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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Jing Guo; John M. Santiago

2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Flipped Classroom Method in Teaching “Introduction to Engineering” Course Online Dr. Jing Guo and Dr. John Santiago Colorado Technical University (CTU), College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper presents a flipped classroom method used in developing and delivering an onlinecourse entitled, “Introduction to Engineering”. The course includes a combination of mini-lectures and labs. Two one-hour chat sessions held synchronously are used where: (1) instructorsneed to hold one chat session for answering the mini-video lectures, reading material andproblem sets, (2) and another hour for

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Susan M. Reynolds

problems were similar in the two offerings, the assessment mechanisms variedgreatly. The assessment mechanism for the homework in S13 did not include written reflection.Instead, a check / check-minus / check-plus system was implemented. The description of thisgrading method as issued in the course syllabus is as follows: 0 points: Student does not submit the assignment, or submits extremely poor work. CHECK-MINUS (1 point): homework does not minimally fulfill the assignment requirement, or is sloppy, or is unprofessional, or contains major conceptual errors. CHECK (2 points): homework minimally fulfills the assignment requirements, does not contain conceptual errors, and is neatly presented. CHECK