Peer Instruction
I listened to the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast over the past few days and am learning more about flipping the classroom and peer instruction. I first heard about flipping the classroom in the spring of 2018. I had been teaching only 1411 face to face to that point, but that semester I also added 1412 face to face. I heard a colleague speak about how to flip the classroom and my mind was blown. How could I do this? After thinking of it a little more I asked myself: how could I not do this? This clearly would serve my students much better than me lecturing all the time. Now that I'm teaching hybrid classes, this is real. Flipping the classroom is the way this model works best. However, on these podcasts I crystalized a few important concepts. First: "first exposure" is a great way to describe what I expect students to do before class. Last semester, I used the graphic of a mountain and I showed students that I expected th...