The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Short video lectures (or other learning materials) are viewed by students at home before the class session, while in-class time is devoted to exercises, projects, or discussions.
Lecturer Audio Explanation provides students with the opportunity to recall and reflect on underlying course concepts. This activity enables staff to exhibit good practice (refer to Resources/Technology) to support student learning. Additionally, valuable apps: ShowMe, VideoScribe, Narrable, Moovlycan or Powtoon (refer to Technology/Resources) are available for mobile devices, such as ipads or iphones, to explain underlying or difficult concepts.
Concept Maps for Revision is intended to sketch course key concepts. The process enables the organisation and representation of information to improve knowledge acquisition and understanding of key concepts and their relationships in a course. The mapping offers an alternative way of providing student revision.
The Essay Checklist intends to support students in structuring and submitting a well prepared essay.
Using Blackboard Mobile Learn for End of Workshop Review Questions is deployed to review learning at the close of a
workshop or workshop series.
Using Blackboard Mobile Learn for End of Module Review Questions allows students to assess their progress in relation to specific content and set goals for learning toward final assessments and course completion.
Learning Catalytics (LC) gives students the opportunity to articulate their thinking, listen to contrary views and move to deeper conceptual understanding. It develops problem solving skills and long term retention.
The Weekly Expert Broadcast allows students to discover the forthcoming weekly topic. It gives them an opportunity to consider one challenging concept or illuminating example for the forthcoming week.
Make Lessons Worth Sharing explains course concepts through TED videos. TED-ED enables lecturers to create lessons and share the videos as educational resources.
Gamification: Achievement Unlocked engages students to self-assess their knowledge and progress, and reflect on presented course content. As part of a gamified system educators create or reframe each of 3 online non-assessment quizzes as missions. Successful completion of each mission levels a student up towards unlocking bonus support/learning materials and resources.
The Analytical Framework: 7Ps allows students to identify, describe and define key resources of a case study or product description when reviewing strategies.
