1. Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Busy Professor’s Guide to Sanely Flipping Your Classroom -- Course Design --
Dr. Cynthia Furse
Electrical & Computer Engineering

2. What do YOU Want to Teach? Bloom’s Taxonomy (Updated)
Higher Level Thinking Skills
Which Concepts?
To Which Level?
From
Remembering: can the student recall or remember the information? define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts? classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
Applying: can the student use the information in a new way? choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.
Analyzing: can the student distinguish between the different parts? appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.
Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision? appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate
Creating: can the student create new product or point of view?

3. What Does This Mean for YOUR Class?
Project
Lab / Writing
Examples /Homework
Ask ?
Listen / Read

4. When can YOU be the most help ?
You have 1 HOUR:
When can YOU be the most help ?
Project
Lab / Writing
Examples /Homework
Ask ?
Listen / Read

5. My Goal: Teach my Students …
Interaction
Video
Text
F2F (Face-to-Face)
Homework (Self/Peer)
Hands On
Listen / Read
Take Notes
Ask ?
Practice (Examples & HW)
Test Ideas
Compare / Relate to Real World
Think ! & Build
What LEVEL do I want to teach?
What can my students do WITHOUT me ?
What do I WANT them to do without me? (struggle vs. discover)
I have 1 HOUR with my students. Where do I want it to be?

6. My Traditional Class …. Hands On Before Class In Person In person
Interaction
Video
Text
F2F (Face-to-Face)
Homework (Self/Peer)
Hands On
Listen / Read
Take Notes
Before Class
 In Person
Ask ?
In person
Practice (Examples & HW)
Multiple texts / reference material
Example
Self /
Peer-to-Peer
Pre-Lab
Test Ideas
Lab
Compare / Relate to Real World
 Lab
Think ! & Build

7. Example Traditional Class ….
Interaction
Video
Text
F2F (Face-to-Face)
Homework (Self/Peer)
Hands On
Listen / Read
Take Notes
Before Class
 In Person
Ask ?
In person
Practice (Examples & HW)
Multiple texts / reference material
Example
Self /
Peer-to-Peer
Pre-Lab
Test Ideas ??
Lab
Compare / Relate to Real World
 Lab
Think ! & Build
No TIME to teach
Higher Level Skills

8. Example Traditional Class ….
Interaction
Video
Text
F2F (Face-to-Face)
Homework (Self/Peer)
Hands On
Listen / Read
Take Notes
Before Class
 In Person
Ask ?
In person
Practice (Examples & HW)
Multiple texts / reference material
Example
Self /
Peer-to-Peer
Pre-Lab
Test Ideas
Lab
Compare / Relate to Real World
 Lab
Think ! & Build
Teacher Active
Student Passive
Student Active
Teacher Gone

9. My Flipped Class …. Hands On Before Class Discussion Board/ Comments
Interaction
Video
Text
F2F (Face-to-Face)
Homework (Self/Peer)
Hands On
Listen / Read
Take Notes
Before Class
Ask ?
Discussion Board/ Comments
In person
Peer-Peer
Practice (Examples & HW)
Before / After Class
Multiple texts / reference material
Guided
Peer-to-Peer
Self /
Pre-Lab
Test Ideas
Demos
Lab
Compare / Relate to Real World
Guided Application
 Lab
Think ! & Build

10. My Flipped Class …. Student Passive Teacher on Video Student Active
Interaction
Video
Text
F2F (Face-to-Face)
Homework (Self/Peer)
Hands On
Listen / Read
Take Notes
Before Class
Ask ?
Discussion Board/ Comments
In person
Peer-Peer
Practice (Examples & HW)
Before / After Class
Multiple texts / reference material
Guided
Peer-to-Peer
Self /
Pre-Lab
Test Ideas
Demos
Lab
Compare / Relate to Real World
Guided Applications
 Lab
Think ! & Build
Student Passive
Teacher on Video
Student Active
Teacher Interactive

11. My Goal: Teach my Students …
Interaction
Video
Text
F2F (Face-to-Face)
Homework (Self/Peer)
Hands On
Listen / Read
Take Notes
Ask ?
Practice (Examples & HW)
Test Ideas
Compare / Relate to Real World
Think ! & Build
What LEVEL do I want to teach?
What can my students do WITHOUT me ?
What do I WANT them to do without me? (struggle vs. discover)
I have 1 HOUR with my students. Where do I want it to be?

12. What Next? Design Content Find or Design Videos / Online material
Design Face-to-Face Class Activities
Hints:
Start Small (examples, supplemental materials)
Flip last third of class first
Think like a STUDENT (Time, Time, Time, Time, Time!)

13. Flipped Classroom: Resources www.ece.utah.edu/~cfurse
Open Invitation to Visit My Class

14. So Where Do We Go From Here?
What is the optimal Role for the Professor?
Are We becoming Dispensible,
or Indispensible?

15. So Where Do We Go From Here?
Fully Online Versions?
Of MOOCs and Money ?
Is Knowledge Worth Money, or is it the DEGREE we are paying for?
For Profit Education and the cost of a Degree ?
Concurrent (High School) Enrollment?
MIT
Stanford
Khan Academy

16. So Where Do We Go From Here?
Opening Education to the World
Why Should They Come HERE?

17. So Where Do We Go From Here?
Electrical & Computer Engineering
(TWO)
Can We (Can I?) Impact the Gender Disparity?

18. So Where Do We Go From Here?
Can My Students Learn More? Can I Teach Them More?
Higher Level Thinking ?( How to Assess This???)
Retention – Does it mean the same thing ?
Learning Faster?
Learning Happier?
What Can >I< LEARN???
What Do I WANT to Learn??

19. Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Busy Professor’s Guide to Sanely Flipping Your Classroom ‘Any Questions?’
Dr. Cynthia Furse
Electrical & Computer Engineering