

A Twist on the Flip

• Students are divided into teams and each team is assigned a topic

• Each team prepares the flipped material during class • The teacher becomes the subject matter expert and

works with each team during class time to prepare the flipped material

• Flipped Materials are deployed as “homework” for all students to review

The Students become the teacher – they prepare the “Flip”

A Twist on the Flip

• After reviewing flipped materials• Students may work on hand-on exercises (there are

now multiple experts to help – the instructor and the group that prepared the flip)

• Students create questions during class

• Questions can be answered by other students and/or instructor

• As incentives, there could be a contest for which team prepare the better flip and/or which student have the best questions

Students Prepare Questions

How does it work/what are the steps?• The teacher sets the stage with goals for the question

formation technique

• Introduce rules for question development

• Provide instruction to begin the question formation

• Serve as a facilitator to help student ID open and

closed-ended questions

• Help students prioritize the questions

• Give direction for use of questions

Growth in student thought processes:

• Metacognitive

• Convergent thinking

• Divergent thinking

Students Prepare Questions

Benefits of the “Twisted Flip” and Question Formation

By having the students prepare the flipped material teacher’s time is

freed up so they can work with individual groups and the students:

• become subject matter experts in order to teach others (peer

learning)

• learn by doing

• become active learners

By having the students prepare questions, they:

• develop critical thinking skills

• gain a better understanding

Resources

Technology needs

Make videos• Smart phone• Video camera• Point and shoot camera• ipad or tablet or PC

Edit videos• Windows Movie Maker• Camtasia• Apple iMovie

Resources Available

Videos already available • Premade videos• Khan Academy• Knowmia• Ted-Ed

Summary

• Traditional methods are not effective (20% retention rate at best)

• One solution is to flip the class which is not just watching videos and

doing homework in school

• Adding to the flip (the twist on the flip)

• Turns the students into subject matter experts

• Frees the teachers to help the students that need help

• Takes advantage of peer learning

• Transforms the learning from passive to active

• Teaching by questioning facilitates a higher level of learning

• There are resources already available to facilitate this transformation

• It’s the pedagogy that matters – technology can facilitate the process but

it is not required

• This technique will work for K-12 through Higher Ed

SOURCES

Bergmann Jon, Overmyer Jerry & Wilie Brett,The Flipped Class: Myths vs. Reality, The Daily Riff, 2012, retrieved athttp://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php

Johnson, Claes, Active Learning – Passive Teaching retrieved at http://mathsimulationtechnology.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/active-learning-passive-teaching/

Rothstein, Dan & Santana, Luz, Make Just One Change Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions Harvard Education Press, 2011

Survey Results: 67% Educators Report Flipped Classroom Improves Test Scores retrieved athttp://edudemic.com/2012/06/survey-results-67-educators-report-flipped-classroom-improves-test-scores