Derek Bruff gives his unique take on the flipped classroom… what to have the students do before they enter the classroom and what to do once they get there.PODCAST NOTESGuest:Dr. Derek BruffOn TwitterHis blogPh.D., Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, 2003Director, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University, November 2011 to presentBruff, D. (2015). An indirect journey to indirect impact: From math major to teaching center director. In Rogers, K., & Croxall, B. (Eds.), #Alt-Academy. Online: MediaCommonsThe flipped classroomShin, H. (2015) ‘Flipping the Flipped Classroom: The Beauty of Spontaneous and Instantaneous Close Reading’, The National Teaching & Learning Forum, 24(4), pp. 1–4. doi: 10.1002/ntlf.30027.What are the experiences and activities we want to have our students engage in that will help them make sense of this material and have them do something interesting with it?” – Derek BruffEric Mazur – learning as a 2 stage processTransfer of information (during class)Assimilation of that information by the students (outside the classroom)A definitionA shift in time to that processClass time spent on the assimilation processThe classic flipped classroomStudents encounter the info before classCome to class already having exposurePractice and feedbackFlipped Classroom resourcesVanderbilt flipping the classroomFlippedClassroom.orgThe Learning processIf students aren’t doing the pre-work before they come to class, the time together isn’t going to be well-served.” – Derek BruffConcerns that the flipped classroom is doubling the work for the students.First exposureEffective Grading, by Barbara WalvoordSchwartz, Daniel L. and Bransford, John D.(1998)’A Time For Telling’,Cognition and Instruction,Diet coke and Mentos experimenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS2vG1o7Op4This video is just an example of the Mentos/Diet Coke experiment; it isn’t Derek’s daughterCreating times for tellingStudents first need to encounter a problem, or a challenge, or something mysterious… and then that provides motivation to hear the 15 minute [explanation].” – Derek BruffLinear algebra courseLook at the board game Monopoly. What are the best places to buy on the board?Markov chain modelingClasses should do hands-on exercises before reading and video, Stanford researchers say. (2013, July 16). Retrieved 21 October 2015, from http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/july/flipped-learning-model-071613.htmlEven when you have defaults [in your teaching], you want to have good defaults…” – Derek BruffPeter Newbury on Teaching in Higher Ed talks about Peer InstructionRECOMMENDATIONSBonni recommends:Pictures as a means for remindersDerek recommends:The adventures of Babage and Lovelace