DOS AND DON'TS OF FLIPPED, HYBRID, AND ONLINE COURSES Dr. Florencia Henshaw Director of Advanced Spanish
May 25, 2015
DOS AND DON'TS OF FLIPPED, HYBRID, AND ONLINE COURSES
Dr. Florencia Henshaw Director of Advanced Spanish
Definitions
• Flipped: instruction is delivered online prior to class (it may o may not involve substitution of F2F hours)
• Hybrid: it involves the substitution of classroom hours (2 hours online, 2 hours F2F)
• Online: there are no classroom hours (all instruction and meetings take place online)
Online course offerings at UIUC
Spanish at UIUC• Hybrid:
– All 100-level Spanish courses are hybrid• Flipped, but not hybrid:
– Advanced Spanish Grammar• Fully online courses:
– Spanish Composition for HL learners (Fall, Spring)
– Readings in Hispanic Texts (Summer)– Spanish Composition (Summer)– Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (Summer)
Spanish at UIUC
• Our platforms– Blackboard– Moodle– McGraw-Hill Connect– Pearson MySpanishKit– Cengage iLrn
Lessons learned
Don’t depend entirely on publisher-ready materials.
Do customize your materials.
Why?
Publisher-ready materials don’t always have the following 2 key elements of successful tech-enhanced courses:
#1: Interactive instruction#2: Feedback
Typical textbook tutorial
Does anyone want to sit through this for more than 35 seconds?
From: http://vistahigherlearning.com/new-supersite/tutorials/
Integrate interactive instruction
Tools for tutorials
To create your own videos:• Moovly / PowToon
Tools for tutorials
To create your own videos:• PixiClip
Tools for tutorials
To create your own videos:• PowerPoint + Screenscasting
software, such as Screencast-o-matic (free) or Snagit ($$)
Tools for tutorials
To make videos interactive:• Zaption ($$)• TED-Ed (free)
Students need to create a Ted-Ed account, and then you can review their saved answers.
Feedback
In class, do you only say “Right” and “Wrong”?
Do hold students accountable. Don’t nag them.
Holding them accountable...
• In-class – Student response systems
• iClicker, Polleverywhere– Free-writing exercises
• Online– Adaptive release
...without frustrating them• Accept late responses for partial
credit
• Establish consistent, logical deadlines
• Send them reminders– remind.com (formerly Remind101)
Do use Web 2.0 tools.
Don’t equate “2 hours online” with “2 hours clicking around”.
• Social media– Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram
Web 2.0 tools
• Real blogs, real sites, real audiences– Blogger, Weebly
Web 2.0 tools
• Creating & sharing– Piclits, Animoto, Photopeach
Makebeliefscomix, Smore – Piktochart– Flipquiz, quizlet
Web 2.0 tools
Animoto: students can create 30-second videos based on pictures
• Interactional exchanges– TalkAbroad ($$), WeSpeke (free)– Blackboard Collaborate
Web 2.0 tools
Wespeke.com
Students can chat on their own, and everything is automatically recorded.
Do pace yourself!Don’t get carried away!
• Too many platforms = frustration
• Quantity vs. quality
• “Busywork” vs. “practice”
Do train your students.Don’t assume they are “digital natives”
Train your students…and your instructors!
• Orientation session– Virtual or in person– “Can-do” statements/”virtual scavenger
hunt”
• Course quiz– Of course, make sure students know
how to access the quiz…
Start with why(Simon Sinek)
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