Talk for Turning Technologies User Conference

1. Flipping roles: Student
sourcing of both
questions and answers
PROF SIMON LANCASTER UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
@S_J_LANCASTER #TTUCMAN

2. Flipping: A Concept not a Recipe
• Choose an open
educational
resource (OER)?
• Ask students to
prepare a ScoopIt?
• Screencast?
Preparation
Engagement
• Challenge your
students
• Student source your
questions and your
answers?
• React to events

3. What is the objective of a question
posed during a flipped session?

4. What are the most important objectives of a
question posed during a flipped session?
A.…..
B. …..
C.…..
D.…..
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5. Who has done the most to advance the
cause of education?
A. Michael Gove
B. Eric Mazur
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Michael Gove
Eric Mazur

6. Who is the most effective politician?
A. Alex Salmond
B. Gordon Brown
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Alex Salmond
Boris Johnson

7. The Goldilocks Zone

8. Who is best placed to determine the
Goldilocks Zone?
A. …..
B. …..
C. …..
D. …..
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9. Humpty Dumpty was sat on the wall
because he was…
A. trying to get a good
view.
B. sent to sit on the wall
and reflect on his
behaviour.
C. cajoled by peer
pressure.
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trying to get a good view.
cajoled by peer pressure.
sent to sit on the wall and refle..

10. Which one of the three little pigs built the
most environmentally sustainable house?
A. First little pig (straw)
B. Second little pig (wood)
C. Third little pig (brick)
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First little pig (straw)
Second little pig (wood)
Third little pig (brick)

11. Do you use Peerwise?
A. Yes
B. No
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Yes
No

12. Peerwise
• Students create questions
• Explain understanding (provide feedback)
• Answer peer questions
• Discuss
• Subject independent platform
• Easy to use
• Leaderboards

13. Student Sourcing Questions?
• Be open to students suggestions
• Encourage students to submit questions to use within
flipped sessions
• Use Peerwise to structure, screen and select questions in
the sweet spot for peer instruction
• Seek answers from students and even draft new questions
‘on the hoof’

14. Acknowledgements
• Prof Eric Mazur
• Prof Simon Bates
• Dr Ross Galloway
• Dr Natalie Rowley
• Dr Michael Seery
• Prof Tina Overton