Flipped Classroom
Russell Stannard-Barcelona IH Conference 2015
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www.teachertrainingvideos.com
Russell
Stannard
My work
Developed a website called
www.teachertrainingvideos.com
Step by step videos to help teachers use
technology in their teaching and learning.
About 300,000 visits a year and a newsletter that
has more than 21,000 subscribers
Uses the same technology as much of the content
in the Flipped Classroom ie Screen Capture
Software. Tools like Camtasia, SnagIt, ScreenR,
JING
Example
Flipped
Classroom
What is it?
It is not a methodology.
It is more about the way that we organise our learning
content.
It fits very well with the Higher Education lecture mode.
It attempts to bring the coursework elements into the
classroom ( where the teacher can help) and move the
teaching or input out of the lesson.
It requires a lot of initial work as a lot of material needs
to be digitized. It also requires the teacher to create
interesting learning tasks/coursework for the actual
class time.
At the heart is a clear distinction between the types of
learning taking place ( see next page).
Part of it is about putting more responsibility on the
part of the learner ( autonomy).
Bishop/Verleg
er
Challenges
Initial work.
Learning culture of the students.
What to do with students that dont do the initial
work at home?
How do you deal with the different pace of
learning?
Producing the group based, task based activities
that take place in the lesson.
What do students do with the videos?
Learning
theory
In ELT
We dont tend to spend the whole class teaching.
A lot of what we do is already group based, task
based and focusing on the learning.
Could have some place in our classes. For
example writing, grammar, study guidance,
strategies for learning, reading.
Also has a place in teacher training.
Possible more EAP/Skills based courses.
Possible links well with the development of
autonomy.
My flip
In 2004 I took over the MSc in Multimedia and
Education.
Numbers dropping. Computer Science in decline.
Began an experiment where I moved a lot of the
traditional. teaching stuff out of the class.
Reduced lecture time to 1 hour a week.
Increased tutorial time.
Class time was not group based activities but
focused on the course work ( traditional idea of
Flipped Classroom).
Added the learning content on
www.multimediatrainingvideos.com
Reaction
All on-line
Made controversial decision to add content onto
the internet for free
Anyone could access the videos
Generated a lot of interest in the course
Many inquiries on the back of using the videos
Students who applied could also go to the videos
to get an idea about the course.
Numbers increased at a time when the department
closed all but two M level course
In the final survey 15 students out of 27 students
said that th website had been a major factor/or the
key factor that made them decide to join the
course.
The tools
Paid tools
Techsmith
Camtasia
SnagIt
Present.Me
( free/paid)
Free tools
Screen-cast-o
matic
myBrainShark
Present.Me
JING
Present.Me
SnagIT
Allows you to record the screen of your computer.
Great for talking about images, graphs, websites,
mini lecture input.
Can be share on the YouTube, saved on the
computer etc
Feedback
Mini grammar lesson
Research
Some research has been done.
Tends to focus on the response of the
students/teachers. Lots at things like motivation,
interest in the course.
Assessment hasnt changed. So using a new approach
to delivering learning but not assessing different skills.
Need much more real focus on.
Changes in the learning culture.
Amount of work teachers/students need to do.
Impact on learning, motivation.
What is really happening in the class? Is it group based?
Task based?
What are the teachers doing at home?
Extracting
Creates more project based, group based
opportunities.
Students still prefer face to face however..
Prefer group based activities to lectures ( free up
lecture time).
Organises the blend more efficiently. A lot of
digital stuff has been simply added to a course.
www.teachertrainingvideos.
com
Russell to
Russell
I cannot tell you how flabbergasted I was to meet up
Research
Superb article that reviews some of the research
into the Flipped Classroom
Bishop/Riddle
Excellent explanation of blended learning
including Flipped Classroom
Staker/Horn
Research into student engagement
Jamaludin/Osman
Support
Present.Me
Where can you find it?
https://present.me/content/for-education/
How can you learn it
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/videoyoutube/present-me.html
SnagIT
Where can you find it?
http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html
How can you learn it?
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/screencasting/introduction-to-snagit.html
My work
If you are interested in my work. There are 22,000
teachers signed up to my newsletter.
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