After finding out about Khan Academy and reading a recent post by Mathematics and Multimedia which highlighted the presentation below, I have decided to give it a go!
Why do we spend so much time on instruction in the classroom that students are likely to understand themselves. Why do we give them the majority of work to do at home, when they cannot get help? Inverting the classroom is about swapping these two activities around.
The biggest challenge is to hand ownership of learning over to students and for them to recognise the importance of completing their part of the work at home, when it may not be checked. One solution (which is mentioned in the slideshare presentation) is to use quizzes to assess the nights understanding. I will note that khanacademy does allow teachers to follow students progress and see how many videos they have watched.
All students except one had either a facebook or google account
Lets see how it goes!
[slideshare id=7467479&doc=iupuiseminartalk-110331131627-phpapp02]
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