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Backwash effect of running a MOOC leads a Harvard academic to revises his FTF classes - less lectures more 'flipped'. Not sure what the comment about Google hangouts is about.
Interesting look at the difference between f2f and online/flipped classes and why any chorus complaining that online doesn't have the human impact is a red herring. Also uses Mazur's thresholds as an example.
"..we brainstormed ideas (using an Etherpad shared document) for a video scavenger hunt. Based on the input and suggestions of students, I created the following activity which provides several options for students working in partner teams."
YouTube doesn't have to be a place where viewers passively watch video. Free annotation tools allow content creators to provide interactive opportunities to engage content. The resulting video can be used as part of a flipped classroom model or to time-shift any kind of instruction.This video tutorial shows you exactly how to create buttons that can be placed on your video to jump forwards and backwards within the timeline.
"...what is now an opportunity is also becoming an urgency: if students don't need to come to class to get informational content delivery, if they can get it easily on their own, we need to transform how we use our classroom time such that it continues to be relevant and valuable."
"When I heard a teacher tell me that they were creating recorded lectures for courses as homework assignments and spending classroom time on discussions and more active learning, I knew right then the value of the lecture capture tools."