Flipped Classroom in Fundamentals of Physics Courses

FlippedClassroominFundamentalsofPhysicsCourses

AndreasDewantoEmail:[email protected]

PhysicsDepartment,NationalUniversityofSingaporeBlockS13,2 ScienceDrive3,Singapore117551

8th PhysicsInstructionalProgramSupport GroupSharing@NationalJuniorCollege

Outlines&Objectives• Howitstarted:whyIdecidedtoflipmyclass.

• HowIdoit:howtomakeanengagingonlinelecturesandhowIengagemystudentsinsideandoutsidetheclassroom.

• Howitwillgo:Technology-enhancedlearningforgen-Ylearnersandourroleasteachers/lecturers

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SomeHistory…• 2012:Coursera wasfoundedbycomputerscienceprofessorsAndrewNgandDaphneKoller fromStanfordUniversityasaMOOC1 platform(ref:Wikipedia).• 2013:NUSmadeadealwithCoursera.• Jan2014:NUSlaunchedglobalaswellasinternalcourses(a.k.a.IBLOC2)forthefirsttime.• Jan2015:FundamentalsofPhysics1wasofferedasanIBLOCtoregularstudentsandNS-menforthefirsttime.• Jan2016:FundamentalsofPhysics2isofferedasanIBLOCtoNS-menforthefirsttime.2nd runofFOP1.

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1 MOOC:MassiveOpenOnlineCourse2 IBLOC:InternalBlendedLearningOnlineCourse

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ConcernsRef:November,A.(2012).Flippedlearning:aresponse tofivecommoncriticisms.Retrievefrom:novemberlearning.com/educational-resources-for-educators/teaching-and-learning-articles/flipped-learning-a-response-to-five-common-criticisms-article/

“Mostofmykidsdonotevenhaveinternetaccessathome.”

“Whereistheaccountability?HowdoIevenknowifkidsarewatchingthevideos?”

“Asateacher,Idon’thavethetimeortheexpertisetoproduceallofthevideosrequiredtoteachlikethis.”


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BackgroundoftheCourses• Description:itisabridgingcourse forengineering,science,andcomputingstudentswithnoA-levelbackgroundinphysics.Nocalculusisinvolved.• Topics:

• FOP1:kinematics,dynamics,rigidbodymechanics,fluidphysics,andthermalphysics

• FOP2:electricity,magnetism,optics,quantumphysics,andnuclearphysics

• Classsize:• Regular:30to40• NS-men:<20

• Timeline:• Regular:13weeks(JanuarytoApril),examinMay• NS-men:20weeks(JanuarytoMay),examinJune


AssessmentinBothCourses• Lecture-videos:deliveredviaCoursera platform• OnlineAssignment(10%):usingMasteringPhysicstoteststudents’comprehensionoflecture-videos.• ClassParticipation(5%):continualengagementinclassthroughactiveparticipationandpeer-learning,e.g.studentdiscussionandpresentation,in-classquizzeswithGoogle.• Laboratory(20%):dataanalysis,labconductandlabreport• Mid-semesterTest(15%):20multiple-choicequestions• Finalexam(50%):5longstructuredquestions




Screencasting MyLectureusingCamtasia Studio


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Pre-production

• Source&obtainnecessarypermit fortheuseofvariousmedia.• Designtheslidein16:9format.• Apply slideanimationandtransition.• Writedownthenarrationforeachslide.

Production

Post-production


SourcesforHigh-qualityImages• Recommendedtext(obtainpriorapproval)• Openclipart (openclipart.org/)• WikimediaCommon(commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)


Narration

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Writedownyournarration:- Reducefillers(“er”,“uhm”)- Reduceexcessiveuseofadverbs(“actually”,“basically”)

- Serveassubtitles


Havingsubtitleishighly-recommendedevenifyouarespeakingperfectEnglish.

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Pre-production

• Obtainnecessarypermitfortheuseofvariousmedia.• Designtheslidein16:9format.• Apply slideanimationandtransition.• Writedownthenarrationforeachslide.

Production

• Recordtheslideandnarrationinrecordingstudio.• Recordthesimulationandtheslideseparately.

Post-production


Camtasia Studiowww.techsmith.com/camtasia.html


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Powerpoint slide Simulation

Powerpoint slidewithsimulation


SourcesforGoodSimulations/VisualizationTools• PhET InteractivesimulationsbyUniversityofColoradoBoulder(phet.colorado.edu/)

• WolframCDFDemonstrations(demonstrations.wolfram.com/)

• OpenSourcePhysics(www.opensourcephysics.org)


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Pre-production

• Obtainnecessarypermitfortheuseofvariousmedia.• Designtheslidein16:9format.• Apply slideanimationandtransition.• Writedownthenarrationforeachslide.

Production

• Recordtheslideandnarrationinarecordingstudio.• Recordthesimulationseparately.

Post-production

• Cut,fuseandeditthescenes.• Applyannotation, zoomingandmasking.• Apply subtitle(fromthenarration).• Uploadtointernet(e.g.Youtube,Coursera,anyCMS).


Annotation


Avoidhavingstaticdisplayfortoolong.Thisisavideo.Videoshould involvemotion frequently.Orelse,itwon’tbedifferent thanreadingfromslide.

ZoomIn/Out


Mask/Filter

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Annotation, zoomingandmaskingisapowerful waytoretainanddirectstudents’attentionastheygothrough thevideos.


Someadvice…

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Ref:Philip J.Guo,Juho Kim,andRobRubin.2014.Howvideoproduction affectsstudentengagement:anempiricalstudyofMOOCvideos.In ProceedingsofthefirstACMconferenceonLearning@scaleconference (L@S'14).ACM,NewYork,NY,USA,41-50.DOI=10.1145/2556325.2566239.

Ref:Mayer,R.E.2015,March.Research-basedPrinciples forMultimediaInstruction.KeynoteaddresspresentedattheCoursera Partners’Conference,NewportBeach,CA.

Segmentvideosintoshortchunks, investinpre-production effort,etc

Someprinciples tokeepinmindwhendesigning lectureslides

…“Kidsdonotwanttositathomewatchingboring videolecturesontheWeb.Atleastintheclassroom,theygetsomekindofinteractionwithmeandwiththeirpeers”…

Ref:November,A.(2012).Flipped learning:aresponsetofivecommoncriticisms.

Learnfromedutainmentchannels(e.g.NatGeo,Discovery,etc)


MasteringPhysicsforOnlineAssignment


MasteringPhysicswww.masteringphysics.comintegratedtotherecommendedtext


ChecktheScore

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Quicklyidentifystudentswhoarehavingtrouble.


AnalyticsofStudents’Performance

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providesvariousanalyticsofindividualstudents’andoverallperformanceineachassignment,e.g.- howlongeachstudenttakes

tocompletetheassignment,- howindividual’sperformance

faresagainstoverallperformance,

- whichquestionmoststudentsgetitwrong,etc


Ipromotetheuseofanalyticstoenhanceteachingandlearning.

Google-basedClassroomResponseSystem


engagingStudentsinside theClassroom

tinyurl.com/nus-seminar-form

SurveyonFlippedClassroom


• GoogleForm

TheInterface

• GoogleSpreadsheet

TheDatabase

• HTMLandJavascript code

TheEngine

• InternetBrowser

TheVisualization


tinyurl.com/google-crs-ver1

Features(version1):• Loading theAPIs• Querying theSpreadsheet• Drawingpie-chartand

column-charttothebrowser

Morefeatures(version2):• Drawingtabletothebrowser• Updatingthetableand

chartsonreal-timebasis• Reportingerror(ifany)

during querying

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Ref:A.Dewanto(2015)Google-basedClassroomResponseSystem.EDULEARN2015Proceedings


Evernote&HangoutengagingStudentsoutside theClassroom



Studentsdon’tnecessarilyhavetolearnfromus!

FoodforThoughtWillflippedclassroom(andits“derivatives”,e.g.technology-enhancedlearning,MOOC,etc)becomeanorm?

Whatisourrole?

Doesonlinelectureinculcatesbadhabitoflearning?


Yes!

Teacher/Lecturer Facilitator

“Bad”isrelative.Ithinkbeingmobileandflexibleiscrucial,eveninteachingandlearning.

Education

Flipped Classroom in Fundamentals of Physics Courses