Flipping a Large Lecture Class
Introduction to Media Studies is a core freshman course, with approx. 300 students, in Media, Culture, and Communication (MCC), Steinhardt. The professor, Ted Magder, has won several excellent teaching awards both here at NYU and at previous institutions, however was keenly aware that his large lecture needed more student engagement.
GLI worked with Prof. Magder over several months to identify areas of his course which could be ‘flipped’, freeing up class time to incorporate student centered activities. Two of the eight segments in the course were flipped during this initial revised version, with additional segments to be flipped and re-used with other core MCC course in future semesters.
Co-Presenter: Suzanne Ciprut, Global Learning & Innovation