Flipped classroom by Roger Freedman

Flipping the Traditional Classroom: Using Lecture Capture to Get More In-Class Participation Roger Freedman University of California, Santa Barbara airboy@physics.ucsb.edu Source: Flickr user tanya_little

University of California, Santa Barbara

• 17,726 undergraduates

University of California, Santa Barbara

• 17,726 undergraduates • 5 Nobel laureates

University of California, Santa Barbara

• 17,726 undergraduates • 5 Nobel laureates • #1 physics department in the world as measured by citations per paper 1995-2005

University of California, Santa Barbara

• 17,726 undergraduates • 5 Nobel laureates • #1 physics department in the world as measured by citations per paper 1995-2005 • #10 party school in the nation per Playboy

Traditional course structure 1. Instructor interacts with students primarily by giving a lecture.

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Traditional course structure 1. Instructor interacts with students primarily by giving a lecture.

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2. There is limited time during the lecture for interactive exercises.

Clicker use and learning gains post-test% ! pre-test% Class learning gain: g = 100 ! pre-test% Richard Hake, Indiana U., American Journal of Physics 1998 66, 64

Clicker use and learning gains post-test% ! pre-test% Class learning gain: g = 100 ! pre-test% Richard Hake, Indiana U., American Journal of Physics 1998 66, 64

i>clickers* i>clickers + tutorials*

* U. of Colorado (Stephanie Chasteen et al.)

Traditional course structure 1. Instructor interacts with students primarily by giving a lecture.

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2. There is limited time during the lecture for interactive exercises.

3. Students can’t go back in time to replay the lecture or review portions that they missed.

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Traditional course structure 1. During the lecture, students think they understand the material.

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Traditional course structure 1. During the lecture, students think they understand the material.

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2. They then go home to try to do the homework‌ Source: Microsoft/iStockphoto

Traditional course structure 1. During the lecture, students think they understand the material.

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2. They then go home to try to do the homework…

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3. …where they discover that they don’t really understand the material after all.

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“Flipped” course structure Solution: Use the power of video!

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“Flipped” course structure Solution: Use the power of video!

Have students view the lecture before coming to class — a video podcast Source: Grand Comics Database

“Flipped” course structure Solution: Use the power of video!

Have students view the lecture before coming to class — a video podcast Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams, Woodland Park H.S., CO

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“Flipped” course structure Solution: Use the power of video!

Have students view the lecture before coming to class — a video podcast Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams, Woodland Park H.S., CO

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Instructor can then devote class time to: • interactive exercises • student work • demonstrations (for science classes) • providing guidance to students Source: Microsoft/iStockphoto

Note: This is not a “telecourse” NBC’s Continental Classroom (1958-1963) 6:00-7:00 a.m.

Peabody Award, 1958

Prof. Harvey White, UC Berkeley

Note: This is not a “telecourse” NBC’s Continental Classroom (1958-1963) 6:00-7:00 a.m.

Peabody Award, 1958

Prof. Harvey White, UC Berkeley

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MPATI: Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction (1961-1968) Stratovision by Westinghouse

“Flipped” course structure 1. Instructor records a lecture using a webcam, then publishes it on the Web.

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“Flipped” course structure 1. Instructor records a lecture using a webcam, then publishes it on the Web.

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A Panopto lecture

“Flipped� course structure 1. Instructor records a lecture using a webcam, then publishes it on the Web.

2. Before coming to class, Source: Microsoft/iStockphoto students view the online Source: Microsoft/iStockphoto lecture and pose questions to the instructor.

Actual student questions

“Flipped” course structure 1. Instructor records a lecture using a webcam, then publishes it on the Web.

2. Before coming to class, Source: Microsoft/iStockphoto students view the online Source: Microsoft/iStockphoto lecture and pose questions to the instructor.

3. In class, instructor clarifies points raised by the students…

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“Flipped” course structure 1. Instructor records a lecture using a webcam, then publishes it on the Web.

2. Before coming to class, Source: Microsoft/iStockphoto students view the online Source: Microsoft/iStockphoto lecture and pose questions to the instructor.

3. In class, instructor clarifies points raised by the students…

4. …and has students spend Source: Flickr user sarahjanenyc1 class time on exercises and clicker questions.

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A problem for you A monatomic ideal gas (CV = 3R/2, Cp = 5R/2) is taken around a cycle as shown. Process b → c is isothermal. (a) Find ∆U, Q, and W for each of the processes a → b, b → c, and c → a. (b) Find the efficiency of the cycle a → b → c → a.

2p0

p0 V0

2V0

Enter the result to part (b) with your i>clicker2.

More ways to “flip” the course Create short online “lectures” based on student questions posed outside of class (e.g. during office hours).

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More ways to “flip” the course Create short online “lectures” based on student questions posed outside of class (e.g. during office hours).

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If there’s a common error that students make on their exams or homework, create a short online “lecture” to address this.

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Your classes will be different • You will lecture less (and save your voice). Students will think more!

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Your classes will be different • You will lecture less (and save your voice). Students will think more!

• “Just because I’m not talking, that doesn’t mean my students aren’t thinking.”

—Ed Prather, University of Arizona

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Student responses Premed physics class, Winter 2011 Panopto lectures vs. traditional lectures: Much prefer Panopto Prefer Panopto slightly Panopto = traditional Prefer traditional slightly Much prefer traditional

Student responses Premed physics class, Winter 2011 Panopto lectures vs. traditional lectures: Much prefer Panopto Prefer Panopto slightly Views per lecture:

Panopto = traditional Prefer traditional slightly

Much prefer traditional All more than once Some more than once None more than once

Try flipping YOUR class!

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