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Examples of successfully "flipped" classroom

An instructor explains how and why she switched from providing written comments on student assignments to audio comments. 

EcoMUVE is an exciting new curriculum research project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that uses immersive virtual environments to teach middle school students about ecosystems and causal patterns

mainly elementary and high-school related but certainly some uses can be transferrable

 The electronic portfolio offers many advantages to  its paper-based counterpart,  including - but not limited to - hyperlinked navigation, adding multimedia and the ease of sharing the portfolio. Previous research showed that the quality of a portfolio does not depend on the medium used. This paper studies the effect of the portfolio medium on perceived support for self-reflection and on the students' learning outcomes. We made use of the fact that during this study about half of the first year medical students used an electronic portfolio (n=157) and the other half a paper-based portfolio (n=190)

This interactive concept map, developed by Mark Morton in UW's Centre for Teaching Excellence, categorizes iPad apps into four kinds, and provides examples or recommendations for each kinds. 

Sep. 07, 200