MOOC consumption: enhanced learning on campus using course material developed elsewhere

TitleMOOC consumption: enhanced learning on campus using course material developed elsewhere
Faculty/College/UnitScience
StatusCompleted
Duration2 Year
Initiation04/01/2015
Completion03/31/2019
Project Summary

We propose to redesign section(s) of Physics 100, using MOOC content and other OER materials developed elsewhere as the basis for the course content. We term this approach ‘an open flip’, where the focus of instruction shifts from creating content to curating already available materials, and thus spending instructor time on design and delivery of classroom activities that are known to enhance student learning.

Such an approach has begun to be piloted elsewhere (e.g. Stanford describes this approach as a 'distributed flipped class'), yet so far with only limited evaluation of student learning using this very different instructional approach.

This project is well aligned with the goals of FL and the TLEF criteria, with an explicit focus on student learning and operating effectiveness (specifically, can we measure enhanced (or at least comparable) student learning using an instructional approach that is no more, if not less, resource intensive to deliver it).

Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2015/2016
Year 1: Project TypeLarge TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorSimon Bates
Year 1: Funded Amount45,566
Year 1: Team Members

Simon Bates, Senior Advisor, Teaching and Learning / Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology / Professor of Teaching, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Georg Rieger, Instructor, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science / UBC Vantage College
Stefan A. Reinsberg, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Firas Moosvi, Graduate Student, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Year 2: Project YearYear 2
Year 2: Funding Year2016/2017
Year 2: Project TypeLarge TLEF
Year 2: Principal InvestigatorSimon Bates
Year 2: Funded Amount15,564
Year 2: Team Members

Simon Bates, Senior Advisor, Teaching and Learning / Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology / Professor of Teaching, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Georg Rieger, Instructor, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science / UBC Vantage College
Stefan A. Reinsberg, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Firas Moosvi, Graduate Student, Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Project Report2016-TLEF-Final-Bates-WEB.pdf