Flipped Classroom

Introduction to Flipped Classroom

• What is a Flipped Classroom?
  • Traditional Model: Lectures in class, homework at home
  • Flipped Model: Content at home, practice in class
• Key Features
  • Student-Centered: Shifts focus from the teacher to the learner
  • Active Learning: Encourages engagement through interactive activities
  • Flexibility: Allows students to learn at their own pace
• Essential Elements
  • Pre-Class: Access to video lectures, readings, and resources
  • In-Class: Hands-on activities, discussions, and application
  • Post-Class: Reflection, assessment, and feedback

Implementing a Flipped Classroom

• Getting Started
  • Choose the right content to flip
  • Use technology effectively
  • Prepare for a new role as a facilitator
• Overcoming Obstacles
  • Addressing technology inequality
  • Setting clear expectations
  • Providing support for independent learning

The Future of Learning?

• Flipped classrooms represent a pedagogical shift towards active learning
• Embrace technology and innovative teaching methods
• Continuously adapt and refine based on feedback

Exercise

• For inspiration, watch TED talk Let's use video to reinvent education
  • 20 Minutes
• Spend 20 minutes researching for papers, articles, and/or books about effectiveness of the flipped classroom method

The Power of Markdown

What is Markdown?

• A Lightweight Markup Language
  • Easy-to-read and easy-to-write plain text format
  • Can be converted into HTML, PDF, and other formats
  • Designed to be as readable as possible
• Advantages to e.g. MS Word, Google Docs, etc.
  • Simplicity: Markdown's syntax is simpler and more intuitive
  • Portability: Markdown files are lightweight and can be opened on any device without specialized software
  • Version Control Friendly: Plain text is better for tracking changes with tools like Git
  • Integration: Easily embedded into websites, documentation, and development workflows
  • Focus on Content: Less time spent on formatting, more on actual content
  • Tooling: Large number of available tools 🔗

What is Markdown?

• Disadvantages to e.g. MS Word, Google Docs, etc.
  • Limited Styling: Markdown has fewer options for text styling and layout
  • Limited Print Option: Requires conversion to another format for formatted printing
  • Manual Layout Control: Complex document layouts are harder to achieve (needs additional tools like Latex)
  • Learning Curve: Requires initial learning, especially for those used to GUI-based word processors
  • Inconsistent Rendering: Different Markdown processors may render syntax differently

Exercise

• Make yourself familiar with the syntax of Markdown
  • https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/
  • https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/
  • https://markdown-it.github.io/
  • https://github.blog/2022-05-19-math-support-in-markdown/
  • 20 minutes
• Choose any Markdown editor from https://www.markdownguide.org/tools/ and type some Markdown code so you get familiar with the syntax
  • 20 minutes

Video Content

Types of Content

• Recording of presenters
  • With/without a green screen
• Recording of locations and objects
  • E.g. school, experiments, etc.
• Still images (e.g. diagrams, logos)
• Screenshots, screen recordings
  • Still images, screen video
• Audio
  • Live, original audio
  • Voice-over
  • Speech, performances (e.g. music, theatre)
• Stock videos, images, music, and sound effects
• Any combination of the above

Recording Devices

• Webcams
  • Example: Logitech, Obsbot
• Video cameras
  • Example: Blackmagic
• Photo cameras with video function
  • ⚠️ Some have limits regarding max. recording duration
  • Example: Sony
• Microphones
  • USB mics, example: Logitech
  • Traditional mics, example: Shure
  • Wireless, example: Rode

Recording Devices

• Mixers
  • Audio, example: Yamaha
  • Video, example: Blackmagic
• Screen capturing devices
  • Example: Elgato
• Video drones
  • Example: DJI

Accessories

• Green Screens
  • Example: Elgato
• Lights
• Teleprompter
  • Hardware example: Elgato
  • Software example: CuePrompter
• Cases
  • Example: Peli
• Memory cards
• Tripods, Selfie Sticks

Software

• OBS
  • Free, huge feature set
• Screen capturing
  • Example (free): Green Shot, Zoomit
  • Example (commercial): TechSmith
• Video cutting
  • Example (free): OpenShot
  • Example (commercial): Adobe, DaVinci, Final Cut
• Audio editing
  • Example (free): Audacity
  • Example (commercial): GoldWave, GarageBand

Exercise

https://hackmd.io/@rstropek/phooe-aufnahmekoffer