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iFlip–FlippingtheClassroominadulteducation2015-2018Project-ID:Erasmus+15-204-012651

1. ExecutiveSummary

1.1. ReportThisreport,writtenbytheArteveldeUniversityCollege(AHS)-projectteam,reflectsthemonitoringandevaluatingofthepilotcoursescreatedwiththeuseoftheFlippingtheClassroom(FTC)methodology.FTCisablendedlearningstrategywiththeaimtoimprovelearnerengagementandoutcomes.Thelearningmethod,amixofindependentlylearningandface-to-faceclassroomteaching,islearneroriented.Thoughitcanbeusedfordifferenttargetgroups,itisverysuitableforadultlearners,especiallybecauseitallowsthemtoacquirethelearningcontentattheirownpace.ThreecourseswerepreparedbythegroupofeducatorswhoweretakingthespecialisedFTC-traininginGhent,taughtbyLutDeJaegherandDriesVanAckerforArteveldeUniversityCollege:

• MasterclassFlippingtheClassroom(PilotBE-01)• Vlogforeducationalpurposes(PilotBE-02)• Socialanddigitalmedialiteracy(PilotBE-03)

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Thecourseswereofferedfreeofcharged,andwereannouncedandopenforregistrationduringtheposterpresentationevent(https://www.arteveldehogeschool.be/oso/posterpresentatie/)atArteveldeUniversityCollegeon21/06/2017,with200participantsfromsecondaryandadulteducationschools.

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Atotalof81peopleappliedforparticipationtothepilotsbyprovidingtheiremailandname.Atwhole60participatedandfinishedandanother21willtakethecoursefromMarchtoJune2018becauseitfitsbetterintheirschedule.Theregistrationfortheonlinepartsstillremainsopenandwillbeleftopeninthefollowingyearsformorelearners.Thecourseswereannouncedaspilots,andeachlearnercouldtakethewholecourseorapartaccordingtohisorherinterestsandpace.Itwasinterestingtoseethatsomeofthelearnerswereworkingontheonlinepartsallbythemselves,whileotherswereworkinginpairstolearnthecontent.SomeofthemwerenotonlyexperiencingthisFTCteachingmethodusingthepilot,butalsostartedexperimentinghowtocreatetheirownF2Fcourse.Theeducatorsdidagoodjob,creatinginteresting,participativeandattractivecoursesthatwerehighlyappreciatedbythelearnersascanbedeductedfromresultsoftheevaluationofthepilotswiththestandardisedquestionnairesdevelopedbytheiFlippartners.

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1.2. BackgroundinformationThe3coursesweredevelopedandcreatedbythesameteachersthatfollowedtheFCTtraininginGhentinApril2017.Eachofthemcreatedcoursesaccordingtotheirknowledgeandinterests.Theychoosecontentsthatcanseamlesslybeimplementedforadulteducationinawiderangeoftraininginstitutes.The3coursescanbefoundontheLMSenvironmentoftheArteveldeUniversityCollege(Chamilo)andontheiFlip-website.

Thenamesofthecoursesare:

• iFlippilotBE01:Vloggeninonderwijs• iFlippilotBE02:Socialeendigitalemediageletterdheid• iFlippilotBE03:Masterclassflippingtheclassroom

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2. CourseintroductionThethreepilotsstartedatdifferenttimes:10thofDecember2017,12thofDecember2017and15thofDecember2017.Theycouldbeaccessedfreelyafterregistrationwithnameande-mailaddress.

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2.1. Vloggeninonderwijs26learnersappliedforthiscourseand21pilotsessionswereregistered.Thecoursestartedon15thofDecemberandendedon10thofJanuary.

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2.2. Socialeendigitalemediageletterdheid24learnersappliedforthiscourseand16pilotsessionswereregistered.Thecoursestartedon12thofDecemberandendedon10thofJanuary.

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2.3. iFlipMasterclass31learnersappliedforthiscourseand23pilotsessionswereregistered.Thecoursestartedon12thofDecemberandendedon10thofJanuary.Theonlinecourseisstillopenforaccess.AsteachinginEnglishiscommoninBelgium,thiscoursewasmadeinEnglish,tomakesureawiderrangeofadulteducatorscanuseit.TranslationsinDutchcanbeprovidedifnecessary.

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3. Referencedocuments

3.1. MoodlecontentofthepilotsThelessoncontentispresentedinavarietyofways,asprovidedintheLMSprogram(Moodle)usedforthedevelopmentofthepilots,andastaughtduringthetraininginGhent.

3.1.1. CoursecontentInthethreecoursestheresourcesarepresentedasbook,file,folder,label,pageorURL.ThewaytheseresourcesareusedcanbeseenwhenopeningthecourseURL’sonthewebsiteofiFlip.Importantforthisreportishowtheeducatorsandeducatorsexperiencedtheuseofthedifferentresources:

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Book:usefulforprovidingahandbookwiththewholecoursecontent,asareferencebook

File:Usefulforfilesthathavetobedownloaded,forexaPowerPoint

Folder:Notusedverymuchduringthepilots,canbeusefultostructure

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Label:ascoursecreatorlabelsareusefultodistinguishtopicsandcontentinthecoursestructure

Page:mostlyusedfortext,images,video’setc,anfrequentlyusedoption

URL:forlinkstowebsites,othertopicsinthecourse,video’s(thecoursewillloadquickerwhenvideo’sarejustlinksinsteadofuploaded)

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Examples:• iFlippilotBE01:Vloggeninonderwijs:

Thiscourseislearnsadulteducatorsandlearnershowtocreateandusevlogsandvideolessonsforteachingandlearning.Thecontentcanalsobeveryusefulforteachingandlearningonlineentrepreneurshipandinfopreneurship.

• iFlippilotBE02:Socialeendigitalemediageletterdheid:thiscourseisdevelopedto

makelearnersdigitalandsocialmedianatives.

• iFlippilotBE03:Masterclassflippingtheclassroom:thiscourseisdevelopedto

leteducatorsandlearnerscreateandco-createcontentinaLMS-environment.

3.1.2. MediaThemediausedinthethreecoursesarevideo,pictures,podcastsandPowerPointpresentationswithspokentext.

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Thevideosaremostlyuploadedtotheteachers’channelonYouTubewithalinkintheLMScourse.Forthevideorecordingtheeducatorsusedasimplestandalonecamera,asmartphoneoraniPad.Tomakesurethesoundisclear,thesoundwascapturedseparatelyfromtheimages,withanexternalmicroorahandyrecorder(H4nPro),whichgaveaperfectsoundwithoutnoise.

EducatorsandlearnerslikedverymuchtheanimationsmadewithIntroLite,averyeasytouseandfreetabletapp.

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3.1.3. InteractivityToensureinteractivitytheeducatorsusedseveraltools(forexamplePadlet,discussionforum,andsurvey).ThePadletsareintegratedinalabelorpagewithuseofhtml-code:Theinteractivityisusefulfortheeducatorstohaveanideaofthelearners’thoughts,whereasforthelearnersitisinterestingtofeelpartofalearningcommunity.

3.1.4. Evaluationandfeedback

Feedbackandevaluationtoolsusedinthepilotsare:

• assignment• choice• feedback• forum• quiz• survey

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4. Curriculaofthetrainingprogrammes

4.1. iFlippilotBE01Thiscourseisdesignedfor16hoursnon-attendede-learningand6hoursattendedF2F-learning.Usingsubjectrelatedvlogsforeducationalpurposes1.Preparingcontent2.Technicalpreparation3.Recordingthecontent4.Editingthecontent5.Publication5.1.Makingachannel5.2.Organizationofachannel5.3.OnlineEnterpreneurship(infopreneurship)

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4.2. iFlippilotBE02Thiscourseisdesignedfor20hoursnon-attendede-learningand8hoursattendedF2F-learning.Socialanddigitalmedialiteracy1.Whatismedialiteracy2.Gettinghookedonsocialanddigitalmedia3.Socialanddigitalmediaexplained3.1.TV,radio,movies,series3.2.Google3.3.Facebook3.4.Twitter3.5.Othersocialmedia

4.3. iFlippilotBE03Thiscourseisdesignedfor18hoursnon-attendede-learningand6hoursattendedF2F-learning.MasterclassFTC1.Didactics2.E-learningplatformtools3.Media4.Creation5.Presentation6.Inspiration

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5. EvaluationTheevaluationofthepilotsisdonebystandardizedquestionnairesforlearnersandtrainers,developedbyAkademiaHumanistyczno-EkonomicznawLodzifortheiFlipproject.Thesequestionnaireswereonlypresentedtolearnerswhoregisteredandparticipatedatthecourse.Theparticipationgradetothecourseswas74%.Peoplewhoregisteredbutdidn’tparticipatewereinterestedbutdroppedoffbecauseoflackoftime.15%ofthemdeclaredthewishtotakethecourseattheirownpaceandatamomentthatfitsbetterintheirtimeschedule.80%fromthelearnerswhoparticipatedatthecourseattendedtheF2Fclasses.27learnersfilledinthequestionnaireattheendofthecourse,9iFlippilotBE01(BE01),8iFlippilotBE02(BE02)and9iFlippilotBE03(BE03).

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5.2. Adultlearnersevaluation:results

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5.3. Adultlearnersevaluation:conclusions

5.3.1. iFlippilotBE01Learnersevaluatethispilotpositively.Thefactthatthere’sapositivetoverypositivescorefor“methodhelpslearningandunderstanding”and“helpfulinlearning”provesthatFTCisasuccessfulteachingandlearningmethod.Attentionshouldbepaidto“trainingtime”(1negative).Aslearnershaveavarietyofbackgrounds,noteverylearnerlearnsatthesamepace.Differentiationshouldbepossibleatanytime.Exceptfor1learner,allothersfindthepilotcontentusableindailylife.Thewrittencommentfromthislearnerwas:“Iwouldverymuchliketousethis,butIcan’timaginefindingthetimetodoso”.Writtencomments:

ü “Veryinteresting”ü “Nicetoworkthisway”ü “goodtrainer”ü “Iwouldverymuchliketousethis,butIcan’timaginefindingthetimetodoso”

5.3.2. iFlippilotBE02Learnersevaluatethispilotpositivetoverypositive,aswellasconcerningthemethod,thecontentandtheF2Flessons.Learnersfindthemethodeasytouseandhelpfulinlearningandwereunanimouslypositiveaboutthetrainers’support.Attentionshouldbepaidtothetrainingtimeandtheequipment.Theeducatorsexperiencedthisindeed.Thoughthelessoncontentispreparedinawaytomakeitpossibleforeverylearnertofolloweverysubject,forsomethiswasn’teasybecausetheydidn’thaveanypre-knowledgeaboutsomeofthesubjects.Learnerswouldrecommendthecoursetoothers.Writtencomments:

ü “Iwillverymuchrecommendotherstousethiscourse”ü “Ilearnedalot”ü “Ididn’thaveenoughtimetothroughallthecontentandassignments”ü “Ishouldhavehadmoreforeknowledge”ü “Iwouldsurelyliketousethiscourseinthefuture”

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5.3.3. iFlippilotBE03Thiscoursewasverymuchappreciatedbythelearners.Impressiveisthehighscoreforthe2questionsconcerningtheteacheroreducator.Thiscouldleadtotheconclusionthatcoursesorhighlyappreciatedwhentheteacheroreducatorisverymuchconcernedandreadytosupportandanswerquestionsatanytime.Thefactthatthere’s1learnerwhofindstheinstructionsjustclearenough(neutral),whereasalltheothersfindtheinstructionsclear(good,verygood)pointsoutapointofattention.Learnersshouldalwaysmakesurethateveryoneunderstandstheinstructions.Writtencomments:

ü “greattrainer”ü “nice”ü “Ididn’tunderstandsomeoftheinstructions”ü “thetrainerdidagoodjob”ü “interesting,thanksalot”ü “Ifeelinspired”

5.4. Educators’evaluationFromthepointofviewoftheeducators,thethreetrainedteacherswhompreparedthepilotsgavethisfeedback:

ü Ittakesmuchtimetodevelopthematerialbutitisinterestingtoexplorethepossibilitiesofthemethodandtheusedapplications

ü EducatorsneedasolidbasicICT-knowledgeü Thematerialcaneasilybedevelopedwithfreesoftwareandbasichardware,but

themoreyouarerecognizingandappreciatingthestrengths,themoreyouexperiencetheneedofforexamplehigherqualityvideoandsoundcapturehardwareandsoftware

ü Theapproachandtheusedtechniquesisinnovativeandgivesanewdrivetoteachinganddevelopingeducationalmaterial

ü Aseducator,youneedtobeaccessibleforhelptothelearnersü Thereshouldbeacertificationsystemthatmakessurepeoplewhosubscribetoa

pilotreallytakepartofthecourseü TheLMSprovidesaninterestingopportunitytofollowthecoursecontent

completionbythelearnersü Interestingmethodfordifferentiationandstudentcenteredteaching

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5.5. ConclusionandrecommendationsTheFTCmethodishighlyappreciatedbyeducatorsandlearners.Theresources,inawidevariety(video,PowerPointwithspokentext,text,pictures,linkstowebsitesandonlinematerial,podcastsetc)givelearnerstheopportunitytolearnattheirownpace.Whilepreparingthepilots,theeducatorsdiscoveredmoreandmorepossibilitiestouseinteractivity,givefeedback,organisethecontent.Itinspiredthemtobecomemoreandmorecreativeindevelopingandpresentingthecontentandtoinstallfeedback,discussionandworksessions.Foradultlearners,FTCandthevariationofmediaandotherresourcesusedmadethecontentattractiveandinterestingtolearnandgavethepossibilitytorecapture,rewind,getandgivefeedback,discusswithpeersandeducatorsandtoaskquestions.TheF2Fmomentswereexperiencedasintenseandinteresting,bothforthelearnersandtheeducators,becausethelearnerscametoclasswithalotoffeedback,questions,ideas.AlllefttheF2Fmomentswithalotofinspiration.NowthatthepilotsarerealizedandtheknowhowtodevelopcoursecontentwiththeFTCmethod,thetechniquewillbeinstalledinthecurriculumoftheteachertraininginArteveldehogeschool.With1500studentsstudyingtobecomeateacherinsecondaryeducationandalargeamountofteachers,alsofromadulteducation,attendingtheArteveldehogeschoolforatrainingorcompletioncourse,manyfutureeducatorscanbeinstructedandguidedintheuseofFTC.TheteachereducatorsfromtheArteveldehogeschoolwillalsogetnumerousofopportunitiestobetrainedintheFTCmethod.ThematerialdevelopedforiFlipwillbeveryusefultorealizethis.

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6. Pictures