flipped classroom course on stress

Author: demorree

Created: 2022-09-24 05:29am

Edited: 2022-09-28 07:30pm

Keywords: stress, compassion; meditation; stress-response; resilience

Description:

Lectures about stress and resilience tend to be content focused and not interactive. Here, we present a design that puts student participation central to the lecturing. By getting students to share their perspectives and experiences, a more dynamic learning experience is achieved. The class has a combination of lecturing, smal group and diad discussions, polling exercises, and meditative exercises.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

To identify and distinguish innate and learned aspects of how the mind interacts with stress
To describe, share (on paper and with others), and analyze your emotions
To define and apply three specific techniques that build internal support
To implement new routines that change how you interact with stressful situations

Resources		Tasks		Supports
Prior to class
Question prompts	→	Students prepare stories where they experienced or saw someone experience a stressful situation ↓	←	Exmple experiences available on the brighspace course
Article	→	Students read a key article to familiarize themselves with the topic ↓	←	Discussion board on Brightspace enables students to comment on the article

In class
Presentation slides	→	Students listen to the central explanation and watch the slides ↓	←	Mentimeter or zoom polling is used to verify that key concepts are understood
Meditative exercises	→	Enage and evaluate how you respond to the meditation ↓	←	Peer evaluation after the exercise
Small-group discussion around a discussion prompt	→	Students share experiences ↓	←	Students listen to each other without judging or commenting

After class
Youtube videos & videos recording by the teacher		Watch the videos that touch on key topics discussed in class. Write questions on Google Drive discussion board ↓	←	Discussion board on Brightspace
Detailed assignment and written xample reflection		Write a reflection on applying the anti-stress exercise	←	Feedback from the teacher

Additional information

This class is a personal journey. The stories you share are up to you. Some may choose to share deeply personal stories and we ask that you are respectful towards them and treat this as a confidential situation. The central lecturing part is recorded and the recording and slides are made available to all students after the class. Other elements are not recorded. Digital tools remain accessible until one month after the class ends.