Flipping the classroom seems to be the newest buzzword in education, both in higher ed and in k12 but what are the benefits of this method and what exactly is a “flipped classroom”? Flipped Classroom A flipped classroom is a reversal of the norm, where class time that is usually spent lecturing…
Today our guest blogger is Dr. Jason Howell, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. Please note that as of August 2015, Echo 360 is no longer available to CofC faculty as a campus license. Mediasite Desktop Recorder is the new replacement allowing for media creation and media sharing. I was very excited…
This week our guest faculty blogger is Dr. Richard Southgate from the Biology Department. In May 2012, I attended the College of Charleston’s (CofC) Summer 2012 Faculty Technology Institute (FTI) for the very first time, which was a great personal learning and eye opening experience, especially as I learned a lot about the potential…
Yana Wieckowski, a visiting assistant professor of Biology, discusses her experiences on targeting specifically challenging lessons that benefit from a “reversed” approach in the classroom. One of my teaching goals for this past school year, which led me to apply for the 2012 FTI, was to incorporate reverse learning into the classroom. I teach BIO 211 (Biodiversity, Ecology, and…