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Talk:Flipping the Classroom The First Unit: An introduction

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Evaluation of Unit One for Flipping the Classroom -- Lisa Martin 19:34, 24 November 2012 (EST)

Hi Benjamin! Great Start! I've already learned a lot about flipping the classroom just from your first unit! Here is my feedback:

Learning Outcomes: Your learning outcomes were very clearly identified on the main page of the course. I would have liked to see Unit 1 learning objectives restated on the Unit 1 page. In order for me to evaluation content-goal consistency, I had to go back to the main page.

Content-goal consistency: The content in Unit 1 absolutely met the goal of teaching the learner what a flipped classroom is, looks like, and why it is used. I wasn't totally convinced that it met the goal of developing an awareness of our goals and objectives in terms of learning a new teaching style. I thought the reflection questions at the beginning of the Unit would have to be changed to achieve this. The questions asked on the main page of the course I felt were better suited for reflecting on our goals for learning a new teaching style.

Instructional sequencing: Activity 2 and Activity 3 in Unit 1 were scaffolded well in my opinion. Starting out with showing the learner WHY flipping the classroom is used followed by HOW it is used would help the learner construct knowledge. As I said above, I felt the questions asked in Activity 1 needed to be altered or changed to the questions on the main page of the course. If the learner had no prior knowledge at all of the flipped classroom they wouldn't be able to actually reflect on all the questions. I also thought about having reflection questions at the end of unit to allow the learner to apply what they have learned and reflect on what is means for them as a teacher.

Engagement and interaction: The initial questions on the main page of the course were very engaging and made the course relevant to me as a learner. I didn't feel like there was enough interaction or active engagement in Unit 1. I didn't see where the learner was able to actively participate in their learning and apply what they had learned.

Technical quality: Both the main page and Unit 1 were laid out in an organized way and easy to navigate.

Extended resources: You had many useful resources that taught me a lot about the relevance of flipping the classroom as well as how to do it. Don't forget to site them! I have to do this still too :-)


Linsey Bland

Learning Outcomes: You laid out your goals clearly on the introductory pages, but just as Lisa stated, it would have been helpful if you had them on the Unit page as well. This prevents extra clicking around.

Content-goal consistency: I think you are on track with meeting your objective in this unit. I feel like I learned a lot during this unit! I'm just not quite sure how you, as the instructor, will be sure that the students have grasped concepts. There is no instruction to submit work anywhere, so the accountability portion is tricky.

Instructional sequencing: You really organized this Unit well, and I feel almost as if I completed the "home" part of the flipped classroom model while going through the unit. I wish I could go into a class and discuss everything I learned!

Engagement and interaction: Going along with what I sad about learning and wishing to discuss what I've learned, I think that if you had a place for students to discuss their responses and ideas (a google docs page, separate wiki page, the "discussion" tab, etc.), the learning would be enhanced. The discussions in ETAP 623 have helped me to learn, so a similar sort of format might work for this course as well.

Technical quality: Great! It seems like you really have grasped how to navigate the wiki software and have utilized many tools to make your pages pleasing and navigable.

Extended resources: You have many outside resources! I especially liked the videos, they were very engaging.


Great work :)

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Activity 1 Assignment

Directions: Put your name before your answer.

  • What are you looking to improve about your classroom?



  • What has encouraged you to explore flipping the classroom?



  • What is your current understanding of flipping the classroom?



  • Based on your current understanding of flipping the classroom, WHY do you want to flip the classroom?



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Activity 3 Assignment

Directions: Put your name before your answer.

  • In your own words, describe what you learned about flipping the classroom in this unit.
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