Disruption Day
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Schedule at a Glance:
  9:30 - 10:00 am    Coffee, tea & pastries
10:00 - 11:00 am    Challenging Assumptions About Designing Introductory Courses

11:00 - 11:45 am    Breakout session - small group discussions

11:45 - 12:15 pm    Lunch (Box Lunch and ANGEL Update session)

12:15 -   1:15 pm    The Flipped Classroom
  1:15 -   2:00 pm    Breakout session - small group discussions
  2:00 -   2:45 pm    Freeing the Textbook

  2:45 -   3:15 pm    Breakout session - small group discussions
  3:15 -   3:30 pm    Wrap up

Lectures to be held in Fenton 105

Meals and breakout sessions:  Fenton 108, English Reading Room, Fenton Hall Cafe Area and outside. 

Challenging Assumptions About Designing Introductory Courses
Presented by Guy A. Boysen
10:00 - 11:00 am, Fenton 105

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities is currently planning a prototype Introduction to Psychology course that will challenge two basic assumptions of many college teachers: courses should be personally designed by the teacher and student time in the classroom should be maximized. The course will combine face-to-face and online content designed by instructors across institutions in attempt to increase both student learning and instructor efficiency.  

ANGEL Update
Presented by Lisa Melohusky
11:45 - 12:15 pm, Fenton 108

Bring your lunch and join us to hear an update about ANGEL and the future of LMSs at Fredonia.

The Flipped Classroom
Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D, Northern Illinois University
12:15 - 1:15 pm, Fenton 105

Due to Khan Academy’s popularity, the idea of the flipped classroom has gained press and credibility within educational circles. The lecture component of the lesson is available to the learner as a video during his or her own time - often as homework. The advantage of the flipped classroom is that the content, often the theoretical/lecture-based component of the lesson, becomes more easily accessed and controlled by the learners. For educators, who use the didactic model, a framework is needed to assist them with the implementation of the Flipped Classroom. This lecture will provide an explanation of the Flipped Classroom Model, while  providing a sequence of learning activities based on the learning theories and instructional models of Experiential Learning Cycles –http://reviewing.co.uk/research/learning.cycles.htm and Bernice McCarthy’s 4MAT Cycle of Instruction-http://www.aboutlearning.com/what-is-4mat/what-is-4mat.Through this lecture, you gain expect to gain:

• An understanding of how videos lectures fall within a larger framework of learning activities.
• Instruction strategies to support a full cycle of learning and to address a full spectrum of learning activities and learning preferences.
• Ideas to support a broad range of student learning including reflection and demonstration of knowledge

Freeing the Textbook
Presented by David Littlehale, Flat World Knowledge
2:00 - 2:45 pm, Fenton 105

Flat World Knowledge is the largest publisher of open and affordable college textbooks for students worldwide. Its 75 peer-reviewed and professionally published textbooks are available for free in a web-based reader, or in a range of low-cost formats including audio, print, device-ready (iPad, Kindle, NookStudy, etc.) and accessible formats like digital braille.  To date, Flat World textbooks are used at more than 2,000 colleges in 44 countries. Backed by top venture capital firms, Flat World Knowledge was named the “Best Discount Textbook Provider” by the Education Resources People’s Choice Awards, and as one of the information industry's "30 to Watch" in 2011, along with Apple, Facebook and Google, by research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc."

Disruption Day is sponsored through the support of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Special thanks to Randy Gadikian, Director of Reed Library, for organizing the day's events.

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