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Iyabo Obasanjo | Kinesiology
Iyabo Obasanjo | Kinesiology
Class Size: Large
Class Type: Lecture
Problem: Passive engagement with lectures
Solution: Flipped Classroom
Problem
Problem
Students engage passively with course material
Kinesiology Professor Iyabo Obasanjo teaches Introduction to Global Health – a large lecture class with over 100 students. In the class, students learn about the status of public health around the world and major diseases of global health significance.
Obasanjo found that when she structured her course around lectures, students tended to engage passively with the course material. They would listen in class and study her powerpoint slides but they weren’t engaging with the course concepts in an active way. Public health is a dynamic field with issues changing in real time so Obasanjo wanted students to be actively engaging with the real-world implications of the field.
Solution
Solution
Flipped classroom keeps students engaged when face-to-face
Obasanjo is testing a flipped classroom model for the unit of her class called “Diseases of Global Health Importance.” For each disease studied in this section of the course, Obasanjo will prepare a video providing general information on the disease for students to watch before class. Class time is then spent on discussion of a case study. Each case presented to the class is a real-world occurrence that students will discuss both as a whole group and in smaller discussion groups. The videos provide adequate background information for the range of students taking her class to put everyone at the same knowledge level before they come together to discuss as a class.
For a discussion on measles, Obasanjo will provide background information on the disease, the organism that causes it, how it is controlled in the video and the classroom discussion will focus on a global measles eradication case study written by the Harvard School of Public Health.
Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
The flexibility and ease of use of Panopto quizzes make this a good solution. Dana will monitor student use of the resource to ensure they aren’t gaming the system
One thing Dana loves about using Panopto is that she can record videos for her students anywhere, so if she is away at a conference and she finds students need clarification on a topic, she can create a resource for them immediately. She does worry that students may be able to game the system and just play the videos through without watching them and then click through the answers without truly trying to learn the material. However, she anticipates this is unlikely to happen if she communicates to students how much these videos can help them to succeed. Dana is excited to see how using Panopto and Blackboard in this manner will further engage her students in the material.
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