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teaching\u00a0affiliate\u00a0emily marshall discusses the upcoming gradstep session: <\/em><\/strong>flipping the classroom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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held in january each year, gradstep<\/strong> provides several workshops and discussions on teaching, learning, and professional development issues across the disciplines. this year’s line-up includes a session on alternative and non-academic careers featuring dr. ruth schemmer, assistant dean for career development.\u00a0\u00a0registration and more details<\/a> about gradstep are now available.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

educators across the country are flipping their classrooms and turning the traditionally-viewed roles of class time upside-down.\u00a0 in a movement largely fueled by rapidly increasing access to online educational tools, the flipped classroom brings problem solving sessions and applications of content into the classroom while reserving the exposure to new material for time spent at home.\u00a0 the at-home lectures are often done in the form of videos which students can pause, rewind, and review as many times as needed to digest the new material.\u00a0 students then spend class time dissecting, analyzing, and applying the content with the aid of their peers and the instructor.\u00a0 gone are the days of falling asleep in class and missing half the lecture or struggling through homework problems with no one around to help.\u00a0 the flipped classroom is a simple yet radical idea with rapidly increasing support among educators.<\/p>\n

elementary and secondary school educators are among those voicing their support for this new movement.\u00a0 elementary school teachers in particular have been flipping their classrooms and many are doing so with the aid of khan academy.\u00a0 khan academy is a non-profit organization that creates online educational videos on a large range of topics.\u00a0 the organization was started by salman khan and began with online videos he posted on youtube to help tutor his young cousins in mathematics. \u00a0the overwhelming support and positive feedback khan received for the videos led him to eventually quit his job and pursue the project full-time.\u00a0 khan academy now has over 3,000 instructional videos and is funded by big-name donors such as the bill & melinda gates foundation and google.\u00a0 the academy also includes a problem system that generates exercises for students to work through to test their mastery of a topic.\u00a0 this feature is often employed by instructors inside the classroom and includes a module in which instructors can monitor the progress of each student and thus determine exactly where and when extra help is needed.\u00a0 the khan academy has received glowing praise from those who have used it so far and is likely to increase in popularity as word spreads.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>the flipped classroom model is also being employed by educators at the college level.\u00a0 the university of michigan was an early supporter of the model; its math department has been flipping its calculus classes since the mid-1990s.\u00a0 classes are 80 minutes long and usually begin with a brief lecture by an instructor who has been trained in the flipped classroom model.\u00a0 the majority of class time is then spent working problems with students often asked to present solutions on the board.\u00a0 research done by the university suggests that this model is effective in increasing the conceptual understanding of the students.<\/p>\n

can the flipped classroom model be employed in your classes at vanderbilt?\u00a0 how effective will it be in your discipline?\u00a0 what are the potential drawbacks of such a big change for the students and the instructors?\u00a0 come discuss these questions and more with your peers at the gradstep workshop \u201cflipping the classroom\u201d <\/a>on january 26th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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\u00c1lvarez, brenda.\u00a0 flipping the classroom: homework in class, lessons at home\u00a0the education digest77.\u00a08 (apr 2012): 18-21.<\/p>\n

berrett, dan. “how ‘flipping’ the classroom can improve the traditional lecture.” the chronicle of higher education<\/em> 58.25 (2012). academic onefile<\/em>. web. 9 jan. 2013.<\/p>\n

“flipping the classroom; electronic education.” the economist<\/em> [us] 17 sept. 2011: 32(us). academic onefile<\/em>. web. 9 jan. 2013.<\/p>\n

makice, kevin. \u201cflipping the classroom requires more than video\u201d 13 apr. 2012. http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekdad\/2012\/04\/flipping-the-classroom\/<\/p>\n

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