Invited presentation at Athlone Institute of Technology as part of the National Seminar Series supported by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, 16th June, 2014.

1. Flipping Quality Teaching:
Licking, Tasting and Sustaining Innovation
Athlone Institute of Technology
Professor Mark Brown
16th
June 2014

2. Pop quiz...

3. If this picture is the answer, then what is the
question?
Pop quiz...

4. What is the flavour of New Zealand’s iconic
ice-cream?
Pop quiz...

5. Guess who...

6. Guess who...

7. About the NIDL…
http://www.dcu.ie/nidl

8. • Officially launched 28th
November, 2013 by
Minister Ruairi Quinn and Lord David Putnam,
Ireland’s Digital Ambassador
• Mark Brown arrived in February 2014 as the new
Director and Ireland’s first chair in Digital
Learning
About the NIDL…
http://www.dcu.ie/nidl

9. • Previous Director of National Centre for Teaching and
Learning at Massey University, New Zealand
• Previous Director of Distance Education and Learning
Futures Alliance (DELFA) at Massey University
• Past President of New Zealand Association for Open,
Flexible and Distance Learning
• Officially launched 28th
November, 2013 by
Minister Ruairi Quinn and Lord David Putnam,
Ireland’s Digital Ambassador
• Mark Brown arrived in February 2014 as the new
Director and Ireland’s first chair in Digital
Learning
About the NIDL…
http://www.dcu.ie/nidl

10. Vision…
To be recognised as a world leader at the
forefront of education, research and innovation in
contemporary models of teaching and learning
that help transform lives and societies.
About the NIDL…
http://www.dcu.ie/nidl

11. Vision…
To be recognised as a world leader at the
forefront of education, research and innovation in
contemporary models of teaching and learning
that help transform lives and societies.
Listen | Link | Lead
About the NIDL…
http://www.dcu.ie/nidl

12. Outline…
1. Flipping with purpose
2. Flipping metaphors of quality
3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture

13. Key message…

14. Key message…

15. 1. Flipping with purpose…

16. 1. Flipping with purpose…

17. Learner-Content
Interaction
Learner-learner
Interaction
Teacher-Learner
Interaction
Flipping
Framework
1. Flipping with purpose…

18. Places
Tools
Spaces
Learner-Content
Interaction
Learner-learner
Interaction
Teacher-Learner
Interaction
1. Flipping with purpose…
Flipping
Framework

19. Place of Learning
(Where Learning Occurrs)
Mode of Learning
(How Learning Occurs)
Pace of Learning
(When Learning Occurs)
Learner-Content
Interaction
Learner-learner
Interaction
Teacher-Learner
Interaction
1. Flipping with purpose…
Flipping
Framework

20. Learning by sharing
(Connectivist)
Learning by listening
(Instructionist)
Learning by doing
(Constructivist)
Learning by making
(Constructionist)
(Brown, 2010)
1. Flipping with purpose…

21. Learning by sharing
(Connectivist)
Learning by listening
(Instructionist)
Learning by doing
(Constructivist)
Learning by making
(Constructionist)
Still has a role
even in flipped classrooms
(Brown, 2010)
1. Flipping with purpose…

22. On Campus
in Class
Acquisition
Participation
Digital
Learning
Culture
Synchronous Asynchronous
1. Flipping with purpose…
Flipping with purpose for a seamless digital learning culture

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24. 1. Flipping with purpose…

25. On Campus
in Class
Acquisition
Participation
On Campus
out of Class
Digital
Learning
Culture
Synchronous
1. Flipping with purpose…
Asynchronous
Flipping with purpose for a seamless digital learning culture

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28. 1. Flipping with purpose…

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31. Off Campus
in Class
Off Campus
out of Class
On Campus
in Class
Acquisition
Participation
Digital
Learning
Culture
Synchronous
1. Flipping with purpose…
Asynchronous
On Campus
out of Class
Flipping with purpose for a seamless digital learning culture

32. Using new digital technology to flip the classroom
needs to go beyond merely licking and tasting
ice-cream... as designing for seamless
learning is much, much harder than that!
1. Flipping with purpose…

33. 2. Flipping quality metaphors…

34. Three different metaphors…
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

35. Quality is Standardized
(i) Mass production metaphor…
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

36. (ii) Boutique craft metaphor…
Quality is Unique
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

37. High Quality Milk
Quality depends on the raw ingredients…
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

38. Quality is NOT to Everyone’s Taste
And…
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

39. Who defines quality?
… and for what purpose?
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

40. Standards are important…
…but they are not a proxy for innovation.
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

41. (iii) Personal ethos metaphor…
Quality is a Relative Concept
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

42. • Complex
• Contestable
• Multi-layered
• Context bound
• Discipline specific
• Is a moving target
• Involves an X factor
In sum…
2. Flipping quality metaphors…

43. 2. Flipping quality metaphors…

44. 2. Flipping quality metaphors…
“Not everything that can be counted
counts, not everything that counts can be
counted”.
Albert Einstein

45. 3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…

46. Institution
Clear standards
External requirements
Teaching hours
Central quality police
Quality compliance
Individual
Creative flair
Internal commitments
Student experience
Local responsibility
Quality culture
3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…
Key Tensions…

47. 3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…

48. 3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…

49. 3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…

50. http://innoqual.efquel.org
3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…

51. 3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…
http://www.dcu.ie/nidl

52. • Understanding teachers matter most
• Winning the hearts and minds of people
• Promoting a high level of professional trust
• Giving responsibility for quality back to teachers
• Building distributed leadership at the module
and programme level
A quality culture involves…
3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…

53. Help teachers learn how to make their
own unique ice cream that students can truly savor!
3. Tools for sustaining a flipped culture…

54. Conclusion

55. The flipped classroom can be transformative, but…
Conclusion

56. …flipped learning might end up looking like this!
Without the right institutional culture…
Conclusion

57. Contact details…
Professor Mark Brown
Director, National Institute for Digital Learning
mark.brown@dcu.ie
@mbrownz
http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownz