Semi-flipped classroom

by Suzie Williams, 
Academic Liaison Librarian (University of Sunderland)
CILIP NE Secretary

Recently I have listened to a webinar recording about semi-flipped classroom techniques. Go to lectureremotely which shares resources and support for remote teaching in response to Covid-19, and scroll down to ‘Semi-flipped classroom’ by Dr T.J.Moore.

He discusses what the semi-flipped classroom is about, how it differs from a ‘traditional’ flipped classroom, how you can adapt it to your situation and how students can benefit from it. The webinar is definitely worth a watch/ listen.

Key points I picked up included:

• Encouraging students to do something before the session through using their phone eg. watching a short clip from Box of Broadcast on their phone as they get the bus onto campus.
• Benefit of using polling tools frequently within a session to engage students but also to help you know if you are hitting the mark and students understand what you are teaching them.
• Students like to see poll results on the screen – they can see that what they are contributing is being used in the session.