Interview project: Dr. John Morris on "Flipping" the classroom.

In this video, I interviewed Dr. John Morris, Professor of Accounting at Kansas State University.  For clarification, Dr. Morris teaches two MBA accounting classes on campus and online.  I somehow edited that part out of the finished project.   Dr. Morris began flipping his classes this semester.  When a class is flipped students watch the lecture on video and class time is spent in discussion and problem solving. 

Dr. Morris returned to college for an MBA and Ph.D. after 25 years in corporate America.  Because of this, he brings a great deal of real-world knowledge to the classroom.  It is Dr. Morris’s personality and willingness to help students that make him one of their favorite professors.

I recorded the classroom lecture and was assisted by a GTA in the video recording in Dr. Morris’s office; sometimes it is good to have resources.  I edited the video using Windows Movie Maker, and this was my first attempt to edit video.  

I really enjoyed this project and I think I had a positive outcome.  I hope you enjoy it.

Lynn Waugh

"Audio/Video / Podcast: Pros and Cons for Adult Learners."

"Audio/Video / Podcast: Pros and Cons for Adult Learners."

I love podcasts for catching up on news stories and other commentary that I missed on another broadcast. It is very convenient to listen to at my desk while doing other tasks, and often during my short commute to work I will catch part of a story and go to the website to see if there is a podcast of the story.  I grew up with radio, so this is a form of communication I am very comfortable with.

CNN Money has a list of about 30 different podcasts that can be subscribe to, which is a good way to get reliable information about the latest financial news and trends.  There are countless news/information stories and videos available from almost every news outlet and numerous independent sources such as Vimeo and YouTube.
Videos are being used in the classroom covering a wide array of topics, from historic speeches, such as the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King, to current events.  Many families benefit from the content on one of my favorite sites www.khanacademy.org, which offers video tutorials from basic to advanced levels of math and science.  Their library grows every day and many parents I know rely on this site to help them help their children.

On Podcasting in the Classroom there are many videos available.  The one listed below (from EdTech Conference, February 2009, Podcasting in the Classroom Using Thought-Provoking Dialogue) correlates Podcasting to Bloom’s Taxonomy and focuses on the higher levels of learning (i.e., synthesis and evaluation). 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL1bX1gepEc

From the beginning of the medium, the most popular podcasts have been related to learning.  Statistics show that from 2005 -2009 8 out of 10 top podcasts are language-learning podcasts (King & West, 2001).   

An area where teachers and students alike must tread carefully is in regard to copyright and other legal issues.  Fair Use principles for classroom use of media do not apply to digital media and the information will continue to transform copyright, patent, and intellectual property practices and laws.  Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to have current knowledge of what is and is not allowed (Lafferty & Walch, 2006; Vogele, Farlick & The Berkman Center, 2009).  This is a good lesson to include as part of an assignment for a podcasts or videos.   In today’s fast-paced world it is easy to get confused about plagiarism and what is considered another’s intellectual property.

King, K. P., & Cox, T. D. (Eds.). (2011). The Professor’s Guide to Taming Technology. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Lafferty, M. & Walch, R.  (2006). Tricks of the podcasting masters. New York: Que

Vogele, C.,  Garlick, M., & The Berkman Center (2009). The podcasting legal guide. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from http://wikicreativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide

Podcasts I enjoy: 
Just about anything on NPR, I had actually listened to the one about the Wikipedia
editors; I used it as a reference in a paper I had written in a previous course.
As a stress release I often watch pet and other funny videos on YouTube!