Bring the Outside InPresented by Jaci Lee Lederman

Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana

Bring the Outside In!• In this presentation you will learn about a new course developed at

Vincennes University that is flipped, collaborative, in the cloud(as much as possible), and fun!– How To:

• Create a learning environment where students are challenged as they will be on the job.

• Use tech tools to help transform classrooms into “learning by working” environments.

• Engage students by bringing more of the outside world into the classroom.• 200 level course - Managing Business with Computers

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• Terminology-– “in” = inside the classroom– “outside” = everywhere else outside the classroom

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• Outside, out and Inside, in– 1.) Sometimes we want to keep what’s outside of the

classroom out: social media-twitter, instagram, Facebook, YouTube, multitasking, megatasking…

•We do this because we think it is distracting!

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• Outside, out and Inside, in– 2.) Other times we don’t know what is out there…

–Or, it can be a little scary out there!

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This forces us to…

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• Ask students to turn it off…– Expect students to turn all the distractions off when they

come into the classroom. – Expect students to learn in a way that is foreign to them.

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• Classroom Rules:– No Talking!– Be Consistent – Read a Chapter, Complete end of Chapter

Questions.– Be Bored – Listen to me Lecture in class. – Be Predictable – Week 15 course, 15 lectures covered.– !

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• We have to bring the outside in because:– 1.) Our students live out there!– 2.) Our students have become accustom to learning in

this outside world environment. – 3.) Out there is where our students will be working some

day. – 4. There is some awesome “stuff” out there!

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How can we successfully…

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• Classroom Rules:– No Talking! ... 1.) Encourage Collaboration!– Be Consistent – Read a Chapter, Complete end of Chapter

Questions. … 2.) Use current Tech Tools to Teach!– Be Bored – Listen to me Lecture in class! ... 3.) Flip the

Classroom! – Be Predictable – Week 15 course, 15 Chapters covered. …

4.) Fast Paced, Mega Tasking.

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• 1.) Encourage Collaboration! – Gmail –email etiquette, email settings review– Skype, freeconfcall.com, gotomeeting.com – voice and

video conferencing/meeting etiquette, dealing with different personality types

Bring the Outside In!• 2.) Use current Tech Tools to Teach! – Google Drive – Presentation, Document, Spreadsheet– DropBox.com – Cloud Storage– Lucidchart.com – Flowcharting, org charts– balsamiq.com – Mockups – zohoprojects.com – Project management– wix.com, w3schools.com- Web

Bring the Outside In!• 3.) Flip the Classroom!

– "The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. Short video lectures are viewed by students at home before the class session, while in-class time is devoted to exercises, projects, or discussions. (Educause, 2012)

– Get a YouTube channel.– Record short videos covering MAIN points.– Devote classroom time getting to KNOW

Your STUDENTS and working WITH them to Achieve SUCCESS in your course!

Bring the Outside In!• 4.) Fast Paced, Mega Tasking! – Integrate all Learning modules into a

Learning Experience.

Bring the Outside In!• 4.) Fast Paced, Mega Tasking! – Round one learning (fun):

• Learn process flows by flowcharting how to organize a flashmob. (use MS Word(whatever version), Visio, lucidchart, PowerPoint)

• Learn how to design, build a website based on Favorite foods for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. (use basalmiq, MS Word, Kompozer)

• Learn Project Management Methodology using a project from http://deadcomputerbook.com/. (use zohoprojects.com, pmi.org, MS Excel, google calendar)

Bring the Outside In!• 4.)Fast Paced, Mega Tasking! – Round two learning (doing)- Turn that knowledge of how

to use the tools for FUN, into a Business Scenario. Students have their toolbox of skills ready! Let them pick the tool! • Invite a local business from the outside, inside the classroom.• Create a real outside world scenario for students to converge their inside

classroom knowledge with the outside world.

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– Some Example Scenario Tasks:• Research, then Flowchart the steps involved in making a successful Grand Opening Event.

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/make-successful-grand-opening-event-19258.html

• Determine needed Communication, then Design and Build a webpage for a Grand Opening Event.

• Determine Requirements, then create a basic Project Scope, and Budget for the caterer of the Grand Opening Event.

• Obtain list of Customers, and create Grand Opening flyer inviting customers to the event. Get the flyer to the customers!

Bring the Outside In!We are not just learning how to use these tools, we are

learning WHEN, WHY to use them in a collaborative, technology driven, mega tasking environment–

as we Manage a Business.

SUCESSFUL MERGE of the Outside with the Inside!

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Results of…

Bring the Outside In!• Results – (running two sections of this course Fall 2013):

• All students passed this course!

• No drops for lack of Attendance.

• No sleeping in class.

• No time for boredom to set in (student or instructor).

(I had hoped for these results as I designed the course)

Bring the Outside In!• Results, beyond my Expectations:

• I really got to know my students and understand their career goals.

• This class was fun for me to be a part of, not just instructing.

• Students with learning disabilities found the flipped model helpful, because information could be repeated as many times as needed.

• I watched my own videos as a way to “prep” for class! LOL!

• I was so excited about this course, I submitted a proposal to speak at the Cengage Conference...

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