Falling UPTwo Keys to the

Well-FlippedClassroom

Stephanie Diemel, Shoreline Community College Physics @sjdiemel

Why Flip?

• Engagement

• Differentiated instruction

• Responsibility, investment & risk-taking

Masters of the Craft

• Eric Mazur, Harvard University• Tim Slater, Univ. of Wyoming• Salman Khan, Khan Academy

Challenge: Instructor Indecision

• But I’m a great lecturer!• I’ve mastered my slides/whiteboard

• Students love my lectures

Challenge: Student Resistance

“I want to learn from you”

Increased accountability/visibility

Unsure of the new landscape

Commitment

• Do not re-lecture• Allow your students to step up

• Your role has changed

Commitment•Do not re-lecture

•Allow your students to step up

•Your role has changed

Two Keys to Flipping Well

•Guidance

• Integration

Key: Guidance

• Introduce students to the landscape• Make your expectations crystal clear• Create clear incentives for students

Guidance: Introduce students to the landscape

• Course syllabus

• Tone and structure on first few days of class

Guidance: Syllabus language

“You are expected to take an active role in the process of your own learning. In support of this, I teach this class using a ‘flipped’ model.”

“Each class meeting is designed based on the assumption that you have completed the assigned reading and video lecture for that section or chapter.”

“Be ready to invest in yourself and your learning.”.

Guidance: Make your expectations crystal clear

• Guide what to watch/read when

• Explain how to engage with video lectures

Guidance: Make your expectations crystal clear

Guidance: Create clear incentives

• Frequent, low-stakes

assessments

• Students are held

responsible in class

Remember that excitement, joy and challenge are all real motivators as well

Key: IntegrationCreate

aHolistic

LearningExperience

Integration

“All learning is necessarily hybrid.”- Jesse Stommel

Integration: Connect1. Begin class each day by referring to some aspect of the lecture video

2. Use daily announcements

3. Set aside class time for students to ask questions about the lecture video

Integration: ExpectExpect that all students have watched the lecture and teach at that level.

Refer to lecture details when working on applications in class.

Integration: Include

Require participation in online discussion groups that relate to both in and out-of-class activities.

Integration: IncludeDiscussion ideas:

homework, lecture, resource sharing

Good luck, and have fun!

Thanks for listening.