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Engaging-Students-Beyond-the-Classroom-Using-Flipboard-Magazines-
Antonio Izzo Department of Biology
[email protected] @AntonioIzzo2
Messages for today Flipboard magazines ● easy to introduce to a course ● engaging ● connect course material to real world ● continue learning beyond the semester
displays personal or public content in an attractive magazine style format
Twitter stream viewed in Flipboard
founded in 2010
• curate(content from across the web and more
• can have many co-authors
invited to curate
Flipboard magazines
magazine feature started in Spring 2013
Features(of(Flipboard(magazines(• Flexible(to(many(OS(and(devices((
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• Flexible(to(content(form(((
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• Allow(social(interacIons((
magazines on web started in Jan 2015
Demo
• what a live magazine/feed looks like • ease of adding in multiple formats
– reflip, twitter post, image • interacting via comments/likes
Needs in my courses ● easy to use and flexible tool ● engaging ● connect course material to real world ● continue learning beyond the semester
Value(in(curaIon(“collecIng(with(intent(and(purpose”((makes(curator(ask…..(• ….what(is(our(theme?(• ….what(content(exists?((• ….how(good/valid(is(the(content?(• ….who(is(the(target(audience?((search,(evaluate,(create((
creating
evaluating
analyzing
applying
understanding
remembering
higher level processes for learning
Assignment(
Spring(2015,(Microbiology(class(• 4+(posts/person(across(semester(• defined(Imes(• cannot(repeat(any(older(material(• magazine(is(public(• content(not(tested(((
Elon Microbiology
Magazine
as of 8/10/15 44 contributors
625 posts viewed >12K times by 380 people 39 followers
Student(feedback(
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Was(the(flexibility(necessary?(• 93%(used(on(a(phone((iOS,(Android)(• 13%(used(on(tablet((iPad,(Nook)(• 62%(used(on(laptop((Mac,(Windows)((
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– average(of(15(min((range(1B60)((
• How(did(they(find(the(topic?((– 65%(of(arIcles(found(by(chance(– ~50%(students(did(seek(out(in(intenIonal(way(
• How(did(they(search?((– Google search
– Flipboard search
– read and reflips of other FB magazines
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But(are(they(really(reading?(( • %(of(your(arIcles(read(enIrely(B(83%((range(15B100)(• %(of(classmate’s(Itles(read(–(56%((range(5B100)(• %(of(classmate’s(arIcles(read(B(20%((range(1B75)((
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Conclusions • easy to use • dynamic + flexible tool • connects class concepts to real world • increases student engagement • keeps connections beyond semester
Engaging-Students-Beyond-the-Classroom-Using-Flipboard-Magazines-
Antonio Izzo Department of Biology
[email protected] @AntonioIzzo2
Goals ● apply + connect class content/concepts to real world
● analyze + evaluate material for suitability, validity
● create a dynamic magazine that will...
o ...engage students beyond the class o ...keep past students in the discussion
EvoluIon(of(Flipboard(assignment(
Spring’14 Fall’14 Spring’15
author(s) Izzo Izzo and students Izzo and students
posts by students none optional required
reading articles optional optional must avoid repeats
likes/comments none none optional
content not required not required not required