Join us for a presentation on “Flipping the Classroom” with Roger Freedman!
What: “Flipping the Classroom (and what to do in the classroom once you’ve flipped)”
Who: Roger A. Freedman, Lecturer in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Date: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Lunch included!)
Location: Digital Computer Laboratory L410
Please join us for Dr. Freedman’s interactive, 50-minute presentation on i>clickers and “Flipping the Classroom.” Dr. Freedman will describe his experience with the flipped class model and his methods for optimizing short video lectures and student response systems to help enhance class discussion. Campus i>clicker and educational technology experts will be on hand to answer your questions after the presentation.
Sponsors: CITES Academic Technology Services, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, i>clicker/Macmillan
About the Presenter: Dr. Freedman was an undergraduate at the University of California campuses in San Diego and Los Angeles, and did his doctoral research in theoretical nuclear physics at Stanford University under the direction of Professor J. Dirk Walecka. He came to UCSB in 1981 after three years teaching and doing research at the University of Washington.
At UCSB, Dr. Freedman has taught in both the Department of Physics and the College of Creative Studies, a branch of the university intended for highly gifted and motivated undergraduates. He has published research in nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and laser physics. In recent years, he has helped to develop computer-based tools for learning introductory physics and astronomy and helped pioneer the use of classroom response systems and the “flipped” classroom model at UCSB. He is co-author of four introductory textbooks: University Physics (Pearson), College Physics (Freeman), Universe (Freeman), and Investigating Astronomy (Freeman).
Dr. Freedman holds a commercial pilot’s license. He was one of the early organizers of the San Diego Comic-Con, now the world’s largest popular culture convention. His likeness has appeared as a supervillain and mad scientist in both DC and Marvel Comics.
