Oops! I Accidentally Flipped my Classroom

Michael Dugdale Teacher, Cégep John Abbott College

Nathaniel Lasry and Michael Dugdale unintentionally flipped their classrooms by trying to enrich delivery of just-in-time teaching in electricity and magnetism courses. Students were asked to do reading assignments accompanied by some short open-ended questions. They arrived at the lecture having read the material, and having acquired a vision of what parts were easy and what parts were difficult for them. Although this activity didn't replace the lectures; it opened up a surprising amount of time in class for active learning activities.

Physics

Real Life Stories

Published May 19, 2013

Learning About Microbes in an Active Learning Classroom

Priscila Castillo-Ruiz Teacher, Champlain College - Campus Saint-Lambert

I have been working with Joan Kearvell and Isabelle Menard to develop a series of activities that mimic microbial-related infections, so that nursing students get to apply their conceptual knowledge to real life situations. Although two of us teach at Champlain College’s Saint Lambert campus and the third at the Lennoxville campus, we have been working together on a SALTISE mini-grant.

Nursing

Real Life Stories

Published October 24, 2010

From DECclic To Moodle – A Relatively Smooth Transition

Jamie Bridge Teacher, Cégep de Bois-de-Boulogne

For DECclic users, the skills acquired using the platform serve well when transitioning to Moodle. The platforms are more similar than dissimilar, and the devil, as they say, is in the details.