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Antonio Izzo Department of Biology

aizzo@elon.edu @AntonioIzzo2

Messages for today Flipboard magazines ●  easy to introduce to a course ●  engaging ●  connect course material to real world ●  continue learning beyond the semester

Flipboard

displays personal or public content in an attractive magazine style format

Twitter stream viewed in Flipboard

founded in 2010

•  curate(content from across the web and more

•  can have many co-authors

invited to curate

Flipboard magazines

magazine feature started in Spring 2013

Features(of(Flipboard(magazines(•  Flexible(to(many(OS(and(devices((

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•  Flexible(to(content(form(((

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•  Allow(social(interacIons((

magazines on web started in Jan 2015

Demo

•  what a live magazine/feed looks like •  ease of adding in multiple formats

–  reflip, twitter post, image •  interacting via comments/likes

Needs in my courses ●  easy to use and flexible tool ●  engaging ●  connect course material to real world ●  continue learning beyond the semester

Value(in(curaIon(“collecIng(with(intent(and(purpose”((makes(curator(ask…..(•  ….what(is(our(theme?(•  ….what(content(exists?((•  ….how(good/valid(is(the(content?(•  ….who(is(the(target(audience?((search,(evaluate,(create((

creating

evaluating

analyzing

applying

understanding

remembering

higher level processes for learning

Assignment(

Spring(2015,(Microbiology(class(•  4+(posts/person(across(semester(•  defined(Imes(•  cannot(repeat(any(older(material(•  magazine(is(public(•  content(not(tested(((

Elon Microbiology

Magazine

as of 8/10/15 44 contributors

625 posts viewed >12K times by 380 people 39 followers

Student(feedback(

(•  35(students(in(class,(31(filled(out(surveys(

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– average(of(15(min((range(1B60)((

•  How(did(they(find(the(topic?((– 65%(of(arIcles(found(by(chance(– ~50%(students(did(seek(out(in(intenIonal(way(

•  How(did(they(search?((–  Google search

–  Flipboard search

–  read and reflips of other FB magazines

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But(are(they(really(reading?(( • %(of(your(arIcles(read(enIrely(B(83%((range(15B100)(• %(of(classmate’s(Itles(read(–(56%((range(5B100)(• %(of(classmate’s(arIcles(read(B(20%((range(1B75)((

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Conclusions •  easy to use •  dynamic + flexible tool •  connects class concepts to real world •  increases student engagement •  keeps connections beyond semester

Engaging-Students-Beyond-the-Classroom-Using-Flipboard-Magazines-

Antonio Izzo Department of Biology

aizzo@elon.edu @AntonioIzzo2

Goals ●  apply + connect class content/concepts to real world

●  analyze + evaluate material for suitability, validity

●  create a dynamic magazine that will...

o  ...engage students beyond the class o  ...keep past students in the discussion

EvoluIon(of(Flipboard(assignment(

Spring’14 Fall’14 Spring’15

author(s) Izzo Izzo and students Izzo and students

posts by students none optional required

reading articles optional optional must avoid repeats

likes/comments none none optional

content not required not required not required