Do you have a colleague that still lectures during class and assigns their students homework?? That’s sooooo 12th Century (no kidding)!! Inverted Instruction, Reverse Teaching, and Flipped Classrooms are terms used to describe a powerful form of blended learning that is growing in popularity. Inverted Instruction leverages the power of the Internet to free you up from in-class lectures and lets you spend more time interacting with your students. Come learn how to turn your class up-side-down, make it more fun for you to teach, and significantly improve your students’ learning.

1. Turn Your Class
Up-Side-Down
Jeff Butterfield
Western Kentucky University

2. Overview
• In this presentation we’ll explore the state
of online education, traditional courses,
and new pedagogies that blend the best of
both worlds.
• Here are some resources that you can
research independently:

3. Higher Education in 2013
• Wikipedia
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_
in_the_United_States
• National Center for Ed. Statistics
– http://nces.ed.gov/
• US Census Data (higher ed)
– http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/
education/higher_education_institutions_and_
enrollment.html

4. OnLine Education
• Wikipedia
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_education
• Babson Surveys
– http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/highered
.html
• US Distance Learning Association
– http://www.usdla.org/research-center/

5. MOOCs
• Wikipedia
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_onl
ine_course
• Chronicle of Higher Education (series)
– http://chronicle.com/article/What-You-Need-to-
Know-About/133475/

6. Flipped Teaching
• Wikipedia –
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_teaching
• FIZZ Project at NCSU
– https://www.fi.ncsu.edu/project/fizz/
– (I like their approach for ‘one-take’ videos)
• FIZZ YouTube Videos
– http://www.youtube.com/user/flippedtraining

7. Eric Mazur Videos
• One of the early proponents of this
approach is Eric Mazur, a Harvard Physics
professor.
• Confessions of a Converted Lecturer:
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwslBPj8GgI
• Memorizing or Understanding:
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn1DLFnbGOo
• Others – Search YouTube for “Eric Mazur”

8. Free/Nearly Free Goodies
• Jing (free screen recording software)
– http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/default.asp
• Prezi (animated presentations)
– http://prezi.com/index/ (look for FREE option)
• PowToon (animated presentations)
– http://www.powtoon.com ($27 for educators)
• SmoothDraw 3 (what Khan Academy uses!)
– http://www.smoothdraw.com/
– FREE!