Flipped learning relies heavily on students having quality sources of information available outside of class time to begin engaging with course material. Technological advances have allowed digital textbooks to provide materials that extend beyond traditional paper texts, including embedded multimedia and 3d model rendering. These advances have also expanded the possibilities for innovative open educational resources (OER) such as LibreTexts that integrate many tools into a single package. Guided use of these materials prior to class allows for the well-documented high impact practice of incorporating active learning during class meetings. As importantly the platform simplifies creating and adopting OER for the class, an example of which is the ReMixer that allows drag and drop OER construction for faculty to create materials tailored to their class. Examples of how OER materials have been integrated with active learning practices will be presented.

Active learning in organic chemistry integrating LibreTexts: OER multimedia digital resource

2019 Fall National Meeting

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