Facilitating Active Learning in Large Lecture Courses: the Flipped Method

For faculty teaching large lecture-based courses, it is often a struggle to envision how to successfully execute the flipped classroom method when barriers such as technology or classroom constraints exist. In this session, participants will learn about strategies that can be used to transition a large lecture course into a flipped classroom. The session will draw largely on the experiences of the presenter in implementing case studies and the flipped classroom method in a large (250+ students) Introductory Biology class, but the approach is broadly applicable to any discipline. Tools for preparing original didactic videos and strategies for presenting case studies will be discussed. The session will also examine how the flipped classroom has changed teaching and learning habits and experiences, for both faculty and students