Comments on: “These flipped classrooms are the educational equivalent of scanning your own groceries at the supermarket.”

By: Technology “yes,” solidarity “no.” « More or Less Bunk

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:43:04 +0000

[...] it turns out this is Cathy Davidson Week at More or Less Bunk. Her thinking played a vital part in this post, and she’s one of the many extremely well-meaning co-authors/signees of the new Bill of [...]

By: William Branson

William Branson — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:01:48 +0000

I’m doing a flipped classroom this fall for my Business Math course, with about 120 students in a large lecture hall. 3 reasons why I think it will work: I get 4 or 5 Undergraduate Learning Assistants to help in the room (SCSU is a master’s univeristy,not a doctoral one, so no grad students; the ULA’s are largely math education students who plan to go into teaching), many students come into the class knowing some (or most) of the material, and, in math anyway, students seem much more willing to watch a video than to read the book. Classtime will be spent largely on worksheets. Between me, the ULAs, and the frequent quizzes, I think we can leverage the pre-existing knowledge in the room to raise low-acheivers and to engage high-achievers. However, I think my flipped classroom might work for reasons that are local to my university and reasons that are specific to my discipline and reasons that are specific to my abilities as a teacher.

By: Jonathan Rees

Jonathan Rees — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:42:20 +0000

Matt:

I know. I saw her tweet your piece before I even read it.

She’s being supportive because you both have the same general position towards technology, but her argument is stlll totallly different than how you characterize it. Unlike you, Davidson refuses to look at MOOCs with rose-colored glasses.

By: Matt Reed

Matt Reed — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:55:12 +0000

Um, not to be rude, but please read the first comment on my piece. You know, the one by Cathy Davidson.

Thanks.

By: Jonathan Rees

Jonathan Rees — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:51:16 +0000

And while I have you here, Vim,

Thanks for the inspiration on this one. You are (and were) absolutely right.

By: Vim, Ph.D. (@Exhaust_Fumes)

Vim, Ph.D. (@Exhaust_Fumes) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:22:14 +0000

Matt Reed misread just about everything he quotes in that thing…