In ‘Flipped’ Classes, Faculty See Opportunities and Obstacles

By C. RAMSEY FAHS and DANIEL P. WOOD, Harvard Crimson

Harvard faculty members have demonstrated an increased interest in the “flipped” classroom model, the practice of moving some material previously taught in lecture to pre-class video recordings, according to faculty involved in pedagogical research. Robert A. Lue, faculty director of the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, said faculty members interested in an “active learning” model have recently consulted the Bok Center in increasing numbers, though the center does not keep statistics on flipped courses. To support interested professors, the Bok Center holds weekly “Active Learning Lunches.” The ramp-up in faculty interest comes as researchers publish more studies on the active learning model and others internally raise concerns about faculty and student workload under the flipped model.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/10/9/faculty-weigh-flipped-model/

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Ask these questions before using technology in the classroom

By Scott McLeod and Julie Graber, eSchool News

Trudacot is a new question-based model for using classroom technology in support of learning goals. We have a lot of technology floating around our classrooms these days. And while that can be, and is, a good thing given our digital age, we often find that our technology-related efforts aren’t paying off for us quite as we’d hoped. We still, for example, see a lot of replicative use—doing the same things that we used to do in analog classrooms, only with more expensive tools—and we see many teachers using technology simply for technology’s sake. There are many reasons why all of this is true, but a primary one is that we don’t have great ways to think about what is occurring when we see students and teachers using technology for learning and teaching purposes.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/05/26/questions-technology-410/

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TwitterChat: Balancing the Urgency of Revenue Performance with Mission and Quality Online – May 27

by Ray Schroeder, Josh Kim (Dartmouth / Inside Higher Ed), Katie Blot (Blackboard), Debbie Cavalier (Berklee)

Challenged by complex and shifting funding models, higher education faces a growing urgency to balance mission and product mix to keep things afloat as enrollments and state funding decline. Adding to this complexity is the growing tension in the marketplace in which the value/currency of traditional degrees are challenged by micro-credentials and the emergence of CBE. How can institutions address these crises? Join UPCEA for this timely TweetChat by using the hashtag #HigherEdAhead on social media as online education leaders share experiences and resources and respond to your questions. A live question and answer session will occur on May 27th from 2-3PM EST.  Is this your first Twitter Chat? – It’s free, it’s fun, it’s fast, it’s a fire hose of information!  Explained at the URL below:

http://upcea.edu/tweetchat

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MTSU offers high schoolers tuition-free college classes

by Adam Tamburin, Tennesseean

High school students across the state will be able to take college classes like macroeconomics and sociology this fall without paying tuition thanks to a new program rolling out at Middle Tennessee State University. The university’s Dual Enrollment Program will offer eligible students the chance to take the tuition-free courses online or on campus in Murfreesboro. Students at partnering schools in Rutherford, Williamson and Bradley counties will be able to take the courses in their high schools. The courses will yield both college and high school credit.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2015/05/11/mtsu-dual-enrollment-tuition-high-school/27147703/

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