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1 Dr. Donna Harp Ziegenfuss Dr. Cynthia Furse Dr. Stacy Bamberg donna.ziegenfuss@utah.edu http:// Teach-Flip.utah.edu MOOCs in STEM: Exploring New Educational Technologies Conference | SJSU June 6, 2014

2 Session Agenda Overview of our approach and the Canvas open course: Teaching with the Flipped Classroom –Getting MOOC teaching experience first –Then using the MOOC experience to design the TUES grant project learning experience Working progress Lessons learned thus far Future plans MOOCs in STEM: Exploring New Educational Technologies Conference | SJSU June 6, 2014

3 Experience from teaching a Canvas.net MOOC Strengths Interaction and guidance provided by the instructors Course content and topic, perceptions they were learning in the course, and the overall course experience Reported they learned valuable skills that were relevant to them, applied directly to their goals for the course and/or their jobs Round #1

4 Experience of teaching a Canvas.net MOOC (cont.) Weaknesses More student-to-student interaction (similar to what was done for the instructor-student interaction) Confusion related to multiple navigation schemes (too many different way to get to content)

5 Course Design/Re-Design Approach Engage faculty in rethinking how they design and implement instruction (Fink, 2003; U of U, 2012) Connect faculty to the educational literature (how people learn, pedagogical innovation, not just tech) Provide flexible opportunities for interacting with each other, discussion and problem solving, mentoring each other in a learning community (Cox, 2001; Wenger, 2002) Develop integration of existing support services with faculty needs MOOCs in STEM: Exploring New Educational Technologies Conference | SJSU June 6, 2014

6 Our NSF TUES Grant Project (1245904) Research university & community college partnership –Increase collaboration in engineering –Create better transitioning for engineering students –Rely on current support structures and services Faculty development effort grounded in faculty interests and MOOC expertise Focused on STEM but attracting interest from many other areas

7 MOOCs in STEM: Exploring New Educational Technologies Conference | SJSU June 6, 2014 Traditional? Flipped? Blended? Hybrid? Open Access? Technology Assisted?

8 MOOCs in STEM: Exploring New Educational Technologies Conference | SJSU June 6, 2014

9 The Course Design “Backwards Design” Collaborative process – Quality Course Framework (QCF) Quality Course Framework Action research: –pilot – assess – redesign Course design components –pedagogy (read/reflect) –technical implementation (try it) –experiential support and mentoring (reflect and share) MOOCs in STEM: Exploring New Educational Technologies Conference | SJSU June 6, 2014

10 Pedagogical Phases Technical Phases Technical Phases Explicit in connecting pedagogy and technology pieces

11 Fink, 2003

12 http:// Teach-Flip.utah.edu Round #2 Sp 2014 course: Grounded in literature Active learning Quality course design practices The assessment cycle Mentoring and support as they flip their classroom

13 http:// Teach-Flip.utah.edu Round #3: Flip & Chips Su 2014 Model the flipped environment – 2 F2F sessions Shorter session and more room for self-directed learning Provide opportunities for sharing – developing community Use to engage interest for more comprehensive sessions

14 Data Collection from Pilot #1 1. Measuring change in concerns about flipping: Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM profile) Concerns-Based Adoption Model Pre-Course Group data

15 Data Collection from Pilot #1 (cont.) 2. Analysis of faculty “threshold concept” challenges using IHMC Cmap Toolsthreshold concept IHMC Cmap Tools

16 Data Collection from Pilot #1 (cont.) Interview and pre-post survey data is under analysis –Pre-course expectations, post-course reflections analyzed Evidence-based redesign of mini-flipping course based on pilot faculty feedback and based on: –Time constraints –Navigation simplicity

17 Data Collection from Pilot #2: mini-course Preliminary course data from 1-week flipped session under analysis –Canvas data, interviews underway –Pre-survey expectations, post-survey reflections Recording of change in CBAM profiles Evidence-based redesign of fall 2014 course based on faculty feedback from 2 different pilots will be used this summer to design the first full run MOOC run this fall 2014

18 Lessons Learned Faculty schedules and time make it difficult to engage regularly in a predefined time frame for faculty development The interaction of faculty and learning from other faculty is the most valuable component Increased collaboration by campus support units due to this initiative Identified a need for more cross-institutional collaboration with partners on the design, etc. MOOCs in STEM: Exploring New Educational Technologies Conference | SJSU June 6, 2014

19 Next Steps for Fall 2014 Course: A Canvas.net MOOC or a larger campus trial? Provide options: True flipped hybrid for faculty on our campus and also online MOOC modules for those off campus Streamlining of content and modules – less time, better completion rate for faculty Gathering and integrating the real world cases of participants’ experiences flipping More detailed and refined research plan Round #4

20 References Cox, M. (2003). Proven faculty development tools That foster the SoTL in faculty learning communities.” To Improve the Academy, 21, 109–142. Fink, L. D. (2005). Integrated Course Design. Idea Paper #42, KS: The Idea Center available online at: http://ideaedu.org/sites/default/files/Idea_Paper_42.pdfhttp://ideaedu.org/sites/default/files/Idea_Paper_42.pdf Fink, L. D. 2003. Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. IHMC CMap Tools Software. (2014). Main website. Available at: http://cmap.ihmc.us/ http://cmap.ihmc.us/ University College London, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, (1999–2013). Threshold concepts: Undergraduate teaching, postgraduate training and professional development: A short introduction and bibliography Available online at: http://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~mflanaga/thresholds.htmlhttp://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~mflanaga/thresholds.html University of Utah (2012). The quality course framework (QCF). Tutorial and information available online at: http://tlt.utah.edu/qcf/http://tlt.utah.edu/qcf/ Wenger, E. (2009). Digital Habitats. Portland: CPsquare.Digital Habitats Images: open access, hybrid car, blender, MOOC, technology toolsopen accesshybrid carblenderMOOCtechnology tools


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