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Classroom Salon

Flipped Classes . using. Classroom Salon. John Barr Computer Science Department Ithaca College Ananda Gunawardena Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University. Agenda. Introduction

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Classroom Salon

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  1. Flipped Classes using Classroom Salon John Barr Computer Science Department Ithaca College AnandaGunawardena Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University

  2. Agenda • Introduction • Flipped Classes overview (these slides: http://www.ithaca.edu/barr/Research/research.shtmlthen select “Classroom Salon->Flipped Classes with Classroom Salon”) • Pre-lecture assignment example (video) • Pre-lecture assignment example (document) • in-class exercise (what students would do in class) • Classroom Salon • Flip (CS with pdf) • Make your own example in Classroom Salon

  3. Problem • Contemporary students are distracted • Too many forms of new media • Attention span seems to be attenuated • Contemporary students don’t read, don’t know how to read, don’t know how to read in a sustained fashion Traditional lectures are not working for many students.

  4. Flipped Classes Definitions and resources

  5. Definition Flipped Classroom - The flipped classroom is a model of teaching in which a student’s homework is the traditional lecture viewed outside of class on a vodcast. Then class time is spent on inquiry-based learning which would include what would traditionally be viewed as a student’s homework assignment. Synonymous with Reverse Classroom. http://www.flippedclassroom.com/help/definitions.php

  6. What to flip? IN = in class OUT= outside of class

  7. What to flip? From Elizabeth McCormack’s presentation

  8. Flipped Classroom Salon • The Salon: http://classroomsalon.org/users/home.aspx • Video example: http://classroomsalon.org/video/view_video.aspx?mode=view&document_id=601 • Document example: http://classroomsalon.org/annotations/navigate.aspx?document=16808

  9. Resources • http://www.flippedclassroom.com Site devoted to flipped classroom pedagogy • Workshop in Pittsburgh on using Analytics in flipped classrooms. • HP Academy Course on Flipped Classes using Classroom Salon • Elizabeth McCormack, Chair, Department of Physics, Bryn Mawr as described in the article “Highlights from Flipped Classroom Roundtable”. This site includes a video of Prof McCormack’s presentation. http://iits.haverford.edu/instructionaltechnology/2013/02/26/highlights-from-flipped-classroom-roundtable/

  10. Resources • Why you should flip your classroom: http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/112060/chapters/Why-You-Should-Flip-Your-Classroom.aspx • Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Data Mining and Learning Analytics (U.S. Dept. of Ed)http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/files/2012/03/edm-la-brief.pdf • Flipped Classroom: Beyond the Videos http://catlintucker.com/2012/04/flipped-classroom-beyond-the-videos/

  11. Classroom Salon An overview

  12. What is Classroom Salon? • Classroom Salon is an on-line social collaboration tool that allows instructors to create, manage, and analyze social networks (called Salons) to enhance student learning.

  13. What is Classroom Salon? • Students in a Salon can cooperatively annotate and discuss documents (& videos) and answer questions

  14. What is Classroom Salon? • Salons • Social groups • Documents & Videos • Annotations (highlights, tags, & comments) • Questions & breadcrumbs • Messages • View other people’s annotations & responses • Dashboard • analytics

  15. What is Classroom Salon? participate manage

  16. What is Classroom Salon? • Classroom Salon provides tools that allow the instructor to monitor the social networks and gauge both student participation and individual effectiveness.

  17. Monitoring Individual Students Thomas Manzini annotations Performance in each unit responses Salons Created: 2 Documents uploaded: 6 Annotations Made: 56 Responses Provided: 40 Commenting on others: 42 Open Discussions: 38 Commenting on others Filter discussions How time spent

  18. Classroom Salon… • Go to http://www.classroomsalon.org/ • Log in with • Account: your IC email, e.g., barr@ithaca.edu • Password: thursday • Find the ithacafaculty salon and join it • Look at your wall for your first assignment

  19. Social Media Where Classroom Salon fits

  20. Need to belong to a group

  21. Education and Social Media Shared editing (google docs) Wiki’s Blogs

  22. What Salon does… • Salon on the other hand, is designed to provide • More in-depth discussions • More discussions in the context • Sustained attention over time • Study of textbooks (documents, videos)

  23. Three questions Salon can help with… • Where do students have problems with the material? • Are students doing the readings? • Can students learn outside of class (flipped classroom)

  24. Salon helps…. • Keep course content discussions in the context

  25. Summary

  26. What Salon does • Easily integrate salon activities to your course web page • Encourage course transparency • Provide access to what others think before tests or assignments • Encourage private small salons • Allow students to get to know each other through salon annotations and visualizations • Provide guidance for forming private sub salons • Allow students to view others annotations and change theirs (if necessary) • Allow instructors to “get to know” the students (follow-unfollow) • Carry document annotations and hotspots from semester to semester

  27. Questions?

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